PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain comes to the cage accompanied by Step Up. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Doug Davis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Pain
vs
Davis

189 cm
19
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Grapple, Inc.
[†CoE†]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doug Davis!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Davis.
Davis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pain. That did some damage!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pain.
Good leg kick by Davis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pain manages to avoid it.
Pain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crunch! Davis slams his shin into Pain's torso.
Pain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pain shoots for a takedown but Davis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Davis lands a head kick. Pain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Davis darts in and clinches Pain up against the cage.
Davis slows down the pace here.
Pain tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Davis with a knee to the head.

It looks like Max Pain has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pain is trying to drag Davis to the mat but Davis just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pain tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Pain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Pain's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Davis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis just leaning against Pain, taking a breather.
Davis working Pain over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Davis scores with a spinning back kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davis rushes Pain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pain has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Davis.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
The referee is keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis lands an elbow that stopped Pain in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pain up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Davis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davis is pressed up against the cage. Pain has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Davis down to the mat. Davis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Davis is looking to clinch but Pain is avoiding it.
Pain takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Davis lands a head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Davis.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davis, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circling - Pain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pain takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pain has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pain there as he acknowledges the shot.
Doug Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pain looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Davis throws a leg kick which misses Pain's front leg but catches the back leg as Pain tries to avoid it.
Pain throws a big shot that misses.
Davis throws a head kick that Pain semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis lands a high kick!
Davis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Davis instigates a clinch.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pain's defenses.
Pain can't get the takedown.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Pain's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Davis scores with a nice body kick.
Pain walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Davis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Davis.
Davis connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Pain down.
Pain swinging wildly here.
Pain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davis can pounce on him.
Davis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Davis rushes Pain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pain up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Pain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Davis.
Pain goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.
Davis stalling.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pain is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Doug Davis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Davis working Pain over with knees to the body.
Pain takes an elbow to the temple.
Pain wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pain is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Pain has Davis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Pain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pain tries to score a body lock takedown but Davis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pain goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.
Davis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Davis.
Pain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Pain's ribcage.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis lands an elbow inside.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Davis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pain will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A bit of stalling here from Davis.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis effectively controlling the action here.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pain drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Davis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Davis slows down the pace here.
Pain is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pain tries to score a body lock takedown but Davis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pain up against the cage.
Pain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davis stops a takedown attempt from Pain.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Davis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd are getting on Davis's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Davis looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Doug Davis.
Pain throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pain off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max Pain's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Davis rushes Pain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Pain tries to score a body lock takedown but Davis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pain up against the cage.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pain up against the cage.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pain's face.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis slows down the pace here.
Pain goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain goes for a takedown attempt but Davis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Davis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Davis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Davis gets a clinch.
Pain changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Davis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pain fails with the takedown.
Davis lands a front kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Pain.
Pain tries for a takedown but Davis manages to get underhooks.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pain up against the cage.
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Davis working Pain over with knees to the body.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis lands an elbow just above Pain 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pain's face.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pain is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pain as Davis tries to tie him up.
Pain drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Pain tries for a takedown but Davis manages to get underhooks.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pain letting Davis take a breather here.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pain dodges the punch combination from Davis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pain looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Pain takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis feints and then cracks Pain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pain down.
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Davis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pain.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Davis really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Pain's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Davis cracks the inside of Pain's front leg.
Davis tries to clinch but Pain is having none of it.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Pain.
Pain is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Pain's ribcage.
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis is struggling to control the position.
Pain changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Davis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Davis thumps Pain with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pain stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davis.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pain. That did some damage!
Davis throws a leg kick which misses Pain's front leg but catches the back leg as Pain tries to avoid it.
Davis scores with a leg kick.
Pain throws a predictable looking body shot
and Davis counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Davis darts in and clinches Pain up against the cage.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davis taking a breather.
Davis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pain.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Doug Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis lands an elbow that stopped Pain in his tracks for a moment.
Pain tries for a takedown but Davis manages to get underhooks.
Pain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pain has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis stops a takedown attempt from Pain.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Pain is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pain's face.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pain wants a takedown but no success here.
Davis has Pain pressed against the cage.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pain is working for takedown but Davis is calmly controlling the position for now.
Davis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davis. Davis obviously looking to wear him down.

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.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Pain.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Pain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Max Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pain throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pain has Davis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doug Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 32:40
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 32:40
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 32:40

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