PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and andy lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). andy lesner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davis
vs
lesner

196 cm
23
240 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
21
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Donald Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, andy lesner!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lesner swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.

lesner feints and as Davis raises his hands in defense, lesner changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
lesner trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
lesner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
lesner looking to pass the guard.
lesner wanted to stand there but Davis had control of the position.
lesner wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lesner sitting in guard, not really doing much.
lesner throws a strike but Davis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Davis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on lesner, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Davis has lesner up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but lesner avoids the damage to the body.
lesner has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
lesner avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from lesner.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
lesner looks gassed!
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like andy lesner has been cut.
lesner looking to stall.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
lesner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
lesner avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
lesner has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Davis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
lesner wants to stall.
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but lesner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
lesner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
lesner stalling in the clinch.
lesner receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
lesner throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

lesner jumps guard and drags Davis to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
lesner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
lesner looking for a sweep. Not yet lesner, not yet.
Davis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of lesner is proving hard to escape from.
lesner wants to get back to his feet but Davis is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
lesner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Davis won't allow lesner to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Davis wanted to stand there but lesner had control of the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
lesner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Donald Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of andy lesner.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.

Davis instigates a clinch.
Davis lands an elbow inside that lesner shrugs off.
Davis prevents a takedown attempt there.
lesner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
lesner fails to pull guard.
lesner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
lesner blocks an elbow strike from Davis.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.

lesner turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and lesner manages to end up in side control.
lesner lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on andy lesner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch there but lesner circles away.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Davis moves into the clinch.

lesner decides to pull guard.
lesner looking to control.

lesner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
lesner looking to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
lesner has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Davis has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis gets to mount! lesner was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

Davis stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Davis tries to clinch up but lesner circles away and keeps his distance.

Davis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Davis lands in his opponent's guard.

Davis stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis tries to clinch but lesner is having none of it.

Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
lesner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into lesner's ribcage.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis lands an elbow just above lesner 's eye.
Davis lands a knee to the body.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to lesner's face.
lesner is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Davis blocks an elbow strike from lesner.
lesner tries for a takedown but Davis manages to get underhooks.
Donald Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of andy lesner.
lesner looking to stall.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
lesner managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
lesner is working for takedown but Davis is calmly controlling the position for now.

lesner is trying to trip Davis. He has hold of a leg but Davis is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. lesner persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
lesner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to stand up but lesner is controlling him.
lesner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Davis's head.
lesner slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but lesner drags him back down.
Davis regains half guard, as lesner was trying to land strikes.

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.
lesner is just content to waste time from the top position. Davis takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Davis has his feet on lesner's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but lesner avoids the damage to the body.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but lesner avoids the damage to the body.
Davis lands a body punch in the clinch.
lesner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
lesner throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on andy lesner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Davis tries to clinch up but lesner circles away and keeps his distance.
lesner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but lesner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
lesner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donald Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Davis has lesner up against the cage in a clinch.
lesner takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but lesner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis stops a takedown attempt from lesner.

lesner turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and lesner manages to end up in side control.
Davis is not content to let lesner control the position.
lesner sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Davis is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lesner throws an elbow but Davis slips to the side and avoids it well.
lesner working the ground and pound but Davis is defending the strikes.
Davis regains half guard, as lesner was trying to land strikes.
lesner is looking to stall here but Davis recovers full guard.
Davis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
lesner with a flurry of punches that miss.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but lesner pushes him off.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but lesner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch there but lesner circles away.
lesner swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but lesner is having none of it.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
lesner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis is looking to clinch.
lesner shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Donald Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of andy lesner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from lesner.

lesner tightens his grip and picks Davis up, before dumping him to the ground. Davis manages to land in guard.
lesner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davis wants to stand and escape but lesner is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lesner trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but lesner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Davis has his feet on lesner's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Davis tries to clinch up but lesner circles away and keeps his distance.
andy lesner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis is looking to clinch but lesner is avoiding it.

Davis moves into the clinch successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donald Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Davis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Davis!