PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willis Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis has chosen the Offspring - Beheaded as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Young
vs
Davis

172 cm
21
166 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

170 cm
26
162 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Willis Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Duke Davis!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses with a head kick.
Davis throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young takes a jab right on the kisser.
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Davis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Young shoots for a double leg takedown but Davis sprawls well. He's pushed Young's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Young takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Davis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.

Young scores a takedown into full mount!
Young controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Young seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Davis for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Willis Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willis Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young misses with a looping right.
Davis is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Davis wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Davis.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
Young looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young pushes down on Davis's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four 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.
Young is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Young dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young lands with a straight right. Davis didn't see that one coming.
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Davis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Young to score with a decent uppercut.
A big left from Young misses.
Willis Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis cracks Young with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!

Young scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Young controlling from side mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Willis Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Davis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davis.

Young closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Young lands in his opponent's guard.
Young seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Willis Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young fails with the takedown.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Davis is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.

Young shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Davis is trying to defend but Young finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Young not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young moves nicely into side control.
Davis being controlled for a moment.
Davis is breathing heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Young dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Young connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Davis's hands.

Davis gets a clinch.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis lands with a good body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Young as he connects with a hook.
Davis slips under a jab.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.

Young scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Young is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Davis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Davis is trying to get back to his feet.
Young is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Davis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Willis Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Young throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Young cracks Davis with a good jab.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Young fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Davis sprawls well initially but Young persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Young keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Willis Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young works his way into side control.
Young controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Willis Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Davis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Young looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Young's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young passes Davis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Young not doing much here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willis Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willis Young!