PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dick Dingleberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingleberry's entrance music is Village People - Macho Man. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Dingleberry
vs
Davis

175 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Self confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Dingleberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Davis!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dingleberry tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Dingleberry throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dingleberry wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Dingleberry clinches with his opponent.
Dingleberry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.

It looks like Michael Davis has been cut.
Davis is leaning against Dingleberry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Davis is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dingleberry.

Dingleberry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry tries to clinch up.
Dingleberry tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dingleberry tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis lands with a hook. Dingleberry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Dingleberry gets a clinch.

Dingleberry pulls Davis into guard.
Dingleberry is trying to keep Davis in close.
Dingleberry controlling the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dingleberry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davis wants to stand but Dingleberry is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Davis puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dingleberry is trying to maintain the position but Davis is very close to passing his half guard.
Dingleberry is refusing to be controlled, as Davis sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dingleberry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Davis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dingleberry tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis scores with a shot to the body.
Davis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Davis looks to land a combination but Dingleberry avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Davis as Dingleberry shoots in.
Dingleberry moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Dingleberry misses with a head kick.
Dingleberry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Dingleberry.
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Dingleberry closes the distance and clinches.
Dingleberry misses with a knee to the head.
Dingleberry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Dingleberry holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dingleberry has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dingleberry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Dingleberry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Dingleberry 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.

Michael Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Davis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dingleberry tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Dingleberry tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Dingleberry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dingleberry throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Davis.

Dingleberry moves into the clinch successfully.
Davis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dingleberry.
Davis tries to pull guard but Dingleberry holds him up against the cage and eventually Davis drops back down to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dingleberry breaks the clinch.
Davis stalks Dingleberry and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dingleberry's face. Dingleberry staggers backwards, shaken.
Dingleberry is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davis.
Dick Dingleberry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry takes one to the chin there.
Dingleberry doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Davis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Dingleberry is rocked!
Davis tries to bum rush Dingleberry with a series of wild strikes but Dingleberry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oh Dingleberry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis scores with a shot to the body.
Dingleberry misses with a double jab
and Davis counters with a good low kick that Dingleberry was not able to check.
Dingleberry seems to have got his legs back now.
Dingleberry throws a leg kick but Davis checks it.
Dingleberry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dingleberry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dingleberry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dingleberry tries to clinch up
and Davis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dingleberry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dingleberry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.
Dingleberry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dingleberry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Dingleberry 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.
Davis trying to control but Dingleberry is working from the bottom.
Davis content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Dingleberry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Dingleberry is retaining full guard.
Davis won't allow Dingleberry to sweep him here.
Dingleberry is trying to control the position but Davis postures up.

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.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Michael Davis hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Dingleberry looks to clinch
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Dingleberry has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A head kick misses from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis thuds his right hand into Dingleberry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Davis checks a leg kick.
Dingleberry throws a wild body kick that Davis sees coming a mile off.
Dingleberry tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Dingleberry motions for Davis to come forward. Dingleberry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Dingleberry rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dingleberry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis lands an overhand right.

Dingleberry closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Davis's cut.
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!

Dingleberry tries to clinch up
and Davis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Davis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dingleberry misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dingleberry can pounce on him.
Dingleberry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Davis counters with a left to the body.
Dingleberry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davis.
Dingleberry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Davis is fending him off so far but Dingleberry persists. Nope, Davis circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.

Dingleberry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Dingleberry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis misses with a body kick.
Dingleberry moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis blocks a head kick by Dingleberry.
Davis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Michael Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dingleberry drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davis lands a two punch combo.
Davis scores with a one two! Dingleberry had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dingleberry moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Dick Dingleberry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dingleberry walks into a stiff left hand from Davis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dingleberry throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A shot to the body from Dingleberry misses
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
Dingleberry is looking to clinch.
Dingleberry closes the distance but Davis moves to the side
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
Dingleberry tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Dingleberry is looking to clinch.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dingleberry throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Dingleberry tried to score with a low kick but Davis checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dingleberry closes the distance and clinches.
Dingleberry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Dingleberry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dingleberry tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dingleberry takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dingleberry doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Dingleberry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dingleberry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dingleberry is keeping busy.

Dingleberry ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Dingleberry no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
Dingleberry wants to stand but Davis is controlling the position.
Dick Dingleberry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dingleberry wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Davis is now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis is looking to take a break and control but Dingleberry is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30

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