PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steve Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and herry potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Davis
vs
potter

175 cm
22
152 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

155 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, herry potter!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

potter scores with a takedown into Davis's guard.
potter tries to stand but Davis is controlling from the bottom.
potter is looking to advance position but Davis has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Davis controlling from the full mount.
Davis'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.
potter should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
potter is trying to escape the mount.
potter is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davis blocks potter's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
potter is trying desperately to improve position.
potter sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - potter has eaten all the pies!
potter missing with punches from the bottom.
potter trying to control here.
Davis is pressing down on potter's thigh, looking to free his foot. potter is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Davis controlling the pace.

Davis gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Steve Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Davis has managed to clinch.

potter breaks from the clinch.
potter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
potter checks a leg kick nicely.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from potter.
Davis wants to clinch up but potter keeps it at a distance.
Davis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Davis lands with a cross.
Davis throws a right and a left that potter avoids nicely.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but potter manages to avoid it.
Davis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but potter checks it well.

Davis has managed to clinch.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but potter has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.

potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
potter shoots in looking for a takedown. Davis tries to sprawl out of it but potter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Davis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Davis stuffs the takedown.
Davis is looking to clinch.
potter blocks a head kick by Davis.
potter looks for a takedown but Davis sprawls well.
Steve Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of herry potter.
Davis misses with a low kick.

Davis clinches up with potter and pushes him back against the cage.

potter pulls guard effortlessly.
Davis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Davis stands up and waves to potter to follow him.
potter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and potter counters with a good low kick that Davis was not able to check.
potter fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but potter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis stuffs the takedown attempt from potter. potter gets slowly back to his feet.
Davis throws a leg kick that misses.

potter tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
potter goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
potter tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Davis moves into the clinch.

potter jumps into guard, dragging Davis to the mat.
potter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Davis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Davis throws a leg kick
and potter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Davis thinking.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
potter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Davis pinned against the cage. Davis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davis sizes up potter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Davis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Davis tries to land a body kick
and potter counters with a two punch combo.
Davis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and potter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
potter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
potter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Davis!

potter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
potter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
potter wants to take a breather but Davis is having none of it.
potter controlling the action here.
potter works his way into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
potter looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis wants to hold on but potter pushes him away.
Davis is squirming around, avoiding potter's attempts to control the action.
Davis is bucking up trying to escape but potter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Davis tries to lock up and control but potter gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Davis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
potter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Davis is looking to escape.
Davis tries to lock up and control but potter gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Davis is trying to escape the mount.
potter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Davis holds on to potter around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Davis tries to buck potter off but he can't manage it.
Davis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Davis tries to lock up and control but potter gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
potter controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
potter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Davis looks a forlorn figure.
potter wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.
potter lands a big shot there that rocks Davis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

potter with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Davis tries to hold on but potter postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
potter working away from the top, dropping strikes.
potter trying to control but Davis is having none of it.
potter with the ground and pound from mount.

Davis is rocked!
A nice elbow there by potter.
Oh Davis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

potter has control of Davis's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Davis regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now.
Davis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by potter.
potter looking to control but Davis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
potter might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Davis kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

herry potter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

potter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis misses with a hook.
Davis tries to clinch there but potter circles away.

Davis drives through and clinches with potter against the cage.
potter 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 working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from potter.
A nice left hand lands by Davis.
potter goes for a takedown attempt but Davis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Steve Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of herry potter.
Davis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and potter counters with a single leg into guard. Davis didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
potter trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for potter on the ground.
Davis controlling potter's posture.
Davis keeping moving, preventing potter from controlling successfully.
potter slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Davis wants to stand and escape but potter is having none of it.
potter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
potter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
potter is fighting to break Davis's control of his arms but Davis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's two 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 bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in potter's guard.
Davis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

potter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
potter wants to sweep here but Davis controlling him for the moment.
potter being controlled here, momentarily.
potter tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to stand but potter has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
potter wants to sweep but no luck.

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

Davis rushes potter and presses him up against the cage.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
potter fails to pull guard.
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.
potter fails to pull guard.
A hook to the body from Davis.
Davis lands a shot to the body.
Davis is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Davis is keeping busy.

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.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from potter fails to land.
potter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davis gets the underhooks and prevents it.

potter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis throws a leg kick that is checked

and potter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but potter keeps him there for the moment.

potter breaks from the clinch.
potter tries for a takedown but Davis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Davis stuffs the takedown.
A good leg kick by potter.

potter feints and as Davis raises his hands in defense, potter changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

potter decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Davis, up you get!
Davis lands a hook that stumbles potter back into the cage. Davis follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping potter to the canvas! Davis pounces and lands several unanswered shots - potter has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Steve Davis!