PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Haymitch Abernathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Abernathy
vs
Davis

164 cm
25
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haymitch Abernathy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrew Davis!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Abernathy misses its intended target.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abernathy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abernathy swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Abernathy misses with a body shot.
Abernathy throws a front kick aimed at Davis's knee but Davis avoids it well.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Abernathy throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Davis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Davis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Abernathy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Abernathy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Davis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Abernathy really is a fat lump.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abernathy's face.
Abernathy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abernathy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Abernathy wants to break free but Davis has control.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abernathy jumps guard but Davis stands there with Abernathy around his waist. Abernathy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haymitch Abernathy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abernathy tries for a takedown. No joy.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Abernathy working aggressively here.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Abernathy looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Abernathy tries to pull guard but Davis won't allow it.
Davis stalling.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abernathy blocks it with crossed arms.
Abernathy letting Davis take a breather here.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Abernathy tries to score a body lock takedown but Davis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Davis just leaning against Abernathy, taking a breather.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Abernathy is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abernathy's efforts to push away.
Abernathy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Davis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Abernathy blocks it.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Abernathy won't want to take too many of those.
Davis scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abernathy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Abernathy looking to stall.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abernathy's face.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abernathy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abernathy looking to slow down the pace here.
Abernathy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Davis walks away with a smile on his face. Abernathy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Abernathy throws a big shot that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abernathy thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis wants to clinch up but Abernathy keeps it at a distance.
Davis tries to clinch there but Abernathy circles away.
Davis staying out of range there.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch up.
An inside leg kick from Abernathy misses.
Abernathy shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abernathy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Davis walks away with a smile on his face. Abernathy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Davis tries to clinch up but Abernathy circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Davis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis tries to clinch but Abernathy moves out of range.
Abernathy looks to land a body kick but Davis moved away.

Abernathy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Davis!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Abernathy unloading with bombs!
Abernathy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Abernathy landing strikes from the mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davis can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abernathy with good strikes from the mount here!
Abernathy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Davis looks a forlorn figure.
Abernathy dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is trying desperately to improve position.
Abernathy 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.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Abernathy raining down shots from the mount!

Davis is rocked!

It looks like Andrew Davis has been cut.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Abernathy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davis taking shots to the head.
Davis is still in real trouble! Can Abernathy finish him?
Davis is in a horrible position here. Abernathy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abernathy postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Davis badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Abernathy around the waist but Abernathy pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Abernathy is the winner by TKO! Abernathy jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haymitch Abernathy!