PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses. The crowd seem to be enjoying Mathers's choice of entrance music: Square Dance. This should be a great matchup!

Davis
vs
Mathers

187 cm
29
182 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

185 cm
29
185 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Marshall Mathers!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathers tests Davis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Mathers blocks a jab.
Mathers slips a straight right by Davis.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Mathers down.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Mathers moved out of range.
Mathers is looking to land body kicks.
Mathers takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch lands to the side of Mathers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Davis slips a jab from Mathers.
Mathers throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mathers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mathers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Mathers digs a good body shot into Davis's ribs.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Davis missing with a left hand there. Mathers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mathers connects with a leg kick. Davis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mathers.
Mathers scores with a jab to the head.
Davis cracks Mathers with a good jab.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Mathers moved out of range nicely.
Mathers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Mathers.
Davis cracks Mathers with an open hand slap.
Mathers cracks Davis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mathers.
Antonio Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mathers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis swings widly with a right hand
and Mathers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers moves out of range as Davis strikes.
Mathers throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Davis is rocked!
Davis moves out of range as Mathers throws a body kick.
Oh Davis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mathers.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now.
Mathers fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Davis moves out of range of the body kick.
Mathers slips a jab from Davis.
Davis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mathers checks a low kick from Davis.
Mathers dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Mathers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davis lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Mathers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mathers checks a leg kick.
Davis throws a hook but Mathers avoids it easily.
Davis stuns Mathers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mathers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mathers throws out a loose jab but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis walks into a straight right hand from Mathers.

It looks like Antonio Davis has been cut.
Mathers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Mathers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Davis had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Davis cracks Mathers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mathers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mathers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Mathers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mathers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers throws out a leg kick but Davis moves out of range and Mathers only half commits.
Mathers lands with a nice body kick.
Mathers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mathers avoids the body shot from Davis.
Mathers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Davis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mathers.
Mathers slips a jab from Davis.
Mathers thuds his right hand into Davis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mathers lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mathers was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Davis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mathers checks it well.
Davis throws a right and a left that Mathers avoids nicely.
Mathers lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Mathers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Davis's cut.
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.

Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Mathers connects with an inside leg kick.
Davis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Davis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mathers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Mathers.
Davis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mathers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davis slips under a jab from Mathers.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Mathers finds it's way through Davis's defenses.
A slow jab from Davis misses its intended target.
Mathers slips a jab from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mathers.
Mathers throws a monster overhand right that drops Davis! Mathers follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshall Mathers!
An out of breath Marshall Mathers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.