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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Forget you-Cee-Lo Green (Orginal version unedited) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the ring it seems that Michael Davis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Davis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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212 lbs
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207 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Washington!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Washington tries a low kick but Davis avoids it.
Davis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Washington looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Washington connects with a body shot that sends Davis's belly button to the back.
Nice uppercut lands for Davis. That snapped Washington's head back.
Washington looks winded!
Davis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Washington!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Davis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
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!
Davis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Washington, who protects the arm well.
Washington tries to bench press Davis off him but Davis keeps the position.
Davis is trying to get an arm triangle but Washington is defending well.
Davis tries for a kimura but Washington is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis swings around for an armbar but Washington sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Davis's guard.
Davis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Washington stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Davis tries to get out of the position.
Washington advances to half guard.
Davis manages to get to full guard.
Washington won't allow Davis to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Davis has a closed guard, preventing Washington from standing up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Washington stays in close to Davis's body and controls the position.
Davis manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Washington is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Davis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis looking to control but Washington is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Davis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Washington can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Davis lands a nice shot to the head.
Davis content just to control the position here.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Davis looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Davis has control of Washington's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Washington regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Davis is working for a guillotine from mount but Washington frees his head quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis landing strikes from the mount.
Davis prevents Washington from getting the reversal.
Davis with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Davis in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Washington gets back to half guard.
Davis trying to control the action but Washington is working from the bottom.
Davis works his foot free and advances to mount.
Washington wants to control but Davis is having none of it.
Davis tries to control but Washington wriggling away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Davis looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Davis raining down shots from the mount!
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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!
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Washington?
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Davis punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davis lands a nice shot to the head.
Davis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Washington is looking to improve his position but Davis isn't that keen on the idea.
Davis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davis is landing with some decent strikes but Washington is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Davis with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Washington is in a horrible position here. Davis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Davis wants to control the pace but Washington is squirming around nicely.
Davis landing strikes from the mount.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to hold on but Davis pushes him away.
Davis swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Washington is now in Davis's guard. A big mistake from Davis there, giving up the dominant position!
Davis wants to control but Washington passes easily into half guard.
Davis is staying active underneath Washington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Davis has one foot on Washington's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Washington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Jason Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Washington sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Davis shoots in for a takedown but Washington shows good takedown defense.
Washington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Davis is out of range and Washington settles back down.
Washington slaps away a takedown attempt from Davis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington scores with a jab. Davis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a low kick, looking for Washington's leg but Washington calmly moves out of range.
Davis blocks a head kick by Washington.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis forces Washington back against the ropes and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Davis manages to end up in side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Davis.
Washington tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Davis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Washington takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Washington is trying to get back to half guard.
Washington is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Davis has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Davis cracks Washington with a big elbow.
Davis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Washington rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Davis's guard! Nice work there by Washington!
Washington wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking to stand up but Washington isn't so interested in that idea.
Davis pushes Washington off and gets back to his feet.
Davis tries for a takedown but Washington sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Washington misses with a head kick.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Davis shoots in but no luck this time.
Washington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Davis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A big right from Davis misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davis.
Davis throws a solid leg kick but Washington takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Davis.
Washington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davis.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Washington tries to avoid it but Davis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Washington to the ground. Washington escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Davis drives through with a takedown into Washington's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Washington is retaining full guard.
Washington manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Davis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Washington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis can't escape the position.
Washington can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Davis is looking to escape.
Davis is trying to escape the mount.
Washington looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Davis working to try and regain half guard.
Washington sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to control but Washington is having none of it.
Davis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Davis trying desperately to get to his feet.
Washington controlling from mount.
Washington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis holds on for dear life.
Davis is squirming around, avoiding Washington's attempts to control the action.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jason Washington wasn't active enough on the ground.
Davis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Michael Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Washington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Washington misses with a looping right.
Washington throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target.
Washington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davis lands a jab.
Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Washington is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
Washington tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Davis is able to avoid easily.
Davis scores with a takedown into Washington's guard.
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!
Davis landing with the ground and pound.
Washington keeping full guard, as Davis tries to pass.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Davis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Davis won't allow Washington to sweep him here.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Washington is retaining full guard.
Davis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Davis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Davis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Washington is proving hard to escape from.
Washington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davis throws a strike but Washington rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Washington wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Davis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Washington is controlling him.
Davis controls Washington momentarily but Washington frees himself.
Davis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Washington is one step ahead there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Washington dives into side control.
The ground and pound from Washington seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Davis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Washington wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Davis regains half guard.
Washington wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
Davis looks like he's trying to stand up.
Washington trying to control from Davis's half guard. Davis has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Davis throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Washington avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Washington has picked Davis up and slammed him! Davis can't keep hold of the triangle and Washington manages to pass to side control!
Davis tries to improve position but can't.
Washington tries to advance to mount but can't.
Washington wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking for a sweep.
Washington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
Washington is staying tight to Davis's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
You can see the frustration on Davis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Davis is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Washington off and has taken his back!
Davis is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Washington is defending well though. Davis let's go of the attempt for now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Washington covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Davis is trying to stick to Washington's back but Washington is turning into Davis. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Davis's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Washington.
Washington preventing the sweep.
Davis throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Washington escapes and throws Davis's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Washington wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
Jason Washington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Michael Davis!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Michael Davis!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Michael Davis!
Michael Davis wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Michael Davis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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