PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cam Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vangelis - Alpha kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Cam Stroud has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Stroud
vs
Davis

186 cm
25
214 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

194 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cam Stroud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Davis!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Davis misses.
Stroud takes one on the button.

Stroud rushes Davis and presses him up against the cage.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Stroud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stroud using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stroud crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
Davis looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Stroud.
Stroud works on Davis's body with a couple of short punches.
Stroud lands a nice elbow.
Stroud landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Stroud breaks from the clinch.
Stroud cracks the inside of Davis's front leg.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Stroud gets a clinch.
Stroud presses Davis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stroud working Davis over with knees to the body.
Stroud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud lands a shot to the body.
Stroud with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stroud obliges.
Stroud working Davis over with knees to the body.
Stroud stalls.
Stroud putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Davis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stroud crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Stroud.
Stroud landing knees to the body.
Stroud unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stroud scores with a hook to the body.
Stroud lands a body shot.
Stroud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stroud slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stroud obliges.
Stroud lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stroud.
Stroud with a knee to the head.
Stroud with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stroud is working for takedown but Davis is calmly controlling the position for now.
Davis avoiding damage as Stroud throws knees to the body.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Stroud has him pressed against the cage.
Davis avoiding damage as Stroud throws knees to the body.
Stroud has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stroud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davis is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
Stroud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis avoiding damage as Stroud throws knees to the body.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Stroud won't allow it.
Stroud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stroud lands a nice shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Davis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis tries to circle away but Stroud has him pinned against the cage.
Stroud is working for takedown but Davis is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cam Stroud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Stroud has him pressed against the cage.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Stroud lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stroud landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stroud creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stroud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stroud obliges.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stroud looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Stroud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis wants to break free but Stroud has control.
Davis tries to circle away but Stroud has him pinned against the cage.
Stroud has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Davis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Stroud is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cam Stroud dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Stroud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Stroud's head but Stroud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stroud has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Davis finds it's way round the side to connect with Stroud's head.
Stroud throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Davis's head.

Stroud has closed the distance and engaged Davis in a clinch.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Stroud softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stroud is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stroud crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
Stroud is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stroud working Davis over with knees to the body.
Stroud lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stroud landing knees to the head.
Stroud scores with a knee to the head.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Stroud is controlling him.
Stroud using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud misses with an elbow strike.

Stroud pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Davis misses.
A big right from Davis misses.
Good leg kick by Stroud there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stroud misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stroud moves away.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stroud.
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis moves out of range of the leg kick from Stroud.
Davis lands with a hook. Stroud tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Stroud moves away and avoids it.
Stroud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Davis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stroud throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stroud moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stroud tries a head kick but it misses.
Stroud looks for the body kick but Davis saw that one coming.
Davis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stroud.
Davis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stroud moves out of range as Davis strikes.
Stroud lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stroud uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.
Stroud takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stroud misses the shot to the body.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Stroud feints and then cracks Davis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davis down.
Davis clobbers Stroud with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick misses from Stroud.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stroud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stroud closes the distance and pushes Davis back into the cage.
Stroud works on Davis's body with a couple of short punches.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Stroud scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stroud working aggressively here.
Stroud stalling the fight.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stroud has him pressed against the cage.
Stroud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stroud lands a knee to the body.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Stroud keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davis's efforts to push away.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stroud has him pressed against the cage.
Davis can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Stroud looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Stroud is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Stroud keeps control of Davis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Stroud has double underhooks.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Stroud goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stroud keeps control of Davis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stroud trying to stall but Davis improves his position.
Stroud is leaning against Davis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Stroud has the dominant position.
Stroud tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Stroud is trying to maintain a safe position but Davis gets an underhook and turns Stroud into the cage.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Stroud has him pressed against the cage.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cam Stroud dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Davis clobbers Stroud with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Stroud should have avoided that one.
Stroud cracks the inside of Davis's front leg.
Davis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stroud was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Davis throws an overhand right that lands on Stroud's shoulder, as Stroud tries to avoid the shot.
Stroud with a nice cross.
Stroud lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stroud slips a jab from Davis.
Stroud displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Stroud thuds his shin into the meat of Davis's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stroud scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stroud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cam Stroud is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Stroud.
Stroud throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis throws a body punch but Stroud moves out of range.
Davis catches Stroud with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stroud throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Davis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stroud. Stroud obviously looking to wear him down.
Davis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stroud throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Davis digs a good body shot into Stroud's ribs.
Stroud throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stroud lands with a hook. Davis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Stroud drives through and clinches with Davis against the cage.
Stroud scores with a hook to the body.
Stroud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stroud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Stroud misses with a knee to the head.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Stroud won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stroud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stroud can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Davis blocks a body shot from Stroud.
Davis is trying to break free.
Davis wants to break free but Stroud has control.
Stroud avoiding damage.
Davis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stroud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stroud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis is trying to break free.
Davis is trying to break free.
Davis blocks an elbow strike.
Stroud looking to stall.
Stroud misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Stroud has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stroud scores with a shoulder strike.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stroud throws an elbow but misses.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Stroud works on Davis's body with a couple of short punches.
Stroud has Davis pressed against the cage.
Davis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Stroud.
Stroud controlling the action here for a moment.
Stroud misses with some punches.
Stroud landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Stroud tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stroud scores with a hook to the body.
Stroud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stroud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Stroud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Stroud won't allow it.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stroud creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stroud.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Stroud is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cam Stroud clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Stroud does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Davis misses.
Stroud thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Davis if he has to take too many more of those.
Stroud lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Stroud clinches up against the cage.
Stroud with a knee to the head.
Stroud digs a right hand underneath Davis's ribcage. Davis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stroud missing with knees to the body.
Stroud lands a shoulder strike.
Stroud lands a nice knee to the body.
Stroud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stroud avoiding damage.
Stroud is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stroud keeps control of Davis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cam Stroud has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Stroud pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stroud finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stroud counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Davis misses with the combination.
Stroud is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stroud.
Stroud chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stroud fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stroud connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Davis momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Stroud finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Stroud is looking to wear down Davis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stroud.
Stroud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stroud scores with a leg kick.
Davis takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stroud throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Davis lands a jab to Stroud's midsection.
Davis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Stroud.
Stroud lands a head kick. Davis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Stroud throws a head kick that misses.
Stroud ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Stroud tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis throws a body punch but Stroud moves out of range.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stroud.
Davis tries to bum rush Stroud with a series of wild strikes but Stroud uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stroud throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Davis's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stroud misses with a two punch combination.
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stroud scores with a jab to the head.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stroud.
Stroud throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Cam Stroud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stroud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook. Stroud ducked under it nicely.
Stroud moves out of range as Davis strikes.
Stroud scores with a crisp jab that stopped Davis in his tracks.
Stroud thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis throws out a loose jab but Stroud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stroud throws a front kick that sends Davis stumbling back into the cage.
Davis misses the shot to the body.
Davis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stroud can pounce on him.

Stroud closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stroud.
Davis letting Stroud take a breather here.

Stroud breaks from the clinch.
Stroud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Davis misses.
Davis missing with a left hand there. Stroud was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroud scores with a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Stroud. Davis shrugs it off though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stroud lands a knee to the head.
Stroud lands a shot to the body.
Stroud is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stroud scores with a knee to the head.
Stroud unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stroud obliges.
Stroud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davis is defending well for now.
Stroud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thomas Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stroud misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stroud lands a nice knee to the body.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Davis misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cam Stroud showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stroud has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 40:35
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 40:35
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 40:35

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cam Stroud!