PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AHIGA OTAKTAY (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes to the cage accompanied by Crash by 12 Stones. The crowd seem to be enjoying OTAKTAY's choice of entrance music: TOMAHAWK - WAR SONG. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Davis
vs
OTAKTAY

175 cm
28
145 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

169 cm
23
145 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite 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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, AHIGA OTAKTAY!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
OTAKTAY misses with a wild body shot.
Davis defending well as OTAKTAY loads up on a big left hand.
AHIGA OTAKTAY seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OTAKTAY tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
OTAKTAY misses with a wild body shot.
OTAKTAY tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
OTAKTAY wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the liver by OTAKTAY. Beautiful body shot.
Davis scores with a nice right hand.
OTAKTAY tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
OTAKTAY throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Davis moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
OTAKTAY tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
OTAKTAY throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
OTAKTAY feints and then cracks Davis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davis down.
Davis blocks the body kick.
OTAKTAY buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but OTAKTAY ducks down to avoid it.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Davis throws a series of punches but OTAKTAY avoids them all with ease.
Davis misses with a straight left.
OTAKTAY tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
OTAKTAY wants to clinch.
OTAKTAY tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
OTAKTAY ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
AHIGA OTAKTAY is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
OTAKTAY throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
OTAKTAY lands with a hook. Davis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from OTAKTAY misses.
OTAKTAY tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
OTAKTAY lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Davis throws a hook to the side of OTAKTAY's head but OTAKTAY sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from OTAKTAY.
OTAKTAY scores with a kick to the body.
Davis avoids the head kick by OTAKTAY.
OTAKTAY lands a high kick!
OTAKTAY slips under a jab.
OTAKTAY wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from OTAKTAY misses its intended target.
The fight stays on the outside here - OTAKTAY looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by OTAKTAY.
OTAKTAY pulls out of a head kick attempt.
OTAKTAY scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davis doesn't seem bothered though.
OTAKTAY misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
OTAKTAY ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AHIGA OTAKTAY dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis digs a good hook to OTAKTAY's body.
OTAKTAY fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from OTAKTAY - that will leave a mark!
OTAKTAY is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
OTAKTAY lands a nice looking kick to the body. Davis takes a step back to recover.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis misses with a straight right.
OTAKTAY pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook. OTAKTAY ducked under it nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Davis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from OTAKTAY - the referee stops the clock and Davis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says OTAKTAY. Davis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
OTAKTAY defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
OTAKTAY fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
OTAKTAY lands with a kick to the temple. Davis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
OTAKTAY closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
OTAKTAY moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis dodges the punch combination from OTAKTAY.
Davis has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OTAKTAY just misses with a punch to the body.
OTAKTAY tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
OTAKTAY throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from OTAKTAY.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
OTAKTAY is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
OTAKTAY uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OTAKTAY throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Davis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Davis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
OTAKTAY throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
OTAKTAY throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A swing and a miss from Davis.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Davis misses its intended target.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but OTAKTAY sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
OTAKTAY keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OTAKTAY pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
OTAKTAY throws a combination that misses
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OTAKTAY.
OTAKTAY fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but AHIGA OTAKTAY will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

OTAKTAY is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.

OTAKTAY has closed the distance and engaged Davis in a clinch.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
OTAKTAY working Davis over with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for OTAKTAY.
Davis misses with a body punch.
Davis is working OTAKTAY over against the cage.
Davis can't find room to land a body shot as OTAKTAY controls the action.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Davis pushes OTAKTAY back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
OTAKTAY lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Davis or not.
OTAKTAY doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davis misses with a body punch.

OTAKTAY's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
OTAKTAY lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
OTAKTAY misses with a jab to the body
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
OTAKTAY walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Davis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
OTAKTAY is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Davis rather than just go for the knockout.
Davis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OTAKTAY throws a leg kick but Davis checks it.
OTAKTAY fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
OTAKTAY lands a really nice looking cross but Davis seems unphased.
OTAKTAY staying out of range there.
Davis throws a sloppy body shot
and OTAKTAY counters with a two punch combo.
A nice leg kick lands there from OTAKTAY.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Davis checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from OTAKTAY misses.
OTAKTAY pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OTAKTAY misses with a shot to the body
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
Davis looks to land a left hand but OTAKTAY moved out of range nicely.
OTAKTAY fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. OTAKTAY looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A bone on bone clash there as Davis blocks the leg kick.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by OTAKTAY.
OTAKTAY doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
OTAKTAY throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
OTAKTAY keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OTAKTAY darts in trying to clinch

and Davis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
OTAKTAY controls Davis momentarily but Davis frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OTAKTAY keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis looking to sit in guard and control but OTAKTAY gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
OTAKTAY content to stall in guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Davis.
I think OTAKTAY 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight for AHIGA OTAKTAY!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for AHIGA OTAKTAY!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for AHIGA OTAKTAY!

AHIGA OTAKTAY wins by unanimous decision!