PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rod Kelly (ranked 4956 p4p, 4731 weight class) and Craig Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kelly
vs
Davis

175 cm
23
141
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
23
135
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Craig Davis!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Francis DeMontford and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelly moves away.

Kelly shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kelly controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Davis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Davis is pressing down on Kelly's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kelly is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly controlling the position well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly is not content to let Davis control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis prevents Kelly from improving his position.
Kelly flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Davis thows a huge punch but Kelly dodges it nicely.
Kelly is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kelly tries to kick Davis off but Davis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kelly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kelly tries to get out of the position.
Kelly is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kelly is working hard here to advance position.

Davis decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Kelly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Kelly gets the takedown into side control.
Kelly throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Davis works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Davis has one foot on Kelly's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kelly looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kelly is looking to stall here but Davis recovers full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Davis pushes Kelly off and gets back to his feet.
Kelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis scores with a three punch combo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kelly closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Davis to the mat! Davis manages to get full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kelly throws a strike but Davis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Davis stands and steps away. Kelly gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kelly circles away quickly and effectively.
Kelly tried to score with a low kick but Davis checks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Davis shows good takedown defense.
Davis throws out a counter right but Kelly avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Davis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kelly shoots in for a takedown but Davis shows good takedown defense.
Kelly misses with a takedown
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis scores with a three punch combo!
Kelly doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Davis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rod Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis throws a counter combo.
Rod Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis wants to counter the offense by Kelly and move into the clinch position.
Craig Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davis cracks a nice hook into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davis sprawls well. Davis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet.
Kelly fails with the takedown
and Davis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Davis works Kelly's body with a nice hook.
Davis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Davis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kelly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Davis slaps away a takedown attempt from Kelly, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kelly looks for a takedown but Davis sprawls well.
Davis wants to counter with a clinch but Kelly pushes him away.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis scores with a hook to the body. Kelly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kelly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Kelly misses.
Kelly gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Davis counters by moving into the clinch.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Davis swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Kelly shoots in looking for a takedown. Davis tries to sprawl out of it but Kelly keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Davis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kelly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis is looking for the big counter here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kelly drives through with a takedown into Davis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Kelly from controlling successfully.
Kelly preventing the sweep.

Davis pushes Kelly off and scrambles back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Davis as Kelly shoots in.
Kelly lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis throws a right and a left that Kelly avoids nicely.
Kelly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kelly throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis stuffs the takedown attempt from Kelly. Kelly gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rod Kelly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Kelly shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davis defends it nicely.
Davis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kelly tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly shoots in looking for a takedown but Davis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kelly's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Davis counters with a left to the body.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Davis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelly thinking.
Kelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kelly fails with the takedown
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws the kick towards the body but Kelly avoids it.

Kelly shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Davis kicks off Kelly and gets to his feet.
Davis lands with a nice combination. Kelly backs away looking to recover.
A low kick from Kelly misses
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis lands a jab to Kelly's midsection.
Davis lands with a nice combination. Kelly backs away looking to recover.

Kelly is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kelly.
Davis just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromKelly.
Oh Kelly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly throws a head kick that misses.
Davis unleashes a big counter combination but Kelly bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Davis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kelly rather than just go for the knockout.
Kelly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Davis to score with a decent uppercut.
Kelly is looking to land body kicks.
Davis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davis lands with a big left! Kelly is wobbled badly! Davis comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Kelly to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Craig Davis!