PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Davis Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slawek Chruszczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slawek Chruszczynski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davis Jr
vs
Chruszczynski

180 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sammy Davis Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Slawek Chruszczynski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chruszczynski thuds his right hand into Davis Jr's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chruszczynski.
Chruszczynski feints and then cracks Davis Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davis Jr down.
Chruszczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis Jr throws a leg kick but Chruszczynski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Davis Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Davis Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Chruszczynski.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch but Davis Jr moves out of range.
Chruszczynski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch but Davis Jr is having none of it.
Chruszczynski moves in looking to clinch but Davis Jr pushes him off.
Chruszczynski is looking to clinch.
Davis Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chruszczynski manages to avoid it.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch up but Davis Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Chruszczynski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chruszczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch up but Davis Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Slawek Chruszczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davis Jr scores with a takedown into Chruszczynski's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chruszczynski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis Jr lands a couple of elbows.
Chruszczynski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davis Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Davis Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis Jr stands up over Chruszczynski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Davis Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chruszczynski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davis Jr thows a big elbow that misses.
Davis Jr stops Chruszczynski from standing up.
Davis Jr 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.
Davis Jr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davis Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Chruszczynski moves in looking to clinch but Davis Jr pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chruszczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch up but Davis Jr circles away and keeps his distance.

Chruszczynski throws a left that rocks Davis Jr and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Chruszczynski dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Davis Jr regain composure!

Davis Jr is rocked!
Davis Jr is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis Jr is looking for a sweep.
Oh Davis Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Davis Jr throws Chruszczynski to one side and escapes!
Davis Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Chruszczynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch up.
Davis Jr misses the jab.

Davis Jr looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Chruszczynski misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Davis Jr throwing shots but Chruszczynski is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis Jr wants to pass to mount but Chruszczynski is defending the position.
Chruszczynski has hold of Davis Jr's hands but Davis Jr slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chruszczynski won't allow Davis Jr to pass to mount.
Chruszczynski looks like he's trying to stand up.
Davis Jr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Davis Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chruszczynski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Davis Jr.
Davis Jr looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Davis Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four 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 Jr wants to pass to mount but Chruszczynski is defending the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davis Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Chruszczynski.
Davis Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chruszczynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis Jr motions for Chruszczynski to come forward. Davis Jr throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chruszczynski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Chruszczynski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch there but Davis Jr circles away.

Davis Jr shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis Jr is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slawek Chruszczynski dominated that round.
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.

Davis Jr shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chruszczynski is trying to defend but Davis Jr finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chruszczynski can do anything to dispel that myth.
Davis Jr throws a strike but Chruszczynski avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Davis Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Davis Jr postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davis Jr passes into half guard.
Chruszczynski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Davis Jr lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Davis Jr is thwarting Chruszczynski's attempts to control the position.
Davis Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis Jr looks to land a strike but Chruszczynski avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Chruszczynski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chruszczynski looking for a sweep. Not yet Chruszczynski, not yet.
Chruszczynski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chruszczynski trying to control the position.
Davis Jr thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chruszczynski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chruszczynski is looking to clinch but Davis Jr is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Davis Jr misses.
Chruszczynski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis Jr circles away quickly and effectively.

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.
Chruszczynski wants to clinch up but Davis Jr keeps it at a distance.
Chruszczynski tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Davis Jr darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Davis Jr scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Davis Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chruszczynski wants to get back to full guard.
Chruszczynski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Davis Jr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Davis Jr is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Davis Jr is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Chruszczynski!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chruszczynski really wants to buck Davis Jr off and get back to his feet.
Davis Jr lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Davis Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Chruszczynski is bucking up trying to escape but Davis Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Davis Jr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Davis Jr landing shots from mount.
Davis Jr lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Chruszczynski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Davis Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Davis Jr dominating with strikes here.
Davis Jr lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chruszczynski hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis Jr lands a big shot there that rocks Chruszczynski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Davis Jr unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davis Jr landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Chruszczynski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Chruszczynski regains half guard.
Davis Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis Jr 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.
Davis Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Davis Jr wants to pass the guard but Chruszczynski is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Davis Jr dominated that second round.
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!

Chruszczynski throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Chruszczynski doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis Jr circles away.
Davis Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Davis Jr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Davis Jr is working Chruszczynski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Davis Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chruszczynski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis Jr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davis Jr throwing strikes from guard but Chruszczynski blocks nicely.
Davis Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Davis Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chruszczynski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chruszczynski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis Jr postures up in Chruszczynski's guard and throws a big left but Chruszczynski blocks it.
Chruszczynski working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chruszczynski misses with an uppercut.
Chruszczynski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chruszczynski tries to clinch but Davis Jr is having none of it.
Chruszczynski tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chruszczynski misses with a wild combination.
Sammy Davis Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chruszczynski doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis Jr circles away.
Slawek Chruszczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Davis Jr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Chruszczynski!
Davis Jr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis Jr lands a big elbow.
BOOM! Davis Jr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Davis Jr landing shots from mount.
Davis Jr with shots to the head and body - Chruszczynski looks very uncomfortable down there.
Davis Jr dominating with strikes here.
Davis Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chruszczynski?
Davis Jr cracks Chruszczynski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davis Jr dominating with strikes here.
Davis Jr dominating with strikes here.
Davis Jr is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Chruszczynski'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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis Jr scoring with strikes but Chruszczynski is staying in there.
The referee warns Chruszczynski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Davis Jr working Chruszczynski over with strikes here.
Davis Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chruszczynski looks a forlorn figure.
Davis Jr working Chruszczynski over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davis Jr lands a heavy elbow.
Davis Jr prevents Chruszczynski from getting the reversal.
Davis Jr working the ground and pound effectively.
Davis Jr working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chruszczynski looks a forlorn figure.
Davis Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Davis Jr lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Davis Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chruszczynski?
Davis Jr avoids the attempt from Chruszczynski to control.
Davis Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chruszczynski looks a forlorn figure.
Davis Jr landing strikes from the mount and Chruszczynski is in trouble!

And that's the end of the fight!
Sammy Davis Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davis Jr 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sammy Davis Jr!