PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between erik davidsson davidsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and batista haight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying haight's choice of entrance music: Forgot About Dre - Eminem. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

davidsson davidsson
vs
haight

189 cm
19
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 Los Angeles, erik davidsson davidsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, batista haight!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
haight has a takedown stuffed.
davidsson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
davidsson throws a head kick that misses.
haight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
davidsson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
haight fails with the takedown.
davidsson with a poor takedown

and haight counters with a shoot takedown. davidsson fights it but they end up in guard.
haight looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

haight is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
haight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
haight pushes down on davidsson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
haight missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
haight not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
haight looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
haight is figuring out what he wants to do next.

haight decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

haight drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
davidsson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of haight.
davidsson can't do much from the bottom here.
davidsson is trying to buck haight off.

haight has hold of davidsson's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! davidsson tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - haight cranks the arm and davidsson screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from davidsson, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). batista haight!