PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blair Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bariga Kodeinich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kodeinich has chosen izraelskiy kodeinshik as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Davis
vs
Kodeinich

168 cm
21
135 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

167 cm
28
143 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sparta Fightware

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Blair Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bariga Kodeinich!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kodeinich connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kodeinich misses with a series of wild punches.

Davis closes the distance and pushes Kodeinich back into the cage.
Kodeinich can't break the clinch.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Kodeinich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kodeinich is trying to break the clinch but Davis is controlling him.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kodeinich.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davis as Kodeinich tries to tie him up.
Davis lands a knee to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kodeinich lands a nice shot to the body.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis blocking some punches.
Kodeinich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis prevents a body shot from Kodeinich.
Kodeinich blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis slows down the pace here.
Kodeinich wants to break free but Davis has control.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kodeinich is trying to maintain a safe position but Davis gets an underhook and turns Kodeinich into the cage.
Davis avoiding damage as Kodeinich throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Kodeinich.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Kodeinich avoids the damage to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kodeinich's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kodeinich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Kodeinich is trying to push Davis away but Davis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but Kodeinich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis prevents a body shot from Kodeinich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Kodeinich manages to break the clinch.
Kodeinich misses with a two punch combination.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kodeinich swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Davis gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kodeinich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kodeinich can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kodeinich.

Kodeinich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kodeinich keeps the fight on the outside.
Kodeinich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kodeinich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kodeinich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kodeinich swinging wildly here.
Kodeinich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kodeinich keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kodeinich swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis defending well as Kodeinich loads up on a big left hand.

Kodeinich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kodeinich is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Kodeinich is blocking nicely.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Kodeinich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kodeinich blocks it with crossed arms.

Kodeinich manages to break the clinch.
Kodeinich fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Kodeinich gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kodeinich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kodeinich lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kodeinich avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis stalling in the clinch but Kodeinich improves position.
Kodeinich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kodeinich's face.
Kodeinich trying to stall but Davis improves his position.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis trying to control the position but instead, Kodeinich has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davis into the cage.
Kodeinich tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Kodeinich blocks it.
Davis is trying to maintain a safe position but Kodeinich gets an underhook and turns Davis into the cage.
Kodeinich wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Kodeinich on the inside.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kodeinich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Kodeinich struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
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.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kodeinich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Davis momentarily.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Kodeinich circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kodeinich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kodeinich misses with a straight right.

Kodeinich pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Kodeinich.
Kodeinich lands a left hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Kodeinich struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Kodeinich blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kodeinich.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kodeinich avoids it.
Kodeinich is trying to push Davis away but Davis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Kodeinich blocks it.
Kodeinich trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kodeinich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis is looking to control Kodeinich's arms but Kodeinich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Davis has his back to the cage.
Kodeinich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kodeinich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Kodeinich blocks with his arms.
Kodeinich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis is looking to control Kodeinich's arms but Kodeinich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Davis has his back to the cage.
Kodeinich is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Davis is keeping busy.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Kodeinich avoids the damage to the body.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kodeinich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kodeinich lands with a right to the head.
Kodeinich pushes Davis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kodeinich can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Kodeinich blocks it.
Kodeinich misses with a body punch.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kodeinich's face.
Kodeinich avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Kodeinich blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kodeinich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kodeinich.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Kodeinich blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kodeinich presses Davis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kodeinich blocks it with crossed arms.
Kodeinich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Kodeinich is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kodeinich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kodeinich lands a nice shot to the body.
Kodeinich looking to slow down the pace here.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kodeinich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davis as Kodeinich tries to tie him up.
Kodeinich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kodeinich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kodeinich looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kodeinich.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davis stalling in the clinch but Kodeinich improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kodeinich - that landed with a thud.
Kodeinich pushes Davis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kodeinich avoiding damage.

Kodeinich breaks from the clinch.
Kodeinich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kodeinich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kodeinich lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kodeinich.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kodeinich.
Davis tries to clinch but Kodeinich moves out of range.
Kodeinich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kodeinich feints a jab promting Davis to slip. Kodeinich then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Davis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kodeinich jabs Davis right on the nose. Davis blinks but takes it well.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kodeinich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kodeinich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Davis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bariga Kodeinich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Davis is looking to clinch.
Kodeinich swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Kodeinich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kodeinich avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Kodeinich tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kodeinich.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kodeinich up against the cage.
Kodeinich using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Kodeinich avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Kodeinich avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis taking a breather.

Kodeinich breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis tries to clinch but Kodeinich is having none of it.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from Kodeinich.
Davis tries to clinch up but Kodeinich circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis tries to clinch up
and Kodeinich counters with a three punch combo that has Davis backing up. Davis nods at Kodeinich to acknowledge the strikes.

Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but Kodeinich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis effectively controlling the action here.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blair Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kodeinich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kodeinich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Kodeinich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis blocks a body shot from Kodeinich.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Kodeinich.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A left hand lands to the body for Kodeinich.
Kodeinich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kodeinich.
Kodeinich trying to control the position but instead, Davis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kodeinich into the cage.
Kodeinich pushes Davis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Davis prevents a body shot from Kodeinich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Kodeinich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis slips a jab from Kodeinich.

Kodeinich takes the fight into the clinch.
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kodeinich blocks it with crossed arms.
Kodeinich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davis throws an elbow but it misses.
Kodeinich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Kodeinich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kodeinich.
Kodeinich scores with a shot to the body.
Kodeinich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kodeinich looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kodeinich misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Davis avoids the head kick by Kodeinich.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Kodeinich.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kodeinich throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Kodeinich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kodeinich scores with a nice strike.
Kodeinich throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Davis wants to clinch up but Kodeinich keeps it at a distance.

Kodeinich pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.
Kodeinich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Kodeinich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kodeinich lands a good knee to the midsection. Davis won't want to take too many of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kodeinich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Kodeinich avoids the damage to the body.
Kodeinich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Davis blocks a body shot from Kodeinich.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bariga Kodeinich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kodeinich has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bariga Kodeinich!