PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Phil Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Tilthammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tilthammer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The rolling stones - Under my thumb kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Phil Davis
vs
Tilthammer

182 cm
21
222 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
27
200 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mr Phil Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henry Tilthammer!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tilthammer throws a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Davis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Davis.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tilthammer tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis cracks Tilthammer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Davis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tilthammer tries to avoid it but Davis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tilthammer to the ground. Tilthammer escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Tilthammer saw that one coming.
Mr Phil Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tilthammer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tilthammer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Davis's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tilthammer wants to slow Davis down by chopping away at his legs.
Tilthammer throws a low kick but Davis moves out of range easily.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tilthammer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davis.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Tilthammer connects with a solid leg kick.
Tilthammer throws a solid leg kick but Davis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tilthammer.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tilthammer misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tilthammer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.

Tilthammer clinches.
Tilthammer effectively controlling the action here.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tilthammer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tilthammer.
A head punch on the inside from Tilthammer fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tilthammer misses with a punch on the inside.
Tilthammer slowing the pace effectively.
Good body shot from Tilthammer.
Tilthammer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tilthammer blocks a body shot from Davis.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davis as Tilthammer tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tilthammer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davis's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Davis.
Tilthammer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Tilthammer controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tilthammer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tilthammer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tilthammer can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Davis lands a shoulder strike.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Davis.
Tilthammer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on Tilthammer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Davis misses with a body punch.
Davis lands a body punch.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tilthammer looks gassed!
Nice body punch from Davis - that landed with a thud.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tilthammer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis scores with a hook to the body.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tilthammer's elbow.
Tilthammer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Davis is keeping busy.
Davis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tilthammer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Phil Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tilthammer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Davis misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis works on Tilthammer's body with a couple of short punches.
Davis works on Tilthammer's body with a couple of short punches.

Davis has picked Tilthammer up - he's going for a ride! Davis dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Davis trying to pass the guard but Tilthammer defending well.
Davis is working hard here to advance position.
Davis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tilthammer 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.
Davis is trying to control. Tilthammer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tilthammer's head.

Davis wants to work for an arm triangle but Tilthammer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Davis throws a hook but Tilthammer avoids it easily.
Tilthammer moves away from the strike by Davis.
Davis scores with a jab to the body.
Tilthammer throws a low kick but Davis avoids it.
Tilthammer throws a leg kick but Davis sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tilthammer feints and then cracks Davis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davis down.
Tilthammer misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis avoids the head kick by Tilthammer.
Tilthammer wants to slow Davis down by chopping away at his legs.
Davis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Davis checks the leg kick.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Tilthammer feints and then cracks Davis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davis down.
Tilthammer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Davis.
An inside leg kick from Tilthammer misses.
Tilthammer misses with a low kick as Davis jumps back.

That's two 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 throws the left hand but Tilthammer avoids the punch easily.
Tilthammer misses with a low kick.
Tilthammer avoids the body shot from Davis.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tilthammer as he avoids it easily.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Tilthammer moved out of range nicely.
A jab lands there for Davis.
Tilthammer throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
Tilthammer misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis cracks Tilthammer with an open hand slap.
An inside leg kick lands from Tilthammer.
Tilthammer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davis scores with a hook to the body. Tilthammer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tilthammer tries to work over Davis's front leg with a kick but Davis checks it.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis wants to clinch.
Tilthammer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four 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 avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A good leg kick by Tilthammer.
Tilthammer throws a solid leg kick but Davis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tilthammer.
Good leg kick by Tilthammer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Davis throws a body punch but Tilthammer moves out of range.
Tilthammer tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Tilthammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tilthammer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tilthammer manages to avoid it.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Davis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tilthammer can pounce on him.
Tilthammer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tilthammer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis blocks a low kick nicely.
Davis moves out of range of the leg kick from Tilthammer.
Tilthammer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Davis is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tilthammer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tilthammer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davis.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tilthammer has time to react.
Tilthammer is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Tilthammer tries to work over Davis's front leg with a kick but Davis checks it.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Tilthammer is just out of range.
Tilthammer throws a low kick but Davis avoids it.
Tilthammer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

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 throws a jab but it's blocked by Tilthammer.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tilthammer manages to avoid it.
Davis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davis throws an overhand right that lands on Tilthammer's shoulder, as Tilthammer tries to avoid the shot.
Good work by Davis as he checks the leg kick.
Tilthammer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tilthammer avoids the body shot from Davis.
Tilthammer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Davis's calf.
Henry Tilthammer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tilthammer.
Davis wants to clinch up but Tilthammer keeps it at a distance.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tilthammer moves away.
Tilthammer wants to slow Davis down by chopping away at his legs.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Tilthammer slips a straight right by Davis.
Davis misses the shot to the body.
Davis blocks a low kick nicely.
Davis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four 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.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tilthammer. That's going to slow Davis down.
Davis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Davis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tilthammer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Tilthammer is looking to score with low kicks.
Davis blocks a leg kick.
Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tilthammer's head backwards.
Tilthammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tilthammer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab from Davis.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henry Tilthammer.
I think Tilthammer 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!