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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roylin Rawkus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roylin Rawkus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Davis!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis blocks a head kick by Rawkus.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Rawkus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rawkus.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis wants to break free but Rawkus has control.
Rawkus misses with a knee strike.
Rawkus misses with a knee strike.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Rawkus.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rawkus has him pressed against the cage.
Rawkus missing with knees to the body.
Rawkus missing with knees to the body.
Rawkus misses with an elbow strike.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawkus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Michael Davis has been cut.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Rawkus has the dominant position.
Rawkus misses with an elbow strike.
Davis blocks an elbow strike from Rawkus.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Rawkus keeps him there for the moment.
Rawkus throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawkus connects with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rawkus throws an elbow but misses.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawkus misses with a knee to the head.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Rawkus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rawkus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.
Davis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rawkus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Rawkus keeps him there for the moment.
Rawkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Rawkus lands an elbow inside that Davis shrugs off.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Davis tries to pull guard but Rawkus won't allow it.
Davis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rawkus walks away with a smile on his face. Davis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Roylin Rawkus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Davis.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rawkus defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
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 wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis throws a combination that misses
and Rawkus moves into the clinch.
Rawkus missing with knees to the body.
Rawkus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davis's defenses.
Rawkus with a knee to the head.
Rawkus landing knees to the body.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Rawkus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Rawkus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis jumps guard but Rawkus stands there with Davis around his waist. Davis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rawkus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rawkus misses with an elbow over the top.
Rawkus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawkus'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.
Rawkus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis wants to break free but Rawkus has control.
Davis is trying to break free.
Rawkus throws an elbow that misses.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Rawkus.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Davis avoiding damage as Rawkus throws knees to the body.
Davis is trying to push Rawkus away but Rawkus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rawkus misses with a knee strike.
That's four 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.
Rawkus throws an elbow that misses.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Rawkus 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 blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rawkus lands a knee to the body.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Rawkus looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Rawkus has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rawkus.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Rawkus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rawkus fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rawkus counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roylin Rawkus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Davis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rawkus looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Rawkus misses with the combination.
Davis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rawkus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rawkus.
Davis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rawkus throws an elbow but misses.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Rawkus 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 is trying to stall.
Rawkus is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rawkus.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Rawkus has him pressed against the cage.
Rawkus stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Rawkus.
Rawkus 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.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Rawkus misses with a knee to the head.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Rawkus won't allow it.
Rawkus misses with a knee to the head.
Rawkus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Rawkus.
Rawkus landing knees to the head.
Rawkus misses with a knee strike.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Rawkus looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rawkus has him pressed against the cage.
Davis goes for a takedown attempt but Rawkus pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Davis moves forwards but Rawkus connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two 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 misses with a wild combination.
Davis throws a right hand that Rawkus ducks under and follows up with a left that Rawkus also avoids with ease.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rawkus counters with an outside leg kick.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rawkus finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rawkus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rawkus moves into the clinch.
Rawkus looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawkus connects with a knee to the head.
Rawkus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawkus with a knee to the head.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Rawkus.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Rawkus has the dominant position.
Rawkus throws an elbow but it misses.
Rawkus 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.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Rawkus lands an elbow that stopped Davis in his tracks for a moment.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Rawkus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis fails to pull guard.
Roylin Rawkus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Davis.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Rawkus won't allow it.
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.
Rawkus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Davis jumps guard but Rawkus stands there with Davis around his waist. Davis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rawkus missing with knees to the body.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Rawkus lands an elbow inside.
Rawkus trying to land knees to the body.
Rawkus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Rawkus.
Rawkus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Davis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rawkus smiles and moves away.
Davis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rawkus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rawkus.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roylin Rawkus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Davis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Davis lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Roylin Rawkus has been cut.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Rawkus clinches up with Davis and pushes him back against the cage.
Rawkus lands a damaging elbow.
Rawkus looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Rawkus.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Rawkus misses with a knee strike.
Davis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Rawkus has the dominant position.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Rawkus prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rawkus misses with an elbow strike.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawkus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Davis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Davis stalling in the clinch but Rawkus improves position.
Davis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Roylin Rawkus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Davis.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rawkus misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rawkus throws an elbow but misses.
Rawkus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawkus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rawkus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rawkus looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Rawkus stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
Davis jumps guard but Rawkus stands there with Davis around his waist. Davis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rawkus stalling.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Davis is trying to break free.
Rawkus is pressed up against the cage. Davis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rawkus down to the mat. Rawkus avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Davis throws a combination that misses
and Rawkus counters by moving into the clinch.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Rawkus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rawkus walks away with a smile on his face. Davis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rawkus closes the distance and clinches.
Rawkus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawkus throws an elbow but it misses.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Rawkus is controlling him.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Rawkus lands an elbow that stopped Davis in his tracks for a moment.
Rawkus tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Rawkus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rawkus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Rawkus scores with a knee to the head.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rawkus lands a good knee to the midsection. Davis won't want to take too many of those.
Rawkus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Rawkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rawkus misses with a knee strike.
Rawkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Davis is trying to drag Rawkus to the mat but Rawkus just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rawkus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rawkus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roylin Rawkus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rawkus avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Roylin Rawkus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rawkus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michael Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rawkus throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michael Davis.
I think Rawkus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roylin Rawkus!
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