PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kane Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Price is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Not Afraid. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davis
vs
Price

182 cm
20
172 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

186 cm
26
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Wolfpack Threadz

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kane Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Price!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Price misses.
Price showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Price misses the shot to the body.

Davis has closed the distance and engaged Price in a clinch.

Price escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Price shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Davis pinned against the cage. Davis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Thomas Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Price.
Davis moves out of range as Price strikes.

Price takes the fight into the clinch.
Price can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
Price wants to break free but Davis has control.
Price is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Price wants a takedown but no success here.
Kane Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Price.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Price up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Davis to keep the fight standing.
Price tries to pull guard but Davis forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis'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.
Price tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.

Davis breaks the clinch.

Price scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Price frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Price prevents Davis from getting the reversal.
Price throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Price is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Davis can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Davis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Price on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Price throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price avoids the attempt from Davis to control.
Davis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Davis tries to get out of the position.
Price dominating with strikes here.

Davis has left one of his arms exposed and Price doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Davis screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thomas Price!
Thomas Price very nearly forgot to thank Wolfpack Threadz amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.