PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Negreanu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Davidson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Daniel Negreanu's chin.

Negreanu
vs
Davidson

177 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Negreanu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Davidson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Negreanu drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Davidson keeping moving, preventing Negreanu from controlling successfully.
Negreanu looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davidson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Davidson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Negreanu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Negreanu sitting in guard here, content to control.
Negreanu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Davidson fails to land the takedown.
Davidson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Negreanu pinned against the cage. Negreanu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davidson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Negreanu blocks a head kick by Davidson.
Daniel Negreanu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidson looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Negreanu, as that shot connected.

Negreanu scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Davidson is looking for a sweep.
Negreanu landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Negreanu has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Davidson!
Negreanu scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davidson?
Negreanu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Davidson is looking to escape.
Negreanu wants to take his opponent's back but Davidson doesn't allow it.

Negreanu is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Davidson has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Negreanu working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Davidson looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Negreanu! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Daniel Negreanu!