PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blair Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baby Blue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Davis
vs
Blue

168 cm
19
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Blair Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Baby Blue!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blue moves into range and clinches up with Davis.
Blue wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Blue drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davis pulls his leg out and moves away.

Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Davis stalling in the clinch.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blue is defending well for now.
Blue avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Davis tries to stall but Blue uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blue has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blue.
Blue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blue in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Davis has Blue pressed against the cage, preventing Blue from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blue.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Blue drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Davis stalling against the cage.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis working Blue over with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Davis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blue's brow.

Blue's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blair Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blue is able to avoid easily.
Davis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Blue closes the distance and clinches.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blue.
Blair Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baby Blue.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Blue avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blue is defending well for now.
Blue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blue looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Blue.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.

Blue breaks the clinch.
Davis lands a nice looking body kick.
Davis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Davis moves to clinch but Blue breaks away
and Blue counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis looks to clinch

and Blue counters with a nice double leg into side control. Davis won't be happy with that.
A lull in the action here.
Davis tries to improve position but can't.
Davis being controlled for a moment.
Davis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Blair Davis will probably get the nod.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Davis thinking.

Blue gets tackled into the cage by Davis. Davis maintains the clinch.
Blue wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Blue breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blue tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blue throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Blue tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Blue scores with a sloppy right hand. Davis should have avoided that one.
Blue rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Blue manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Blue pushes him off.
Blue's corner calls for a 1-2. Blue obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blue blocks the body kick.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis prevents Blue from breaking the clinch.
Blue has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Blue is blocking nicely.
Blue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blue.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blue is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Blue wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Blue trying to stall but Davis improves his position.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Blue is trying to push Davis away but Davis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Blair Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Blue avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.

Blue breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis looks to clinch
and Blue counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis moves to clinch but Blue breaks away
and Blue counters with a stiff right hand.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Blue counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Davis pushes Blue up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis has Blue pressed against the cage, preventing Blue from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Blue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Blue breaks the clinch.
Davis tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Blue circles away.
Davis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Davis tries to clinch up

and Blue counters by clinching up.
Blue wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Blue avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Blue wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Baby Blue will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Davis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blue counters with a stiff right hand.
Davis is looking to clinch but Blue is avoiding it.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Blue circles away.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blue paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Blue counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Davis wants to stand and escape but Blue is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Blue gets to his feet. Davis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Davis is looking to land body kicks.
A lazy left from Blue finds it's target.
Davis darts in trying to clinch

and Blue counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Blue tries to break free but Davis pushes him back against the cage.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blue is defending well for now.
Blue wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Blue is keeping busy.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blue.

Blue pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to clinch
and Blue cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baby Blue seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Blue counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Davis tries to clinch but Blue moves away

and Blue counters with a beautiful punch that sends Davis to the canvas!

Davis is rocked!

It looks like Blair Davis has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Blue puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Oh Davis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis wants to stand back up but Blue manages to pass into side control.
Davis is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Blue asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now.

Blue decides to stand up, so the ref orders Davis to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to clinch up
and Blue cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blue circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blue counters with a one-two to the body.
Blue misses with a few strikes there.
Davis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Davis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Davis lands a front kick.
Davis wants to clinch

and Blue counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blue blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Blue avoids the damage to the body.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Blue tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Blue drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blue avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Blue is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baby Blue comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blue has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 28:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baby Blue!