PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Papa Said Tap Him Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tap Him Out kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is It's Time For War by LL Cool J. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Said Tap Him Out
vs
Davis

185 cm
24
212 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

189 cm
19
223 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Said Tap Him Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Davis!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Tap Him Out on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Papa Said Tap Him Out has been cut.

Tap Him Out bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Davis pushes Tap Him Out away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tap Him Out gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Davis avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tap Him Out.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tap Him Out working the ground and pound.
Tap Him Out working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Tap Him Out.
The ground and pound from Tap Him Out seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tap Him Out wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
Davis is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Davis manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tap Him Out is looking to improve his position.
Tap Him Out has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Davis is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tap Him Out fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tap Him Out shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Davis regains half guard.
Davis is trying to stand back up but Tap Him Out is controlling him
Davis keeping hold of Tap Him Out's head, controlling as best he can.
Tap Him Out wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
Tap Him Out throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tap Him Out is looking to advance position but Davis won't allow it.
Tap Him Out is trying to control the action in half guard but Davis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Davis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis works over Tap Him Out's head and body with a nice combination.
Davis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Papa Said Tap Him Out seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tap Him Out tries for a takedown but Davis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A big right from Davis misses.
Tap Him Out shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davis defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papa Said Tap Him Out. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Tap Him Out takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davis misses with an uppercut.

Tap Him Out shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tap Him Out prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
Davis pulls Tap Him Out in close to prevent any damage.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Davis looks gassed!
Tap Him Out prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tap Him Out preventing the sweep.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tap Him Out is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tap Him Out chips away with some ground and pound.
Tap Him Out is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tap Him Out sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davis's guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Davis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tap Him Out wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Tap Him Out distracts Davis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Davis wants to sweep but no luck.

Davis pushes Tap Him Out off and scrambles back to his feet.

Tap Him Out drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Tap Him Out from controlling successfully.
Davis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tap Him Out passes Davis's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Tap Him Out seems to be looking for submissions.
Davis is concentrating on defense, preventing Tap Him Out from advancing position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Davis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tap Him Out postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Davis wants to sweep but no luck.
Tap Him Out prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
Tap Him Out throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis wants to stand and escape but Tap Him Out is having none of it.
Davis keeping full guard, as Tap Him Out tries to pass.
Tap Him Out trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Phil Davis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Papa Said Tap Him Out's cut.
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.

Tap Him Out shoots for a double leg takedown but Davis sprawls well. He's pushed Tap Him Out's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davis throws the left hand but Tap Him Out avoids the punch easily.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Tap Him Out.
Tap Him Out shoots for a takedown but Davis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Tap Him Out moves away and avoids it.
Tap Him Out fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papa Said Tap Him Out. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tap Him Out walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Tap Him Out shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tap Him Out scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Davis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Papa Said Tap Him Out overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tap Him Out is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Davis keeping full guard, as Tap Him Out tries to pass.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Tap Him Out from controlling successfully.
Tap Him Out wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tap Him Out is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
Tap Him Out wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.
Tap Him Out has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tap Him Out throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Davis wriggles free and stands up.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Tap Him Out looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tap Him Out changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davis tries to avoid it but Tap Him Out manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davis to the ground. Davis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Davis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tap Him Out.
Tap Him Out will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tap Him Out has time to react.
Tap Him Out fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davis avoids it really well and circles away.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tap Him Out circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tap Him Out won't allow Davis to get back to his feet.
Davis has Tap Him Out pulled in close to control his posture.
Tap Him Out stops Davis from standing up.
Tap Him Out with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tap Him Out's guard.

Tap Him Out had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Davis defends it easily.
Davis wants to stand but Tap Him Out has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tap Him Out trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tap Him Out has a closed guard, preventing Davis from standing up.

Tap Him Out has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Davis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tap Him Out tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Tap Him Out looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Tap Him Out has his foot on Davis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Davis works his way back into a safe position though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Davis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Davis leaves Tap Him Out with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Davis slaps away a takedown attempt from Tap Him Out, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tap Him Out.
Phil Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Davis finds it's target.
Davis cracks Tap Him Out with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tap Him Out fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
Davis stuns Tap Him Out with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Davis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tap Him Out doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tap Him Out looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Nice jab there from Davis.
Davis scores with a hook to the body. Tap Him Out takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Tap Him Out seems unphased.
Tap Him Out shoots for a double leg takedown but Davis sprawls well. He's pushed Tap Him Out's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Tap Him Out seems unphased.
Davis scores with the left hand. Tap Him Out knows he should have avoided that one.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Papa Said Tap Him Out's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tap Him Out shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Davis as he jumps to the side.
Tap Him Out slips under a jab.
Davis scores with a nice right hand.
Tap Him Out shoots in and drives through. Davis sprawls well.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Tap Him Out moved out of range.
Davis misses with a hook. Tap Him Out ducked under it nicely.
Tap Him Out has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Papa Said Tap Him Out's cut is getting worse.

Tap Him Out looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Davis is not content to let Tap Him Out control the position.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tap Him Out is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Davis wants to improve his position but Tap Him Out is controlling well.
Tap Him Out missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tap Him Out passes to full mount!
Davis wants to hold on but Tap Him Out pushes him away.
Tap Him Out looking to finish with strikes here!
You get the feeling that Davis really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Tap Him Out trying to control but Davis is having none of it.
Tap Him Out scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tap Him Out avoids the attempt from Davis to control.

Tap Him Out looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Tap Him Out wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tap Him Out raining down shots from the mount!
Davis gets back to half guard.
Davis is trying to maintain the position but Tap Him Out is very close to passing his half guard.
Davis won't allow Tap Him Out to pass to mount.
Davis wants to improve his position but Tap Him Out is controlling well.
Davis trying to control from the bottom.
Tap Him Out wants to take a breather but Davis is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tap Him Out wants to free his trapped foot but Davis is holding on for dear life with his legs.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tap Him Out moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Tap Him Out closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tap Him Out lands in his opponent's guard.
Tap Him Out tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.

Davis pushes Tap Him Out off and scrambles back to his feet.
Tap Him Out closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davis circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papa Said Tap Him Out. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tap Him Out closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davis circles away.

Tap Him Out is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Davis's half guard.
Tap Him Out is looking to take a break and control but Davis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tap Him Out missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.
Tap Him Out is thwarting Davis's attempts to control the position.
Tap Him Out is trying to control the action in half guard but Davis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tap Him Out is really struggling to control Davis but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Davis is looking to escape.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Tap Him Out is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Davis's half guard.
Tap Him Out wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Said Tap Him Out showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davis 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Davis!