PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Guy Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conan Lothbroc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lothbroc is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Oh Canada!. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Davidson
vs
Lothbroc

180 cm
24
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guy Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conan Lothbroc!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lothbroc blocks a head kick by Davidson.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lothbroc gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice uppercut there from Lothbroc.
Davidson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lothbroc's sensitive parts.
Lothbroc misses with a straight right.
Lothbroc moves forwards but Davidson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Davidson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lothbroc takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lothbroc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davidson was well out of range. Poor timing from Lothbroc.
Davidson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Furnace in the buildup to the fight.
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!
Davidson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Lothbroc has managed to clinch.
Lothbroc misses with some punches.
Lothbroc is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Davidson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Lothbroc fails to land.
Lothbroc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lothbroc tries to work over Davidson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davidson. That's going to slow Lothbroc down.
Davidson thuds his shin into the meat of Lothbroc's side.

Lothbroc has closed the distance and engaged Davidson in a clinch.
Davidson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lothbroc blocks a body shot from Davidson.
Lothbroc misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Lothbroc's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lothbroc.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lothbroc misses with a left hand
and Davidson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab from Lothbroc misses.
Lothbroc swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Lothbroc rushes Davidson and presses him up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson lands a left hand.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lothbroc 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.
Davidson feints and then cracks Lothbroc's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lothbroc down.
Davidson scoring well with a low kick there.
Davidson feints and then cracks Lothbroc's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lothbroc down.
Davidson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Davidson lands with a kick to the temple. Lothbroc shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Lothbroc clinches up with Davidson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Lothbroc is trying to force a seperation but Davidson has the dominant position.

Lothbroc pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lothbroc pushes Davidson up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lothbroc's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lothbroc misses with a hook.
Lothbroc 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.
Davidson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guy Davidson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lothbroc fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davidson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Lothbroc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lothbroc misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Lothbroc.
Lothbroc blocks a body shot from Davidson.
Lothbroc goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lothbroc misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davidson blocks an uppercut.
Lothbroc prevents a body shot from Davidson.
Davidson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Lothbroc wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davidson has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbroc lands an uppercut.
Lothbroc's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidson.
Lothbroc can't break the clinch.
Davidson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lothbroc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Lothbroc.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidson.
Davidson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Lothbroc closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Davidson blocks an uppercut.
Lothbroc tries to circle away but Davidson has him pinned against the ropes.
Lothbroc lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davidson backwards.
Lothbroc misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Lothbroc.
Lothbroc misses with a punch on the inside.
Lothbroc tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davidson's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lothbroc.
Davidson has Lothbroc pressed against the ropes, preventing Lothbroc from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lothbroc tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davidson's elbow.
Lothbroc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davidson has Lothbroc pressed against the ropes, preventing Lothbroc from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbroc misses with a punch to the body.
Lothbroc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lothbroc.
A nice left hand lands by Davidson.
Davidson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lothbroc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davidson scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lothbroc.
Lothbroc tries to throw a body punch but Davidson avoids it by throwing Lothbroc back against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lothbroc can't find room to land a body shot as Davidson controls the action.
Lothbroc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidson.
Lothbroc misses with a punch on the inside.
Conan Lothbroc seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lothbroc works on Davidson's body with a couple of short punches.
Lothbroc misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Lothbroc's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lothbroc misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conan Lothbroc showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Davidson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davidson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lothbroc paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davidson ducks under a wild hook from Lothbroc.
Lothbroc just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDavidson.
Good standup being displayed there by Davidson as he connects with a hook.
Davidson is looking to clinch.
Lothbroc misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidson.
Lothbroc throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by Davidson.
Guy Davidson is winning the standup battle so far.
A cross from Davidson lands.
Davidson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lothbroc's sensitive parts.

Lothbroc clinches up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbroc has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lothbroc working aggressively here.
Lothbroc wants to get back to striking at distance but Davidson won't allow it.
Lothbroc working aggressively here.
Davidson blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Lothbroc.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson is leaning against Lothbroc and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lothbroc swings wildly with an uppercut but Davidson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lothbroc lands with a light punch inside.
Davidson misses with a punch on the inside.
Lothbroc throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Davidsons head.
Lothbroc tries to throw a body punch but Davidson avoids it by throwing Lothbroc back against the ropes.
Davidson keeps control of Lothbroc as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch.

Lothbroc closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lothbroc.
Lothbroc can't find room to land a body shot as Davidson controls the action.
Lothbroc wants to get back to striking at distance but Davidson won't allow it.
Lothbroc blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lothbroc blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lothbroc misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson blocks a body shot from Lothbroc.
Lothbroc has a couple of punches blocked by Davidson.
A hook to the body from Lothbroc.

Lothbroc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davidson tries to clinch but Lothbroc is having none of it.
Lothbroc now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Davidson feints and then cracks Lothbroc's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lothbroc down.
Davidson slips a straight right by Lothbroc.
Lothbroc keeps the fight on the outside.
Davidson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
A head kick misses from Davidson.
Lothbroc misses with a left hand
and Davidson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Davidson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lothbroc misses with a hook
and Davidson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Guy Davidson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidson wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Conan Lothbroc.
I think Lothbroc has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Conan Lothbroc!
Our winner, Conan Lothbroc, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.