PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Davis (ranked 24490 p4p, 4081 weight class) and Jarrad Justice (ranked 624 p4p, 443 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Davis
vs
Justice

178 cm
19
156
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
168
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenneth Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jarrad Justice!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis has Justice up against the cage in a clinch.

Justice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Justice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
It seemed like Justice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.

It looks like Jarrad Justice has been cut.
Justice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Justice.

Justice manages to break the clinch.
Davis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis staying out of range there.
Justice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Davis closes the distance but Justice moves to the side
and Justice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Justice misses.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis connects with a crisp jab.
Justice avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kenneth Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Davis has managed to clinch.

Davis manages to break the clinch.

Davis has Justice up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Justice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis wants to clinch up but Justice keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Justice moves into the clinch.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Davis has Justice up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice misses with the head strike.

Davis manages to break the clinch.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justice looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Justice.
Justice lands with a hook. Davis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Justice throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Davis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davis misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Justice as he connects with a hook.
A big right from Justice misses.

Justice moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Justice.
Davis lands a shoulder strike.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Justice let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Justice misses with a left hand
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand.
Justice digs a good hook to Davis's body.

Davis has Justice up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Justice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice working aggressively here.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Justice misses with some punches.

Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Davis is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Justice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davis is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Justice misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis is looking to counter punch.
Justice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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 Kenneth Davis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jarrad Justice's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Davis pushes Justice up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.
Justice has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Justice.
Davis tries to clinch but Justice moves away
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Justice clinches with his opponent.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenneth Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Justice.
Justice misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Justice misses with a right hand
and Davis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Justice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis wants to clinch up but Justice keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis tries to clinch there but Justice circles away.
Davis tries to clinch up but Justice circles away and keeps his distance.
Justice throws out a counter right but Davis avoids it with no problem.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Davis has managed to clinch.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Justice circles away from the clinch attempt
and Justice counters with a nice uppercut.
Justice might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Davis forces Justice back against the cage and clinches.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Justice avoids the damage to the body.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Davis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice misses with a hook.
Justice drops his hands momentarily and Davis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Kenneth Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis blocks a jab.
Davis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It seemed like Justice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Justice needs to keep his hands up - Davis had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but Justice is having none of it.
Nice uppercut lands for Davis. That snapped Justice's head back.

That has opened up Jarrad Justice's cut even more.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Justice lands a jab to Davis's midsection.
Justice looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
It looked like Davis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Davis steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Justice is out on his feet! Davis sets himself and nearly takes Justice's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kenneth Davis!