PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyzarine Royalty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royalty is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: For Those About To Rock. Cyzarine Royalty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davies
vs
Royalty

195 cm
22
230 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cyzarine Royalty!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royalty throws a nice looking combination but Davies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Davies drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davies stops Royalty from standing up.

Royalty is working an open guard so Davies takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Davies drives through with a takedown into guard.
Royalty is looking to stand up but Davies isn't so interested in that idea.
Davies slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Davies stands and throws Royalty's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Davies decides to stand back up.

Davies clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royalty wants to break free but Davies has control.
Davies softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Davies breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Royalty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davies moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Royalty, right into the meat.
Cyzarine Royalty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Royalty throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Davies.

It looks like Carlos Davies has been cut.

Davies gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Royalty looks like he's trying to stand up.
Royalty looks gassed!
Davies is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Davies takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royalty tries to buck Davies off but he can't manage it.
Royalty has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Davies is riding his opponent, not letting Royalty buck him off.
Davies lands a shot to the head.
I would not like to be Royalty right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Davies.
Royalty looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Davies scores with strikes from the back.
Royalty has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Davies loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Royalty hold on?
Davies scores with punches and elbows.

Davies has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Royalty has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Royalty really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davies. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davies is landing with strikes from the back.
Royalty is trying to get back to his feet but Davies has full control of the position and if anything, Royalty has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Davies really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Royalty.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davies lands a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Davies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Davies's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Royalty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davies moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Royalty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davies misses with a few strikes there.
Carlos Davies is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Royalty pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Davies feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Royalty is working an open guard so Davies takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Royalty misses with a two punch combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Davies.
Davies advances to full mount.
Davies controlling his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royalty is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Carlos Davies overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davies lands a nice shot to the head.
Davies scoring with strikes but Royalty is staying in there.
Davies working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Davies looking to finish Royalty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Royalty!
Davies looking to finish Royalty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Royalty!
Royalty is trying to stand.
Davies controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royalty is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Davies has taken his back!
Royalty holding both Davies 's hands and preventing any damage.
Royalty is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Davies.
Davies's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Davies 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davies is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Davies is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Royalty defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Royalty is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.

Davies is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Royalty won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Davies off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Carlos Davies!