PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raining Blood (ranked 4050 p4p, 4157 weight class) and Zac Davies (ranked 481 p4p, 490 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blood
vs
Davies

188 cm
20
170
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
175
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raining Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zac Davies!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies slips under a jab from Blood.
Blood missing with a left hand there. Davies was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davies connects with a jab.
Davies dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davies takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Davies lands the left hand.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
Davies looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davies fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blood on the side of the head.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blood moves forwards but Davies connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Davies looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Davies throws a series of punches but Blood moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davies takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood lands with a right hand.
Davies fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blood on the side of the head.
Blood moves out of range as Davies strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Davies there.
Davies slips a straight right by Blood.
Blood slips a jab from Davies.
Davies takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Davies throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Davies tries to get set, Blood tries to push him back and clinch up but Davies manages to avoid the attempt.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davies.
Davies bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Davies jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Davies wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davies slips a straight right by Blood.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Davies's shoulder, as Davies tries to avoid the shot.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davies moves away.
Blood is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Davies scores with the left hand. Blood knows he should have avoided that one.
Davies throws an overhand right that lands on Blood's shoulder, as Blood tries to avoid the shot.
Blood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davies missing with a left hand there. Blood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blood misses with a hook.
A big left from Davies misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Blood misses its target.
Davies lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Davies connects with a right hand. Blood shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bloods jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Blood scores with a decent looking hook.
Blood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davies uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blood.
Blood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Davies's head.
Davies swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davies moves out of range as Blood strikes.
Blood ducks under a wild hook from Davies.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davies manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Davies.

It looks like Raining Blood has been cut.
Zac Davies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davies lands a head shot.
Davies slips a jab from Blood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood throws a hook but Davies blocks it.
Blood takes a swing at Davies's ribcage but misses.
Davies looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A cross from Davies lands.
Blood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Blood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Blood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blood throws a jab but it's blocked by Davies.
Davies throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davies defending well as Blood loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zac Davies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raining Blood's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice shot by Blood.
Zac Davies seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood looks to land a left hand but Davies moved out of range nicely.
Blood misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Davies was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davies staying out of range there.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davies keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davies manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davies moves into range and connects with a jab.
Blood lands with a shot to the body.
Davies uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood misses with a hook.
Davies looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davies.
Blood misses with an uppercut
and Davies connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Davies in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Davies feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bloods jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Davies moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Davies's shoulder, as Davies tries to avoid the shot.
Blood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A lazy left from Davies finds it's target.
Davies takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Davies stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davies connects with a jab.
Davies scores with a nice right hand.
Blood misses with an uppercut. Davies saw that one coming.
Blood misses with a straight left.
A cross from Davies lands.
A jab from Blood misses.
Blood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blood slips under a jab.
Davies scores with the left hand. Blood knows he should have avoided that one.
Davies walks into a stiff left hand from Blood.
Blood takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws an overhand right that lands on Davies's shoulder, as Davies tries to avoid the shot.
Davies punishes Blood's body with a nice straight punch.
Blood looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Blood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Davies misses with a hook
and Blood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Davies cracks Blood with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davies scores with a jab.
Blood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davies bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Blood's head backwards.
Davies scores with a hook.
Blood throws a poor cross that misses
and Davies counters with a one-two to the body.

Blood is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davies lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oh Blood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blood swings for the body but Davies moves out of range.
BOOM! Davies lands a beautiful left hook that drops Blood. Blood tries to recover but Davies is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Blood lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zac Davies!