PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Dante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dante
vs
Davis

195 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Full Mount Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Dante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Timothy Davis!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dante shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Davis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dante lands a big shot there that rocks Davis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Dante.
Dante with the ground and pound from mount.
Davis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dante lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dante looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Davis is desperately trying to improve his position but Dante has a good base and remains in mount.
Dante lands a big shot there that rocks Davis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Davis is bucking up trying to escape but Dante cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dante could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dante landing strikes from the mount and Davis is in trouble!
Dante trying to control but Davis is having none of it.
Dante lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dante lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Davis tries to reverse the position but Dante maintains control.
Dante working Davis over with strikes here.
Dante with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dante breaks from Davis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Davis is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Dante.
Dante working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dante looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Davis working to try and regain half guard.
Davis looks gassed!
Dante landing strikes from the mount and Davis is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis is squirming around, avoiding Dante's attempts to control the action.
Davis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dante. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dante lands with some strikes.
Dante with a couple of short strikes.
Dante with good strikes from the mount here!
Davis is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Dante.
Dante dominating with strikes here.
Dante lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dante dominating with strikes here.
Dante with good strikes from the mount here!
Dante lands with some strikes.
Dante in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dante unloading with bombs!
Dante pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davis wants to hold on but Dante pushes him away.
Davis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Dante is working for a guillotine from mount but Davis frees his head quite easily.
Dante with shots to the head and body - Davis looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dante trying to control but Davis is having none of it.
Dante 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.
BOOM! Dante connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis blocking the ground and pound.
Dante landing punches.
You get the feeling that Davis really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Dante dominating with strikes here.
Davis is trying to escape the mount.
Dante looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dante landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Davis checks a low kick from Dante.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Dante counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Davis is trying to stand up here but Dante is controlling him well.
Dante seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dante keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dante landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dante working Davis over with strikes.
Dante is nestled in close to Davis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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. Dante connects with a nice short shot to Davis's temple.
Dante scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dante working over Davis with some ground and pound. Davis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dante slips a nice elbow through Davis's hands, connecting with Davis's forehead.
Dante working over Davis with some ground and pound. Davis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Davis trying to control from the bottom.
Dante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Dante.
Dante with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dante sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Davis defending well though.
Dante trying to control from half guard but Davis is working away.
Davis is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Davis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dante scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dante lands a nice short elbow.
Dante looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Davis wants to control but Dante is keeping busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dante tries a head kick but it misses.

Dante looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Davis!
Dante fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dante punching from mount but Davis doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Dante there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dante throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davis blocking the ground and pound.
Davis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dante is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Davis tries to lock up and control but Dante gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dante connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Davis manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Dante throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dante not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dante working over Davis with some ground and pound. Davis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Davis is looking for a sweep. Dante is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dante 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.
Dante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dante tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Dante jabs at Davis's body.
Davis tries to clinch but Dante moves out of range.

Davis clinches up with Dante and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Dante dominated that second round.
That's time! Dante's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Davis gets the takedown into side control.
Dante gets back to half guard.
Dante landing strikes from the bottom.
Dante misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dante is trying to get back to full guard.
Dante flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Davis prevents Dante from improving his position.

Davis escapes and gets back to his feet.
Davis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Dante counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Davis moves into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dante's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dante lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dante lands a couple of digs.
Davis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dante trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Dante landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dante landing some decent shots from guard.
Dante postures up and lands a big shot to Davis's brow.
Dante throws a strike but Davis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Dante is looking for a triangle here but Davis uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Dante misses with a strike from the bottom.
Ryan Dante overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dante tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dante keeps working.
Dante misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Davis wants to control but Dante is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dante tries to land a leg kick but Davis saw it coming and moves away.
Davis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Dante counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dante postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dante trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Dante landing with the ground and pound.
Dante might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dante is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
Dante throws a strike but Davis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Dante is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Timothy Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan Dante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dante wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Davis is now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Dante showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dante, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Dante!