PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and hop sing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as hop sing enters the cage!

Davies
vs
sing

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

5th Round
啓発 Shaolin Nutrition [Q155+]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, hop sing!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davies tries for a takedown but sing sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Davies shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with sing but sing pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Davies gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Davies sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. sing defending well though.
Davies blocks the strikes from sing.
sing wants to improve his position but Davies is controlling well.
sing tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
sing punching from the bottom.
sing trying to control but Davies postures up.
sing throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
sing has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
sing misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Davies dodges the punch combination from sing.
Davies looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? sing is fending him off so far but Davies persists. Nope, sing circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Davies. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sing looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
sing misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
sing misses with a double jab.
sing tries to close the distance and clinch but Davies swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Davies dominated that 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.

Davies gets a takedown into half guard.
sing trying to control from the bottom.
sing punching from the bottom.
sing punching from the bottom.
Davies thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed sing's head.
sing tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
sing flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
sing regains full guard. Nicely done.
Davies is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davies fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sing looks to land a combination but Davies avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Davies shoots in and drives through. sing sprawls well.
sing looks to land a combination but Davies avoids it well.
sing displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davies.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Davies. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sing stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and sing wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
sing throws a right and a left that Davies avoids nicely.

That's four 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.
sing throws a right and a left that Davies avoids nicely.
Paul Davies is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
sing misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Davies misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Davies dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

sing lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davies circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
sing scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sing throws a series of punches but Davies moves out of range.
sing throws a series of strikes that have Davies backpedaling.
Davies fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
sing misses with a few strikes there.
sing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davies shoots in for a takedown but sing shows good takedown defense.
sing fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
sing throws a right and a left that Davies avoids nicely.
Davies shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts sing as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Davies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
sing misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
hop sing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Davies 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Davies!