PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between joe hoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

hoe
vs
Davis

225 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

195 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, joe hoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Davis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in hoe's guard.

Davis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Davis is looking to stand up but hoe won't let him.
hoe trying to keep a closed guard but Davis is proving a slippery customer.
Davis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

hoe is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hoe keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
hoe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
hoe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davis.
hoe controls Davis momentarily but Davis frees himself.
Davis sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
hoe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davis.
Davis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with hoe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Davis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. hoe swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
hoe with a poor takedown

so Davis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
hoe is breathing heavily.
hoe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davis.
Davis wants to control from the top but hoe keeps moving.
hoe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Davis trying to control but hoe is working from the bottom.
hoe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but hoe blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. hoe is keeping the position for now.
hoe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davis.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Davis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for hoe!
Davis wants to control the pace but hoe is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns hoe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis looking to finish hoe with some ground and pound. This is bad for hoe!
Davis tries to control but hoe wriggling away.
Davis cracks hoe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Davis with good strikes from the mount here!
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!
Davis drops a big elbow. That's hurt hoe! More shots from Davis and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Davis!