PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nicolas moya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes to the cage accompanied by Deftones - Beware. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Davis
vs
moya

188 cm
19
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

194 cm
20
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, nicolas moya!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
moya gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Davis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
moya tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Davis has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
moya is looking to improve his position but Davis isn't that keen on the idea.
Davis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Davis prevents moya from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis landing shots from mount.
moya is trying to escape the mount.
Davis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
moya tries to hold on but Davis postures up.
moya is desperately trying to improve his position but Davis has a good base and remains in mount.
Davis controlling from the full mount.

Davis has hold of moya's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and moya manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
moya can't escape the position.

Davis has hold of moya's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and moya manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Davis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Davis looking for a guillotine from mount but moya is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
moya tries to get back to half guard but can't.
moya looks gassed!
Davis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
moya is looking to improve his position but Davis isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Davis looking to control and managing it successfully.
Davis landing punches.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Davis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davis controlling from the full mount.
Davis seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down moya for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Davis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Davis has managed to clinch.

Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
moya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with moya.
Davis stalling the fight.
moya tries for a takedown. No joy.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis stalling against the cage.

Davis pulls guard effortlessly.
Davis managing to control the position.
Davis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for moya!
moya is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
moya sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
moya won't allow Davis to pass to mount.
moya wants to control but Davis is keeping busy.
Davis tries to pass to full mount but moya defends it.
Davis with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Davis is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for moya!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Davis with shots to the head and body - moya looks very uncomfortable down there.
moya working to try and regain half guard.
moya in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Davis controlling the pace for now.
Davis landing strikes from the mount.
Davis controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis scoring with strikes but moya is staying in there.

Davis jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but moya manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Davis taking a breather here.
moya is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
moya wants to control but Davis postures up.
moya sneaks back into half guard.
moya slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

moya looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Davis passes into side control.
moya can't do much from the bottom here.
Davis remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Davis dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Davis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Davis controlling his opponent.
Davis lands a big elbow.
moya slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
moya is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for moya!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis controlling the position easily from mount.
Davis prevents moya from getting the reversal.
moya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davis controlling the position easily from mount.
Davis has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Davis's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
moya is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Davis controlling the pace for now.
Mickey Davis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mickey Davis just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Davis darts in and clinches moya up against the cage.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Davis clinches up with moya and pushes him back against the cage.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
moya is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Davis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Davis manages to end up in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
moya is looking to regain half guard here but Davis keeps moving and retains side control.
Davis throws an elbow but moya slips to the side and avoids it well.
moya tries to improve position but can't.
moya is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
moya can't do much from the bottom here.
moya is looking to regain half guard here but Davis keeps moving and retains side control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Davis scores with a one two! moya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Davis scores a takedown into full mount!
Davis avoids the attempt from moya to control.
moya is working to get back to half guard.
moya is in a horrible position here. Davis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Davis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
nicolas moya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
moya regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Davis!