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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Davis (ranked 8324 p4p, 707 weight class) and Rico Blake (ranked 7514 p4p, 664 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonathan Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rico Blake!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis lands with a nice body punch.
Davis lands with a nice body punch.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Blake moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis lands with a good body shot.
Davis lands with a hook. Blake tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blake comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blake's coach down at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches - $300/Week was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Blake's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Blake missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blake with a jab.
Blake throws a head kick that misses.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blake shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blake is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Blake avoids the body shot from Davis.
Blake connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake slips a jab from Davis.
Blake tries for a takedown but Davis circles away easily
and Davis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jonathan Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico Blake.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Blake drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blake drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Davis defends it well.
Blake throws a wild body kick that Davis sees coming a mile off.
Davis appears to be looking for a big counter.
Blake connects with a jab.
Blake bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Davis's head backwards.
Davis stalks Blake and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blake's face. Blake staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Rico Blake has been cut.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blake.
Davis is looking to wear down Blake with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blake looks winded!
Davis drops Blake with a beautiful combination! Blake stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Davis is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blake circles away quickly and effectively.
Blake throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
Blake closes the distance and clinches up with Davis, looking for a takedown. Blake pushes Davis against the cage but Davis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Blake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Blake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blake looks to land a body kick but Davis moved away.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Blake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Blake is just out of range.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jonathan Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake misses with a two punch combination.
Blake scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis throws a right hand that misses
and Blake counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis misses with a double jab
and Blake counters with a two punch combo.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a series of punches but Blake avoids them all with ease.
Blake doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Blake tries for a takedown but Davis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Davis thuds a left hand into Blake's body.
Blake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Davis misses the body punch
and Blake counters with a one-two to the body.
Jonathan Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Blake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Davis throws a series of punches but Blake moves out of range.
Blake tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Blake tries to clinch up.
A jab from Blake misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Davis misses the target.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Davis scores with a jab.
Blake shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davis defends it nicely.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Blake counters with a body kick.
Blake slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Blake slips under a jab.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Blake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blake misses with a few strikes there.
Blake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis is looking for a counter combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blake misses with an uppercut
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rico Blake'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.
Blake lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Blake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blake shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davis defends it nicely.
Jonathan Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis with a nice cross.
Blake swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davis.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blake looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Blake to counter with a crisp jab.
Blake lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blake looking to score a takedown here. Davis is defending well but Blake drives through and ends up in Davis's guard.
Davis is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Blake dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Blake asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Davis tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Davis is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Blake tries to control but Davis wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Blake wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.
Davis tries to buck Blake off but he can't manage it.
Blake takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Davis tries to buck Blake off but he can't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Blake looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Blake controlling from the full mount.
Blake tries to control but Davis wriggling away.
Davis is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Blake throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Davis because Blake loaded up on that one.
Davis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Blake punching from mount but Davis doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Blake trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Blake sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Blake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rico Blake'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. This is the final round!
Davis throws a jab when Blake was well out of range.
Blake throws a counter combo.
Davis throws a right and a left that Blake avoids nicely.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Blake looks to move away, Davis throws a big counter combo but Blake just gets out of the way.
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blake.
Blake lands a nice shot that snaps Davis's head back.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
Jonathan Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis swings for the body but Blake moves out of range.
Blake tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Blake moves away from the strike by Davis.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blake can do to turn this around?
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Davis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blake.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Blake fails with a takedown attempt.
Jonathan Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rico Blake.
Blake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blake takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davis throws a series of punches but Blake moves out of range.
Blake closes the distance looking to clinch
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Blake uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Davis throws the left hand but Blake avoids the punch easily.
Blake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Davis as he connects with a hook.
Blake misses with a combination
and Davis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davis throws a body shot but no joy.
Davis throws a series of punches but Blake avoids them all with ease.
Blake is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake shoots in but no luck this time.
A jab from Davis misses.
Blake shoots in but no luck this time.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Davis throws a body punch but Blake moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Blake on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Davis checks it well.
Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Blake's head backwards.
Davis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Davis wants it to stay on the feet.
Blake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blake avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis scores with a hook.
Blake shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Davis as he jumps to the side.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blake manages to avoid it.
Blake dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
Blake misses with a wild body shot.
Blake swings widly with a right hand
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
Davis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blake is defended easily by Davis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blake scores with a punch to the head.
Davis throws a right and a left that Blake avoids nicely.
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!
Blake wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Blake shoots in looking for a takedown but Davis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blake's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Blake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blake let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Blake looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Davis punishes Blake's body with a nice straight punch.
Davis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davis misses with a hook. Blake ducked under it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Davis!
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