PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Pootawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pootawn
vs
Davis

185 cm
19
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Pootawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Davis!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pootawn is fending him off so far but Davis persists. Nope, Pootawn circles away and we're back to standing.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Pootawn is just out of range.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Michael Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Pootawn slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Davis looks gassed!
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis misses with the combination.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pootawn drives through and clinches with Davis against the cage.
Pootawn is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pootawn is pushing Davis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pootawn jumps guard.
Pootawn is adopting a defensive guard.
Pootawn is trying to control the position but Davis postures up.
Davis is fighting to break Pootawn's control of his arms but Pootawn is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

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.
Pootawn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pootawn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ralph Pootawn.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Ralph Pootawn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis misses with the combination.

Pootawn closes the distance and clinches.
Pootawn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Pootawn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pootawn slowing the pace effectively.
Pootawn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pootawn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pootawn is working for takedown but Davis is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Pootawn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pootawn is stalling here.
Pootawn has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pootawn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Pootawn has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Davis uses from the top position.
Pootawn thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Pootawn keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
Pootawn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Davis being controlled here momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph Pootawn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michael Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis misses with a double jab.

Pootawn gets a clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pootawn lands a shot to the body.
Davis trying to stall but Pootawn improves his position.
Davis jumps guard but Pootawn stands there with Davis around his waist. Davis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pootawn scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pootawn prevents the takedown attempt.
Ralph Pootawn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Davis.
Pootawn is trying to drag Davis to the mat but Davis just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Davis is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pootawn is struggling to control the position.
Pootawn working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Pootawn pulls guard.
Pootawn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pootawn is trying to control the position but Davis postures up.

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.
Pootawn is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Davis is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Pootawn is looking for a triangle but Davis pushes his legs off easily.
Pootawn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ralph Pootawn.

Pootawn has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pootawn lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Michael Davis has been cut.
Pootawn slows down the pace here.

Pootawn jumps into guard, dragging Davis to the mat.
Davis trying to control but Pootawn is working from the bottom.
Pootawn looking to control.

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.
Davis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Pootawn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pootawn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Davis trying to control but Pootawn is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pootawn trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph Pootawn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Davis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pootawn blocks a jab.
Pootawn dips to his left and cracks Davis with an uppercut!

Pootawn gets a clinch.
Pootawn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pootawn is pushing Davis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pootawn lands with a left to the head.

Pootawn pulls Davis into guard.
Davis passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pootawn is refusing to be controlled, as Davis sits in half guard.
Pootawn is trying to get back to full guard.
It looks like Davis is going to stand back up.
Pootawn wants to control but Davis is keeping busy and won't allow it.

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.
Pootawn moves into full guard.
Pootawn looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pootawn trying to strike off his back.
Pootawn has his hands on Davis's head, controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pootawn throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Pootawn 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.
Pootawn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Davis is stalling in the full guard.

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 postures up.
Pootawn is controlling Davis's posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ralph Pootawn.
A punch combination from Davis misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Pootawn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pootawn 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Pootawn!