PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Davis
vs
Williamson

170 cm
19
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Williamson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Davis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Williamson counters by moving into the clinch.
Williamson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williamson avoiding damage.
Williamson lands a knee to the head.
Williamson scores with a knee to the head.
Williamson scores with a knee to the head.
Williamson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.
Williamson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Davis up against the ropes.

Davis works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williamson's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Davis stopping the sweep attempt from Williamson.

Williamson is looking for a triangle but Davis pushes his legs off easily.
Davis is in close to Williamson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis stands up over Williamson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Williamson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davis throws a big right hand that misses.
Williamson trying to strike off his back.
Williamson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Davis is one step ahead there.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Williamson blocks nicely.
Davis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Williamson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Williamson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davis.
Davis fails with the takedown
and Williamson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Davis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Williamson avoids a punch combination nicely.

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 looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Williamson is fending him off so far but Davis persists. Nope, Williamson circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williamson tries to clinch up

so Davis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Williamson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Davis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Williamson has momentary wrist control but Davis slips an elbow through the middle.
Davis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Williamson looking to control.
Davis advances position into side control!
Davis landing strikes.
Williamson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis looks up at the clock and then as Williamson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Davis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Williamson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Williamson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Williamson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Davis connects with a decent elbow.
Williamson is trying to improve his position.
Davis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Williamson tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Williamson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Williamson is trying to get back to half guard.
Davis working the ground and pound.
Williamson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Davis connects with a decent elbow.
Davis cracks Williamson with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis working the head with strikes.
Davis working the ground and pound but Williamson is defending the strikes.
Williamson tries to improve position but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Williamson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Davis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Davis avoids the strikes from the bottom by Williamson.
Williamson is trying to get back to half guard.
Sloppy strikes there by Davis.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Davis throws a series of punches but Williamson avoids them all with ease.
Davis misses with a looping left.

Williamson moves into the clinch successfully.
Nice elbow from Williamson.
Williamson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Williamson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williamson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Williamson connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Davis dominated that round.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Davis shoots in but Williamson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Williamson moves into the clinch.
Williamson is pressed up against the ropes. Davis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Williamson down to the mat. Williamson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Davis shoots for a double leg takedown but Williamson sprawls well. He's pushed Davis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williamson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis wants to clinch

and Williamson moves into the clinch.
Williamson controlling the action here for a moment.
Williamson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williamson effectively controlling the action here.
Williamson landing knees to the head.
Williamson working Davis over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Williamson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Williamson.
Williamson lands an elbow that stopped Davis in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williamson scores a nice knee to the body.
Williamson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williamson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.
Williamson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williamson lands a knee to the head.
Williamson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williamson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williamson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis is trying to drag Williamson to the mat but Williamson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Williamson lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Williamson has the dominant position.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Williamson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A knee to the head by Williamson.
Nice elbow from Williamson.
Davis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Williamson scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to pull guard but Williamson won't allow it.
Williamson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williamson lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Knees to the body from Williamson.
Williamson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Williamson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davis's brow.
Williamson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Davis is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Williamson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Williamson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Davis tries to score a body lock takedown but Williamson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Williamson.
Williamson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williamson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.
Williamson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Davis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Williamson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Williamson lands a nice elbow.
Williamson lands a knee to the body.

Davis wants the takedown. Williamson is fighting it off but Davis persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Williamson's guard against the ropes.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Williamson blocks nicely.

Davis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Williamson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Davis has managed to get both his arms back between Williamson's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williamson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Davis stopping the sweep attempt from Williamson.
Davis connects with a couple of short punches.
Davis throws a big right hand that misses.
Williamson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Williamson.

Williamson has Davis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Williamson.

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.
The referee is keeping an eye on Williamson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Williamson landing knees to the body.
Williamson with a knee to the head.
Williamson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Davis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Williamson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Williamson landing knees to the head.
Williamson with a knee to the head.
Williamson crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Williamson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williamson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williamson pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Davis is working for takedown but Williamson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Williamson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williamson lands an elbow inside.
Williamson stops a takedown attempt from Davis.
Davis takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Williamson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Davis shoots for a takedown but Williamson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Davis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davis wants to clinch

and Williamson moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Williamson.
Williamson connects with a knee to the head.
Williamson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williamson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williamson crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williamson is keeping busy.
Williamson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williamson has Davis pressed against the ropes.
Williamson connects with a knee to the head.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Williamson.
Williamson is pressed up against the ropes. Davis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Williamson down to the mat. Williamson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williamson stuffs the takedown attempt from Davis. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Williamson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Williamson lands a damaging elbow.
Williamson lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Williamson landing knees to the body.
Williamson with a knee to the head.
Williamson looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Williamson lands a knee to the body.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williamson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
Williamson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
Knees to the body from Williamson.
Williamson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Davis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Williamson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Williamson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Williamson counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williamson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williamson crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
Davis tries for a takedown but Williamson manages to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williamson.
Davis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Williamson prevents it.
Williamson throws a head punch that misses.
Williamson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis wants a takedown but no success here.
Williamson with a knee to the head.
Williamson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
Williamson is pressed up against the ropes. Davis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Williamson down to the mat. Williamson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Davis shoots in for a takedown but Williamson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Williamson darts in and clinches Davis up against the ropes.
Williamson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling the position.
Davis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Williamson pulls his leg out and moves away.

Williamson clinches with his opponent.
Williamson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williamson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Williamson.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling the position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Williamson misses with some punches.
Davis tries to pull guard but Williamson won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Williamson.
Williamson wants to stall.
Williamson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson lands a good knee to the midsection. Davis won't want to take too many of those.
Williamson lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Williamson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Williamson.
Williamson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
Williamson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Davis has Williamson pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Williamson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williamson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Williamson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
A short body shot lands from Williamson as the two fighters clinch.
Williamson lands a nice elbow.
Davis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Williamson lands a knee to the head.
Davis goes for a takedown attempt but Williamson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Williamson as he avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Williamson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Williamson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Williamson!