PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Kooch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kooch has chosen Rise Against - The strenght to go on as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Phil Davis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Phil Davis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Davis
vs
Kooch

188 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marlon Kooch!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kooch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.

Davis clinches up against the cage.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kooch tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Marlon Kooch has been cut.
Kooch looks gassed!
Davis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Davis lands a knee to the body.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Kooch's ribcage.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kooch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Davis.
Davis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Davis lands a damaging elbow.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis working Kooch over with knees to the body.
Davis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Kooch's ribcage.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis scores with a hook to the body.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kooch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Davis manages to break the clinch.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Davis pushes Kooch away with a front kick.

Davis pushes Kooch up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis is stalling here.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Kooch trying to control the position but instead, Davis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kooch into the cage.
A knee to the head by Davis.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kooch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Davis.
Davis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Davis cracks Kooch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Davis pushes Kooch up against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

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

Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kooch tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
Davis stalling against the cage.
A hook to the body from Davis.
Kooch throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Davis scores with a hook to the body.
Davis stalling the fight.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Davis seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Phil Davis.
Davis scores with a nice strike.
Phil Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Davis finds it's way through Kooch's defenses.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Kooch.
Davis stalls.
Kooch is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Davis working Kooch over with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis digs a right hand underneath Kooch's ribcage. Kooch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
Stalling in the clinch from Davis.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis lands with a slapping head kick.
Davis tries a head kick but it misses.
Phil Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis throws a head kick but Kooch moves out of range.
Jab from Davis.
Kooch takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marlon Kooch's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kooch wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis counters with a good low kick that Kooch was not able to check.

Davis has managed to clinch.
Davis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Davis.
Davis effectively controlling the action here.
Kooch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davis lands a body punch.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kooch gets tackled into the cage by Davis. Davis maintains the clinch.
Davis slows down the pace here.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kooch throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis just leaning against Kooch, taking a breather.
Phil Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davis digs a right hand into Kooch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kooch's gas tank.
Davis stalling the fight.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davis working Kooch over with knees to the body.
Kooch tries for a takedown but Davis manages to get underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Davis.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Marlon Kooch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis connects with a solid leg kick.
Kooch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Davis closes the distance and clinches.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis controlling the action here for a moment.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee calls for Davis to work.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davis as Kooch tries to tie him up.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kooch misses with a knee to the head.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kooch needs to keep his hands up - Davis had a free shot at his head there.
A nice combination there by Davis.
Kooch takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kooch can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kooch takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Davis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Davis throws a right hand that Kooch ducks under and follows up with a left that Kooch also avoids with ease.
Davis misses with a body kick.
Good leg kick by Davis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Davis tests Kooch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davis throws a right hand that Kooch ducks under and follows up with a left that Kooch also avoids with ease.

Kooch tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kooch's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a knee to the body.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Kooch won't want to take too many of those.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis stalling in the clinch.

Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis throws a good cross that connects.
Kooch clinches but Davis breaks the clinch
and Davis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kooch blocks an elbow strike.
Davis landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marlon Kooch's cut.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

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

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis lands a jab.
Davis lands a jab-cross combination.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Kooch.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kooch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Davis gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Davis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kooch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Davis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kooch, pushing him back against the cage.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kooch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis stalling in the clinch.
Kooch throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis effectively controlling the action here.
Davis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kooch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis lands an elbow just above Kooch 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Kooch being controlled against the cage.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Kooch won't want to take too many of those.
Kooch looking for a takedown.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kooch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a knee to the head.
Davis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kooch tries to stall but Davis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Davis avoiding damage as Kooch throws knees to the body.
Kooch tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis pushes Kooch back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Kooch's ribcage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kooch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kooch throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis stalls.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kooch tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kooch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Kooch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davis is defending well for now.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koochs head.
Davis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kooch stalling in the clinch.
Kooch tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kooch's face.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

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 takes the fight into the clinch.
Kooch trying to stall but Davis improves his position.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Davis stalling the fight.
Kooch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kooch takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Kooch gets tackled into the cage by Davis. Davis maintains the clinch.
Marlon Kooch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kooch tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kooch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis working Kooch over with knees to the body.
Phil Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kooch looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Kooch takes a knee right on the jaw!

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24

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