QFC Tournament 510 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dorian Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bates
vs
Davis

174 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dorian Bates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Markus Davis!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bates missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bates circles away quickly and effectively.
A counter left hand to the body from Bates misses its target.
Bates slips under a jab.
Bates connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Davis clinches with his opponent.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bates lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Bates sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis throws out a leg kick but Bates moves out of range and Davis only half commits.
Bates cracks Davis with an open hand slap.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davis throws out a loose jab but Bates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Bates moves away and avoids it.
Bates gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Bates.
Bates blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Bates avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bates.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bates up against the cage.
Davis pushes Bates back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis lands a body punch.
Davis lands a shoulder strike.
Bates letting Davis take a breather here.
Davis stalls.
Davis continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Bates avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis misses with a combination
and Bates cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis throws a sloppy body shot
and Bates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bates moves away.
Bates is looking for a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bates misses the target.
Bates lands with an uppercut that bounces Davis off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Davis moves into the clinch.
Bates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Davis lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Davis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davis blocking some punches.
Davis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Davis is working Bates over against the cage.
Davis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
Davis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bates fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
Davis leaning against his opponent.
A short left from Davis.
Bates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis moves away from the strike by Bates.

Davis moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
Bates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis digs a right hand underneath Bates's ribcage. Bates let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Davis as the two fighters clinch.
Bates looking to stall.
Bates on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bates has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bates tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Bates avoids the damage to the body.
Bates on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis lands a nice uppercut.
Davis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bates stalling in the clinch but Davis improves position.
Bates wants to break free but Davis has control.
Bates swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis digs a right hand into Bates's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bates's gas tank.
Bates is breathing heavily.
Bates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bates or not.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Batess head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Davis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bates digs a good hook to Davis's body.
Bates takes one to the chin there.
Davis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davis cracks a nice hook into Bates's ribs.
Dorian Bates is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Bates misses with a hook to the body
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis lands the left hand.

Bates is rocked!
Davis throws a right and a left that Bates avoids nicely.
Oh Bates is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bates! Davis dives in looking to finish! Bates is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Markus Davis!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
60%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mom Cheating (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cutte Wena (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!

Cheating
vs
Wena

173 cm
18
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mom Cheating!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cutte Wena!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wena fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheating appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cheating throws a jab but it's blocked by Wena.
Cheating jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wena tries to clinch there but Cheating circles away.
Cheating circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wena looks to clinch
and Cheating counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Wena gets a clinch.
Cheating looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheating gets through Wena's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wena creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cheating's defenses.
Wena misses with an elbow over the top.
Cheating avoids a wild elbow strike from Wena.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cheating.
Wena lands an elbow that stopped Cheating in his tracks for a moment.
Cheating is trying to break the clinch but Wena has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wena misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Cheating.
Cheating tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cheating blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cheating misses with a body punch.
Wena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cheating blocks it with crossed arms.
Wena working aggressively here.
Cheating blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Cheating.
Wena doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cheating gets through Wena's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheating.
Cheating is trying to break the clinch but Wena has him pressed against the cage.
Wena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cheating has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheating.
Wena keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cheating's efforts to push away.
Cheating throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wena lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Cheating's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cheating can't break the clinch.
Cheating blocks a body shot from Wena.
Wena throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheating.
Wena lands a nice elbow.
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!
Wena pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cheating pushes Wena back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wena lands an elbow just above Cheating 's eye.
A short body shot lands from Cheating as the two fighters clinch.
Wena can't find room to land a body shot as Cheating controls the action.
Wena misses with a punch to the body.
Wena misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Wena.
Cheating has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Wena.
Cheating tries to break the clinch but Wena is controlling the position.
Wena has Cheating pressed against the cage, preventing Cheating from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cheating is trying to break the clinch but Wena has him pressed against the cage.
Wena tries a body shot but Cheating blocks it.
Wena tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cheating lands a right hand.
Wena tries to land a knee to the head but Cheating blocks with his arms.
Cheating wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cheating is looking to break free of the clinch but Wena has double underhooks.
Cheating can't break the clinch.
Cheating lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cheating tries to circle away but Wena has him pinned against the cage.
Wena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wena lands an elbow inside.
Wena throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wena misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cheating blocks an elbow strike from Wena.
Cheating wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cheating blocks a body shot from Wena.
Wena working aggressively here.
Wena misses with an elbow over the top.
Wena lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wena missing with knees to the body.
Cheating blocks a body shot from Wena.
Wena lands an elbow that stopped Cheating in his tracks for a moment.
Cheating working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheating avoids the elbow strike from Wena, against the cage.
Cheating can't break the clinch.
Wena looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wena lands an elbow inside.
Cheating blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cutte Wena dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wena tries to clinch up
and Cheating counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cheating circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cheating counters with a straight right hand.
Wena tries to clinch up
and Cheating makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wena throws out a loose jab but Cheating uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wena wants to clinch.
Cheating tries to counter by clinching up but Wena breaks away and moves out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wena looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cheating lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Cutte Wena has been cut.
Wena tries to clinch
and Cheating counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wena thinking.
Cheating moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wena wants to clinch.
Cheating tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Wena manages to circle out of the way.
Wena slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wena misses the shot to the body.
Cheating is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cheating manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Wena looks to move away, Cheating throws a big counter combo bu Wena just gets out of the way.
A big left from Cheating misses.
Mom Cheating is winning the standup battle so far.
Wena tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wena closes the distance but Cheating moves to the side
and Wena takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Wena moves into the clinch.
Wena lands an elbow just above Cheating 's eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheating is trying to break free.
Wena misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wena lands a nice uppercut.
Cheating is trying to break free.
Cutte Wena seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wena lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Cheating escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wena tries to clinch there but Cheating circles away.
Cheating slips under a jab.
Cheating appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wena tries to clinch up
and Cheating connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wena tries to clinch up.
Wena moves to clinch but Cheating breaks away
and Cheating counters with a stiff right hand.
Cheating misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wena tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cheating paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wena fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wena fails with an attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Cheating misses the target.
Cheating circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cheating counters with a nice uppercut.

Wena clinches with his opponent.
Wena throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheating.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wena throws an elbow but misses.
Cheating avoids a wild elbow strike from Wena.
Wena tries to throw a body punch but Cheating avoids it by throwing Wena back against the cage.

Cheating's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mom Cheating dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cutte Wena's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Wena tries to close the distance and clinch but Cheating swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheating swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cheating throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cheating connects with a nice looking jab.
Wena darts in trying to clinch
and Cheating counters with a series of strikes. Wena will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wena is looking to clinch.
Cheating is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cheating lands with a straight right. Wena didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wena has managed to clinch.
Wena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wena pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cheating blocks an uppercut.
Cheating tries to work over Wena's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wena tries to work over Cheating's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wena tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cheating blocks an elbow strike.
Wena lands an elbow just above Cheating 's eye.
Wena tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cheating's elbow.
Wena doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wena lands a nice elbow.
Cheating blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Wena fails to land.
Wena misses with an elbow strike.
Wena lands an elbow inside.
Wena lands an elbow inside.
Cheating scores with a shot to the side of Wena's head.
Wena lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wena throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wena lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wena lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wena tries to throw a body punch but Cheating avoids it by throwing Wena back against the cage.
Cheating wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wena misses with the head strike.
Wena working aggressively here.
Cheating blocks an elbow strike.
Wena gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cheating blocks the elbow strike.
Wena misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cheating lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Cheating.
Cheating wants to get back to striking at distance but Wena won't allow it.
Wena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Wena.
Wena lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cheating escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wena closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cheating connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wena misses with a left hand
and Cheating counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cheating keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Cheating on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wena wants to clinch.
Wena closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cheating counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cheating, as that shot connected.
Wena tries to close the distance and clinch but Cheating swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheating avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wena tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cheating paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wena looks to clinch
and Cheating counters with a straight right hand.
Wena tries to clinch up
letting Cheating counter with a right hand.
Wena tries to clinch but Cheating is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mom Cheating.
I think Cheating has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight for Mom Cheating!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Mom Cheating!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Mom Cheating!

Mom Cheating wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Mom Cheating thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.