PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Daniel LaRusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LaRusso comes to the ring accompanied by Joe Eposito - You're the best. Daniel LaRusso is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

LaRusso
vs
Davis

173 cm
25
160 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

176 cm
22
164 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel LaRusso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Davis!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis rushes LaRusso and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. LaRusso lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Davis stalling in the clinch.
LaRusso is trying to break free.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Davis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting on Davis's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Davis stalling in the clinch.
LaRusso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randy Davis.
Davis is looking to clinch but LaRusso is avoiding it.
Davis tries to clinch there but LaRusso circles away.
Davis blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaRusso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
LaRusso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
LaRusso throws a lazy uppercut

and Davis counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Davis stalls.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but LaRusso is blocking nicely.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Davis avoiding damage.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but LaRusso blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Davis.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Davis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
LaRusso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis leaning against his opponent.
Davis has LaRusso pressed against the ropes, preventing LaRusso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
LaRusso tries to stall but Davis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
LaRusso letting Davis take a breather here.
LaRusso has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
LaRusso blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Davis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Davis lands a right hand that snaps the head of LaRusso backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
LaRusso is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Davis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Davis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but LaRusso pushes him off.
Daniel LaRusso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but LaRusso moves out of range.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but LaRusso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
LaRusso connects with a right hand. Davis shakes it off.
A head kick by LaRusso misses

and Davis counters by moving into the clinch.
LaRusso is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the ropes.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite LaRusso's efforts to push away.
LaRusso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Randy Davis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LaRusso tries to break free but Davis pushes him back against the ropes.
Davis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of LaRusso backwards.
LaRusso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Davis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning LaRusso up against the ropes.
Davis continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
LaRusso tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the ropes.
LaRusso is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on LaRusso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis keeps control of LaRusso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but LaRusso blocks with his arms.
LaRusso letting Davis take a breather here.
LaRusso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Davis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davis stalling the fight.
Nice elbow from Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

LaRusso breaks from the clinch.
Daniel LaRusso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis is looking to clinch.

Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis is stalling here.
Davis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Davis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davis is pushing LaRusso up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Davis tries a knee to the head but LaRusso blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaRusso wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
LaRusso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
LaRusso is trying to push Davis away but Davis has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
LaRusso wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but LaRusso avoids it by throwing Davis back against the ropes.
Davis has LaRusso pressed against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
LaRusso wants to break free but Davis has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Randy Davis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Davis pushes LaRusso up against the ropes in a clinch.
LaRusso managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
LaRusso is looking to control Davis's arms but Davis gets an underhook and turns him. Now LaRusso has his back to the ropes.
LaRusso lands a nice shot to the body.
LaRusso working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Davis just misses with a elbow thrown towards LaRusso's brow.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis keeps control of LaRusso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davis connects with a nasty looking knee right to LaRusso's face.
Davis leaning his opponent against the ropes.
LaRusso blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davis.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
LaRusso tries to break free but Davis pushes him back against the ropes.
Davis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Daniel LaRusso has been cut.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis throws an elbow that misses.
Davis controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaRusso tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Davis is struggling to control the position.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and LaRusso avoids it.
Davis blocking some punches.
LaRusso has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
LaRusso avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Randy Davis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Davis stalling the fight.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
LaRusso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Davis throws an elbow but misses.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. LaRusso lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on LaRusso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis is pushing LaRusso up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randy Davis.
The fighters circle momentarily. Davis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
LaRusso thuds a left hand into Davis's body.
LaRusso thumps Davis with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Daniel LaRusso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Davis!
A very excited looking Randy Davis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.