PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aleksey Gonchar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksey Gonchar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gonchar
vs
Davis

181 cm
23
200 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

184 cm
29
184 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aleksey Gonchar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Davis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonchar takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Davis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davis.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonchar slips a jab from Davis.
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davis fails with the takedown.
Davis swings away with a body shot that misses
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonchar manages to avoid it.
Davis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonchar loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gonchar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice shot lands for Gonchar.

It looks like Jonathan Davis has been cut.
A big right from Gonchar misses.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonchar moves away.
Gonchar fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonchar throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Aleksey Gonchar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis avoids the body shot from Gonchar.
Gonchar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Gonchar.
Davis moves away from the strike by Gonchar.
Davis takes a swing at Gonchar's ribcage but misses.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonchar moves away.
Davis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Gonchar saw that one coming.
Gonchar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonchar lands a nice looking body shot.
Davis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gonchar rather than just go for the knockout.
Gonchar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonchar. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonchar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonchar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gonchar punishes Davis's body with a nice straight punch.
Davis swings for the body but Gonchar moves out of range.
Davis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gonchar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gonchar counters with a nice body shot.
Davis looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonchar throws a big shot that misses.
Davis throws a sloppy body shot
and Gonchar counters with a right hand to the body.
Davis misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Gonchar.
Davis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Davis takes one to the side of the head.

Davis is rocked!
Davis defending well as Gonchar loads up on a big left hand.
Gonchar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Davis is still on wobbly legs! Can Gonchar finish him?
Gonchar misses the shot to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gonchar misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Gonchar misses with a hook
and Davis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davis seems to have recovered his senses.
Davis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gonchar scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonchar misses the target.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Gonchar drops his shoulder and cracks Davis with a huge uppercut! Davis goes down! Can Gonchar finish him?
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gonchar wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Gonchar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gonchar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Davis's guard.
Gonchar is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
Gonchar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Davis's guard.
Gonchar tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonchar throws and elbow that misses. Davis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gonchar's guard. Nice move by Davis!
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonchar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gonchar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonchar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Davis wants to control from the top but Gonchar keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jonathan Davis.
Gonchar misses the shot to the body.
Gonchar with a jab.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gonchar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gonchar throws a hook but Davis avoids it easily.
Davis cracks a nice hook into Gonchar's ribs.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonchar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gonchar misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Gonchar does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonchar. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gonchar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonchar misses the target.
Gonchar jabs Davis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gonchar looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Gonchar lands a jab.
A shot to the liver by Gonchar. Beautiful body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gonchar cracks Davis with a big right hand and Davis goes down!
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!
Davis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksey Gonchar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Davis's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Gonchar throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Gonchar walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Davis drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Gonchar swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Davis's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksey Gonchar!