PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Warren
vs
Davies

170 cm
23
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
158 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reggie Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyler Davies!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davies changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Warren looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Warren sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Davies is working for a submission of some sort.

Davies is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Warren defends it well.
Warren flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Warren looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Warren is pressing down on Davies's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Warren wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Warren is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Davies has gone for a leg lock! Warren slips out almost immediately though and dives into Davies's guard.
Davies can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Warren controls the pace.
Warren forces his way into half guard.
Warren is controlling the pace.

Davies looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Warren perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Warren tries to pass to full mount but Davies defends it.

Warren wants to work for an arm triangle but Davies is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Warren is controlling the pace.

Davies looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Davies looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Warren lands a nice short elbow.
Davies is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Warren works his way into full mount!
Warren working Davies over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Warren controlling his opponent.
Davies keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Warren unloading with bombs!
Warren 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.
Davies taking shots to the head.

Warren has hold of Davies's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Davies manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Warren dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Davies takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Warren scores with a jab to the head.

Warren closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Davies to the mat! Davies manages to get full guard.
Warren scoring with punches to the head and body.
Warren controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren chips away with some ground and pound.
Davies being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warren is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Davies tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Warren content to stall in guard here.
Warren postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Davies utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Davies is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Warren's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Warren makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Warren is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Reggie Warren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Warren preventing the sweep.
Davies is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Warren scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Warren stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davies swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Warren is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Davies utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Warren not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Warren trying to control the position from guard on top but Davies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Reggie Warren just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Warren lands with a hook. Davies tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davies wants to clinch.
Warren jabs at Davies's body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Warren, as that shot connected.
Warren thuds a left hand into Davies's body.
Davies fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Warren dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Warren fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Warren drives through with a takedown into guard.
Warren landing with the ground and pound.

Davies looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Warren passes into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Warren landing a few strikes.

Warren looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Warren scoring with punches from side control.
Davies takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Warren is working Davies over with some ground and pound from side control.
Warren controlling from side mount.
Davies is looking to regain half guard here but Warren keeps moving and retains side control.

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.
Warren taking a breather here.
Davies taking punishment in the form of punches.
Warren wants to control but Davies is keeping him busy.
Davies is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Warren is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren looking to finish Davies with some ground and pound. This is bad for Davies!
Warren takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Davies is in all sorts of trouble here.
Warren raining down shots from the mount!
Reggie Warren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Warren with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Warren landing strikes from the mount and Davies is in trouble!
Warren sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren cracks Davies with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davies is trying desperately to improve position.
Tyler Davies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Warren sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reggie Warren showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Warren has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reggie Warren!