PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Knoxville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davies comes to the cage accompanied by W Nienawiści. James Davies has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Davies
vs
Knoxville

210 cm
20
260 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
264 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Knoxville!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knoxville.
Knoxville shoots in but no luck this time.
Davies blocks a head kick by Knoxville.
Knoxville fails with a takedown attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knoxville.
Knoxville changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davies tries to avoid it but Knoxville manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davies to the ground. Davies escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
James Davies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Knoxville.
Davies shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knoxville as he jumps to the side.
A low kick from Davies is predictable there

and Knoxville counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Davies!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Knoxville has control of Davies's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Davies regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Davies wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Knoxville.
Davies is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Knoxville with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knoxville prevents Davies from getting the reversal.
Davies wants to hold on but Knoxville pushes him away.
Knoxville misses with a head shot.

Knoxville is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Davies is surviving well by controlling Knoxville's body position as best he can.

Knoxville is working for a guillotine from mount but Davies frees his head quite easily.
Knoxville sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Davies is working to get back to half guard.

Knoxville has control of Davies's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Davies regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Knoxville looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Knoxville is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Davies can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Knoxville looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Davies keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knoxville is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Knoxville extends the arm and Davies is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Knoxville!