PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pistol Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Robinson
vs
Davis

175 cm
25
150 lbs
7 - 15 - 1

176 cm
23
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Pistol Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Marcus Davis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davis tries to avoid it but Robinson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davis to the ground. Davis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Robinson misses with a two punch combination.
Robinson is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Robinson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Robinson connects with a crisp jab.
Robinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davis scores with a leg kick.
A nice combination there by Davis.
Davis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson throws a leg kick but Davis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Robinson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Robinson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Robinson in his tracks.
Robinson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pistol Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Robinson misses with a double jab
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
Robinson misses with a combination
and Davis counters with a left and a right that stings Robinson.
Robinson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis throws a series of punches but Robinson avoids them all with ease.
Davis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and Robinson moves out of range easily.
Robinson clinches but Davis breaks the clinch
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Robinson has his takedown stuffed
and Davis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marcus Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis scores with a nice strike.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Robinson looks to clinch
and Davis counters with a left and a right that stings Robinson.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Robinson.
Robinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Robinson has double underhooks.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Davis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Robinson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Davis clinches.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Robinson tries to clinch
and Davis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Robinson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pistol Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis scores with a one two! Robinson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Davis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Davis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Davis misses with the combination.
Davis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Robinson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Davis misses with a head kick.
Robinson dodges the punch combination from Davis.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Robinson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Davis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Davis dominated 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.

Robinson wants to clinch
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
Robinson throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Robinson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davis tries to avoid it but Robinson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davis to the ground. Davis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Robinson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Robinson misses with a takedown

and Davis counters by clinching up.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis throws a right hand that Robinson ducks under and follows up with a left that Robinson also avoids with ease.
Robinson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Robinson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis throws a right hand that Robinson ducks under and follows up with a left that Robinson also avoids with ease.
Davis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Robinson backs up against the cage.
Davis tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Robinson shoots in for a double leg but Davis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pistol Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis misses with a double jab
and Robinson counters with a body kick that stops Davis in his tracks momentarily.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis scoring well with a low kick there.
Robinson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Robinson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davis.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis throws a right and a left that Robinson avoids nicely.
Robinson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Robinson misses with a combination
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Davis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Robinson doesn't seem phased though.
Robinson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Davis counters with a three punch combo that has Robinson backing up. Robinson nods at Davis to acknowledge the strikes.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Robinson misses with a takedown attempt
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davis.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Robinson.
Pistol Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robinson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Robinson is pressed up against the cage. Davis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Robinson down to the mat. Robinson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Davis throws a head kick that Robinson semi-blocks.
Davis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Davis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Robinson misses with a hook. Davis ducked under it nicely.
Davis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Davis leaves Robinson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Robinson throws a combination that misses
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Davis throws a right and a left that Robinson avoids nicely.
Davis is looking to slow Robinson down with leg kicks.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Davis looks to land a combination. Robinson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robinson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Robinson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davis.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis throws a right hand that Robinson ducks under and follows up with a left that Robinson also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Robinson tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Davis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Robinson dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Robinson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss

and Robinson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Davis's guard.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Davis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Davis has his foot on Robinson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Robinson works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Robinson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davis.
Robinson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Robinson.
Marcus Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Davis drives through and clinches with Robinson against the cage.
Davis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Robinson gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Davis is working the combinations to good effect here.
Robinson throws a combination that misses
and Davis counters with a thumping low kick.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Robinson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Robinson wants to clinch
and Davis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with the combination.
Davis tries to clinch but Robinson is having none of it.
Davis throws a one two combo.
Davis tries to clinch there but Robinson circles away.
Davis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Robinson scores with a takedown into Davis's guard.
Davis trying to control the position.
Robinson prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Davis uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Robinson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Robinson dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Robinson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davis throws a right hand that Robinson ducks under and follows up with a left that Robinson also avoids with ease.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Robinson.
A frustrated look appears on Davis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Pistol Robinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robinson has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Robinson has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcus Davis.
I've got Davis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Davis!