PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davies
vs
Williams

180 cm
24
184 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
170 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will Williams!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Davies.
Davies lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into range.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Davies.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Davies sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Davies keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Davies pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Williams.

Davies breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davies listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies with a hook.
Davies looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Davies moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Davies swings widly with a right hand
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Davies tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davies throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
John Davies is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davies misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Davies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davies is looking to clinch.
Davies misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Williams has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Davies after a bit of a struggle.
John Davies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Williams.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Davies.
Davies lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Will Williams has been cut.
Davies gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davies's elbow.
Williams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davies pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davies swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Davies.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Davies.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Davies sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davies.
Williams shoots in but no luck this time.
Davies cracks Williams with an open hand slap.
Davies fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davies wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Davies misses with a combination
and Williams counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Davies gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Davies lands an elbow inside.
Davies trying to land knees to the body.
Davies trying to land knees to the body.
Davies gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Davies misses with an uppercut
and Davies takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davies fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Davies ducks down to avoid it.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams is trying desperately to land a takedown but Davies is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Williams.
Davies keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Davies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Will Williams's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A punch combination from Williams misses.

Davies pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Davies.
Davies lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Davies manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Davies blocking some punches.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davies is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Davies lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but Davies pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
John Davies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Williams.
Davies keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davies pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Williams back to the cage. Davies follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sloppy strikes from Davies. Those never looked like landing.
Davies wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams pushes Davies up against the cage in a clinch.
Davies goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Davies.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davies lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Will Williams's cut even more.
Davies content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Williams wants to take the fight to the mat but Davies manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Davies presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Davies tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Davies has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Davies taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Davies misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
A short uppercut from Davies.
Davies will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Williams up against the cage.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davies scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Davies throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Davies avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams can't get the takedown.
Davies pushes off an throws an elbow but Williams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Davies.
Davies using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Will Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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!
Davies lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davies.
Davies lands an elbow inside.
Davies comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Will Williams's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
John Davies has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Davies.
Davies prevents the takedown attempt.
Davies working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davies throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Davies landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.

Davies breaks from the clinch.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Davies dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Will Williams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Davies closes the distance and pushes Williams back into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Davies.
Davies landing knees to the body.

Davies escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davies tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davies jabs Williams to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Davies changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
John Davies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davies misses with a two punch combination.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davies smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Davies closes the distance and clinches.
Davies lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Will Williams's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Davies!
After winning the bout, John Davies thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.