PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dee Nice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davison comes to the ring accompanied by Not Today by Sevendust. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nice's choice of entrance music: Mr. Nice Guy. Chris Davison has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davison
vs
Nice

181 cm
30
211 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

190 cm
33
204 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Spartan Nutrition
Arcticus University: London

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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Davison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dee Nice!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davison shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Davison is nestled in close to Nice, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Davison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Davison is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Davison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Davison's back!

Nice has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Davison has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
My spies in FORBIDDEN VOILENCE WARRIORS inform me that Nice has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Davison wants to escape the position.

Nice is looking for the choke from the back position but Davison is controlling his hands well.

Nice is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Davison defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Davison showing good submission defense here.

Nice goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Davison escapes and is now in half guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Davison has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Davison is keen to just control but Nice is a slippery customer.

Nice looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Davison is trying to control. Nice wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Davison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Davison landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Davison scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice is not content to let Davison control the position.

Davison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Davison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nice is just riding it out for now. Davison eventually gives up the hold.
Davison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nice does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Davison is nestled in close to Nice, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Davison landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice is refusing to be controlled, as Davison sits in half guard.
Davison working Nice over with strikes.
Davison working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Davison connects with a nice short shot to Nice's temple.
Davison seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Davison content to control rather than advance.
Davison is keen to just control but Nice is a slippery customer.
Ground and pound from Davison.

Nice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Davison wants to work for an arm triangle but Nice is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Davison is looking for a kimura here.
Davison is looking to stall here but Nice recovers full guard.
Davison working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nice had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Davison defends it easily.
Davison passes into half guard.
Davison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Davison wants to take a breather but Nice is having none of it.
Davison working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Davison connects with a nice short shot to Nice's temple.

Nice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Davison scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Davison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davison seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Davison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nice keeps working.
Davison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Nice is rocked!
Davison working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Davison dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Davison drives through with a takedown into guard.
Davison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nice is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Davison wants to control from the top but Nice keeps moving.
Davison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Davison connects with a couple of short punches.
Davison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Davison wants to control from the top but Nice keeps moving.
Davison working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Davison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Nice is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Davison with a nice head shot there.
Davison with a nice head shot there.
Nice is still in real trouble! Can Davison finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison advances to half guard.
Davison sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Davison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nice does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice seems to have recovered his senses.
Davison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nice is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Davison lands a nice short elbow.
Davison working Nice over with strikes.

Davison is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nice has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nice is looking for a sweep. Davison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice is staying active underneath Davison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nice is trying to stand up here but Davison is controlling him well.
Davison looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nice with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Davison lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Davison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Davison is keen to just control but Nice is a slippery customer.

Nice actively working from the bottom here.
Nice is staying active underneath Davison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Davison working over Nice with some ground and pound. Nice looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Davison working the head and body with strikes.
Davison winds up and cracks Nice with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Davison is trying to control. Nice wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chris Davison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nice strikes from Davison there.
Davison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nice can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Nice is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Davison pulls his head out easily.
Nice is breathing heavily.
Davison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nice does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Davison takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Davison lands with a punch from half guard.
Davison lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Nice quite badly. Nice pulls Davison in close trying to recover. Davison postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Nice on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Nice doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Davison!
Chris Davison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Dee Nice had this to say: 'I really wanted to win the first fight for my new manager. But I failed.. sorry.'.