PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ham Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Xu
vs
Davis

180 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

187 cm
23
220 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ham Xu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taylor Davis!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses the jab.
Davis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Xu throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Xu.
Davis is looking to score with low kicks.
Xu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Xu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Xu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.
Xu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davis circles away.
A leg kick checked by Davis.
Xu misses with a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Xu.
Xu misses with a few strikes there.
Davis throws a hook but Xu blocks it.
Xu takes a kick to the side of the head.

Xu shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Xu was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Davis is in a horrible position here. Xu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Davis wants to control but Xu is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xu misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Xu thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Davis is looking to escape.
Davis working to try and regain half guard.
Xu lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Xu cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Xu cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Xu punishing his opponent with strikes.
Xu unloads with some shots from mount but Davis bucks and avoids them well.
Xu lands with some strikes.

Davis is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xu throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Davis is still in real trouble! Can Xu finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xu misses with a head shot.
Xu throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Davis seems to have recovered his senses.
Davis is trying desperately to improve position.
Xu lands a nice shot to the head.
Davis tries to hold on but Xu postures up.
Xu throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Davis prevents any damage by holding on tight.
A nice elbow there by Xu.
Xu dominating with strikes here.
Xu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Davis working to try and regain half guard.
Xu thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xu connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Xu drops a big elbow. That's hurt Davis! More shots from Xu and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ham Xu!