PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between rafael torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Davenport (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

torres
vs
Davenport

185 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, rafael torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Davenport!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
torres tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
torres will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
torres changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davenport tries to avoid it but torres manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davenport to the ground. Davenport escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from torres.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for rafael torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davenport lands a nice leg kick that just misses torres's sensitive parts.
torres shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Davenport pinned against the cage. Davenport gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davenport throws a sloppy head kick and torres moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
torres closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davenport circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Davenport. No joy for torres on that attempt.
Good leg kick by Davenport there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Richard Davenport is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
torres 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.
Davenport feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to torres's calf.
Davenport scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
rafael torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
torres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Davenport manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davenport scores with a head kick. torres tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Davenport keeps torres at a distance using the push kick.
torres shoots in for a takedown but Davenport shows good takedown defense.
torres is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davenport lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
torres takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davenport keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davenport connects with a high kick.
Davenport stuffs the takedown attempt from torres. torres gets slowly back to his feet.
Davenport lands with a slapping head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davenport.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davenport throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by torres.
torres is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Davenport is looking to slow torres down with leg kicks.
Davenport lands with a kick to the temple. torres shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Davenport lands a high kick!
Davenport fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt torres.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davenport.
torres on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davenport. Davenport obviously looking to wear him down.
Davenport throws a sloppy head kick and torres moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Davenport there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Davenport.
Davenport feints and then cracks torres's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow torres down.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for torres. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davenport.
Davenport thumps torres with a low kick.
Davenport feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to torres's calf.
Davenport throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davenport with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
torres blocks a head kick by Davenport.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Davenport dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Davenport thumps torres with a low kick.
Davenport feints and then cracks torres's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow torres down.
Davenport looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
torres misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Davenport cracks the inside of torres's front leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davenport leaves torres with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Davenport lands a leg kick that knocks torres off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davenport, right into the meat.
torres takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davenport lands a high kick!
Davenport lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
torres takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davenport connects with a high kick.
Davenport feints and then cracks torres's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow torres down.
Davenport chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
torres on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davenport. Davenport obviously looking to wear him down.
torres shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davenport sprawls well. Davenport wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. torres gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for rafael torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Davenport.
Davenport lands a head kick. torres smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Davenport moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davenport lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davenport moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davenport connects with a high kick.
Davenport throws a front kick that sends torres stumbling back into the cage.
torres takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Davenport scores with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davenport, right into the meat.
torres takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davenport scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davenport scoring well with a low kick there.
Davenport throws a leg kick which misses torres's front leg but catches the back leg as torres tries to avoid it.
Davenport scoring well with a low kick there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davenport.
Davenport chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davenport misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
torres shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davenport defends it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davenport.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Davenport 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!

A nice inside leg kick there by Davenport. That's going to slow torres down.
torres shoots in for a takedown but Davenport shows good takedown defense.
torres tries to close the distance and clinch but Davenport swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
torres tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davenport swivels and escapes.
Davenport fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
torres shoots for a double leg takedown but Davenport sprawls well. He's pushed torres's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for rafael torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davenport throws a head kick that torres semi-blocks.
A head kick by torres misses
and Davenport counters with an inside leg kick.
Davenport throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davenport dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on torres. That did some damage!
Davenport throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
torres walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davenport.
Davenport misses with a head kick.
Davenport connects with an inside leg kick.
Davenport looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davenport.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
torres misses with a takedown attempt
and Davenport counters with an outside leg kick.
Davenport chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davenport lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Davenport scores with a leg kick.
Davenport lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
torres 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.
torres takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davenport throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davenport throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by torres.
Davenport cracks the inside of torres's front leg.
torres has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davenport.
Davenport lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
torres takes a kick to the side of the head.
Davenport lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Davenport.
Davenport throws a quick head kick that skims the top of torres's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davenport looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Davenport feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to torres's calf.
Richard Davenport seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davenport scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Davenport throws a nice outside leg kick.
rafael torres is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davenport, right into the meat.
Davenport scores with a leg kick.
rafael torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
torres takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Davenport comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davenport 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 24:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 24:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Davenport!