PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ichabod Klopfenstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klopfenstein comes to the cage accompanied by Monster. Davids is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top. Ichabod Klopfenstein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Klopfenstein
vs
Davids

169 cm
27
168 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

1337 ANZAC - New Designs In Store

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ichabod Klopfenstein !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brett Davids!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davids throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davids defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Klopfenstein .
Davids misses with a looping right.
Davids walks forward, straight into a front kick from Klopfenstein .
Davids misses with the combination.
Klopfenstein feints and then cracks Davids's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davids down.
Davids throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klopfenstein moves in looking to clinch but Davids pushes him off.
Davids throws a leg kick
and Klopfenstein counters with a nice kick to the body.
Klopfenstein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davids's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Klopfenstein misses the target.
Davids moves out of range of the body kick from Klopfenstein .
Davids throws a hook to the side of Klopfenstein 's head but Klopfenstein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klopfenstein shoots in for a takedown but Davids shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Davids misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klopfenstein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids throws a hook but Klopfenstein avoids it easily.
Davids scores with a three punch combo!
Davids scores with a nice head shot.
Davids misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Davids misses.
Klopfenstein tries to clinch but Davids moves out of range.
Davids wants to slow Klopfenstein down by chopping away at his legs.
Davids throws a hook to the side of Klopfenstein 's head but Klopfenstein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davids moves out of range of the body kick.
Davids misses with a double jab.
Klopfenstein explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Klopfenstein has taken the fight to the clinch.

Klopfenstein has hold of one of Davids's legs. Davids is fighting the takedown attempt but Klopfenstein gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Klopfenstein throwing strikes from guard but Davids blocks nicely.
Klopfenstein throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein throws a big right hand that misses.
Davids avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Klopfenstein throwing strikes but missing.
Klopfenstein postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davids trying to keep a closed guard but Klopfenstein is proving a slippery customer.
Klopfenstein throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davids works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Klopfenstein throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein distracts Davids with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Klopfenstein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Klopfenstein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Klopfenstein throws and elbow that misses. Davids uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Klopfenstein 's guard. Nice move by Davids!
Davids stops Klopfenstein from standing up.
Davids trying to control the position from guard on top but Klopfenstein is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klopfenstein has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klopfenstein is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Klopfenstein not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Davids manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Klopfenstein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davids uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klopfenstein .
Klopfenstein fakes the leg kick and cracks Davids in the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davids takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Davids tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Klopfenstein lands with a hook. Davids tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Klopfenstein throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Davids misses.
Davids throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klopfenstein .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davids tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klopfenstein was well out of range. Poor timing from Davids.
Davids has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Klopfenstein .
Davids looks gassed!
Davids swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichabod Klopfenstein dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Klopfenstein clinches up with Davids and pushes him back against the cage.
Davids wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Klopfenstein is working for takedown but Davids is calmly controlling the position for now.
Klopfenstein throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Klopfenstein lands a nice elbow.
Davids tries to pull guard but Klopfenstein holds him up against the cage and eventually Davids drops back down to his feet.
Davids blocks an elbow strike.
Davids has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Klopfenstein lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Brett Davids has been cut.
Nice elbow from Klopfenstein .
Klopfenstein has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davids is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Klopfenstein prevents a body shot from Davids.
Klopfenstein pushes off an throws an elbow but Davids leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Klopfenstein pushes off an throws an elbow but Davids leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Klopfenstein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Davids blocks an elbow strike from Klopfenstein .
With the fighters up against the cage, Klopfenstein throws an elbow but misses.
Davids wants to break free but Klopfenstein has control.
Klopfenstein has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Davids avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ichabod Klopfenstein . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Klopfenstein drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Davids dodges an elbow strike from Klopfenstein .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids avoids the elbow strike from Klopfenstein , against the cage.
Davids misses with a body punch.
Klopfenstein is pressed up against the cage. Davids has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Klopfenstein down to the mat. Klopfenstein avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Davids thuds a left hand into Klopfenstein 's body.
Good work by Klopfenstein as he checks the leg kick.
Davids tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klopfenstein was well out of range. Poor timing from Davids.
Klopfenstein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davids.
Klopfenstein throws a head kick that Davids semi-blocks.

Klopfenstein scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Klopfenstein throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Davids is trying to control Klopfenstein 's posture but Klopfenstein avoids it.
Klopfenstein lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Davids down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein cracks Davids with a big right hand but Davids just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davids regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klopfenstein throwing shots but Davids is blocking nicely.
Klopfenstein thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Davids's head.
Ichabod Klopfenstein overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Klopfenstein uses his free foot to push down on Davids's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Davids.
Davids tries to hold on but Klopfenstein postures up.
Klopfenstein lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein landing strikes, looking to finish!
Klopfenstein connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Klopfenstein lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Davids hang on?
Klopfenstein landing strikes from the mount.
Klopfenstein breaks from Davids's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Davids is rocked!
Davids is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klopfenstein tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Davids is still in real trouble! Can Klopfenstein finish him?
Klopfenstein softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Davids is out cold! Klopfenstein jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ichabod Klopfenstein !
Ichabod Klopfenstein retains his welterweight title!