PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Canseco (ranked 3779 p4p, 3483 weight class) and Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 139 p4p, 142 weight class). Canseco comes into the arena with Tool - Fear Inoculum blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Canseco
vs
Davidyan

193 cm
31
290
13 - 29 - 0

189 cm
39
191
26 - 17 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Canseco !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gurgen Davidyan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Canseco manages to avoid it.
Davidyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Davidyan misses the target.
A combination from Canseco does no damage.
A punch combination from Canseco misses.
Davidyan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Canseco throws a hook to the side of Davidyan's head but Davidyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davidyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davidyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Canseco is able to avoid easily.
Canseco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Canseco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davidyan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Canseco 's head backwards.
A big right from Canseco misses.
Canseco throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Canseco . Those never looked like landing.
Davidyan tries to clinch but Canseco moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Canseco misses the shot to the body.
Canseco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davidyan.
Davidyan throws out a loose jab but Canseco uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco punishes Davidyan's body with a nice straight punch.
Jose Canseco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidyan connects with the punch.
Canseco throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
A big left from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan lands a jab to the head.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Canseco .
A good leg kick by Davidyan.
Davidyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Canseco .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Canseco !
Davidyan tries to move into range but Canseco moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Canseco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidyan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Canseco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Davidyan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Davidyan manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan scores with a jab to the body.

Davidyan takes the fight into the clinch.
Canseco tries to circle away but Davidyan has him pinned against the cage.

Davidyan manages to break the clinch.
Canseco gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davidyan.
Canseco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davidyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davidyan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Canseco has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Canseco and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Canseco fails to land with a series of punches.
Davidyan lands a slapping body shot.
Davidyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Canseco keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Canseco just misses with a punch to the body.
Canseco misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canseco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Canseco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Davidyan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Canseco tries to circle away but Davidyan has him pinned against the cage.
Davidyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davidyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davidyan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canseco 's efforts to push away.

Canseco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Canseco is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Canseco misses with a double jab.
Canseco fails to land with a series of punches.
Canseco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davidyan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Davidyan throws a front kick aimed at Canseco 's knee but Canseco avoids it well.
Canseco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davidyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Canseco .
Davidyan replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Canseco blocks it well.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Canseco .
Canseco just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Canseco s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Canseco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Canseco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidyan scores with a jab to the body.
Davidyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Davidyan rushes Canseco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Canseco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Canseco .
Still in the clinch, Davidyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davidyan works on Canseco 's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidyan.
Davidyan lands with a left to the head.

Davidyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canseco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Davidyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Canseco 's sensitive parts.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Canseco .
Davidyan lands a head shot.
Canseco on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gurgen Davidyan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Canseco moves forwards but Davidyan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sloppy strikes from Canseco . Those never looked like landing.
Davidyan dips to his left and cracks Canseco with an uppercut!
Jose Canseco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Canseco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davidyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Canseco .
Canseco misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Davidyan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidyan throws a jab when Canseco was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Canseco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Canseco throws a nice looking combination but Davidyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Canseco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Canseco throws a body shot but no joy.
Davidyan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Canseco is looking to wear down Davidyan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Davidyan looks to land a combination but Canseco avoids it well.
Canseco fails to land with a series of punches.
Canseco throws a hook but Davidyan blocks it.
Jose Canseco is winning the standup battle so far.
Canseco moves out of range as Davidyan strikes.
Davidyan lands a jab to Canseco 's midsection.
Canseco throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
Davidyan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidyan jabs Canseco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Davidyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davidyan takes a swing at Canseco 's ribcage but misses.
Canseco misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davidyan! But no joy.
Canseco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davidyan counters with a straight right hand.
Canseco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davidyan circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canseco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davidyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davidyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davidyan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Canseco momentarily.
Davidyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Davidyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Canseco misses with an uppercut. Davidyan saw that one coming.
Davidyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davidyan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Canseco blocks a jab.
Canseco misses the body punch
and Davidyan counters with a left to the body.
Canseco throws out a loose jab but Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canseco throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Davidyan counter with a right hand.
Davidyan connects with a body shot that sends Canseco 's belly button to the back.
Canseco misses the shot to the body.
Davidyan avoids the body shot from Canseco .
Canseco blocks a head kick by Davidyan.
Canseco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Canseco misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidyan lands a nice shot that snaps Canseco 's head back.
Davidyan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davidyan lands a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davidyan.
Canseco digs a good hook to Davidyan's body.
Davidyan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Canseco misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Davidyan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Davidyan misses with a hook. Canseco ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Canseco is just out of range.
Canseco throws a right hand that Davidyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Davidyan also avoids with ease.
Canseco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Canseco moves out of range of the strikes.
Davidyan throws a jab when Canseco was well out of range.
Davidyan throws a leg kick which misses Canseco 's front leg but catches the back leg as Canseco tries to avoid it.
Davidyan lands with a shot to the body.
Davidyan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Canseco tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Canseco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from Canseco . Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan cracks Canseco with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Canseco falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Davidyan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Davidyan has Canseco up against the cage in a clinch.

Davidyan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gurgen Davidyan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Davidyan throws a body kick that misses.
Davidyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Canseco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Canseco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Canseco is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Davidyan misses with a wild body shot.
Canseco connects with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Davidyan.
Canseco misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Canseco , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Canseco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Canseco throws a body shot but no joy.
Canseco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davidyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davidyan misses with an uppercut. Canseco saw that one coming.
Canseco looks to land a left hand but Davidyan moved out of range nicely.
Canseco slips under a jab.
Davidyan with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davidyan misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco swings for the body but Davidyan moves out of range.
Davidyan flicks out a counter leg kick but Canseco steps away.
Canseco throws the left hand but Davidyan avoids the punch easily.
Canseco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davidyan replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Canseco blocks it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davidyan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Canseco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Canseco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Canseco backing away here, and Davidyan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A swing and a miss from Canseco .
Davidyan avoids the body shot from Canseco .
Davidyan misses with a hook. Canseco ducked under it nicely.
Davidyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Davidyan lands with a nice body punch.
Davidyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davidyan! But no joy.
Davidyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canseco .
Davidyan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Davidyan wants to clinch up but Canseco keeps it at a distance.
Davidyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Canseco .
Davidyan lands a high kick!
Davidyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Canseco misses.
Some wild striking there from Canseco .
Davidyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Canseco .
Davidyan misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davidyan throws a body shot but no joy.
Davidyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Canseco was well out of range. Poor timing from Davidyan.
Canseco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Davidyan.
Davidyan tests Canseco 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davidyan with a hook.
Davidyan scores with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Canseco misses its intended target.
Canseco walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davidyan.
Canseco takes a swing at Davidyan's ribcage but misses.
Canseco throws a series of strikes that have Davidyan backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Canseco swinging wildly here.
Canseco staying out of range there.
Nice uppercut there from Davidyan.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidyan cracks Canseco with an open hand slap.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davidyan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Davidyan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Canseco doesn't seem bothered though.
Canseco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davidyan.
Canseco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jose Canseco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davidyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davidyan lands with a nice body punch.
Canseco on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Davidyan misses with an uppercut.
Canseco was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Canseco throws a series of punches but Davidyan avoids them all with ease.
Davidyan tries a quick counter leg kick but Canseco is wise to it.
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!
Davidyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gurgen Davidyan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canseco tries to bum rush Davidyan with a series of wild strikes but Davidyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davidyan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Canseco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Canseco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Davidyan avoids the body shot from Canseco .
Davidyan scores with a hook to the body. Canseco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Davidyan throws a head kick that Canseco semi-blocks.
Davidyan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Canseco on the side of the head.
Davidyan works the jab nicely.
Canseco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davidyan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Davidyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Davidyan. Canseco shrugs it off though.
Davidyan lands a two punch combo.
The fighters circling - Davidyan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canseco takes one to the side of the head.
Canseco swings for the body but Davidyan moves out of range.
Canseco drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gurgen Davidyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davidyan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gurgen Davidyan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gurgen Davidyan made sure he mentioned Reaper Combatwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
In defeat, Jose Canseco stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fucking CTE'.