PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Davinchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saunders is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Joe Saunders has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davinchi
vs
Saunders

180 cm
27
168 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
165 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Brute
BioPharm Nutrition

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Davinchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders looks to land a left hand but Davinchi moved out of range nicely.
Davinchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Saunders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saunders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good work by Saunders as he checks the leg kick.
Saunders lands a nice hook to Davinchi's body. Davinchi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saunders moves out of range as Davinchi throws a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Saunders misses the target.
A bone on bone clash there as Saunders blocks the leg kick.
Saunders throws a series of punches but Davinchi avoids them all with ease.
Davinchi lands with a kick to the temple. Saunders shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Joe Saunders has been cut.
Saunders tests Davinchi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davinchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saunders scores with a body shot.
Davinchi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slow jab from Saunders misses its intended target.
Davinchi is looking to slow Saunders down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saunders. Davinchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davinchi throws a chopping leg kick but Saunders manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Davinchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davinchi.
Saunders smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Saunders throws a hook to the side of Davinchi's head but Davinchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davinchi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Saunders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davinchi feints and then cracks Saunders's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saunders down.
Saunders lands with a good body shot.
Saunders throws out a loose jab but Davinchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saunders. Davinchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davinchi, right into the meat.
Davinchi throws a front kick aimed at Saunders's knee but Saunders avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Saunders misses.
Saunders catches Davinchi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davinchi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saunders checks it well.

Davinchi clinches up with Saunders and pushes him back against the cage.
Saunders scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davinchi looking to stall.

Saunders breaks the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saunders checks a leg kick.
Saunders moves out of range of the leg kick from Davinchi.
Saunders scores with a jab to the jaw.
Joe Saunders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders throws a looping overhand right but Davinchi ducks down to avoid it.
Saunders throws a shot from downtown. Davinchi moves away and avoids it.
Davinchi throws a front kick aimed at Saunders's knee but Saunders avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davinchi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saunders checks it well.
Saunders checks a leg kick.
Davinchi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A slow jab from Saunders misses its intended target.
Davinchi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saunders.
Saunders waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davinchi.
A big left from Saunders misses.
Davinchi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saunders throws a hook but Davinchi blocks it.
Davinchi connects with a solid leg kick.
Davinchi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saunders's sensitive parts.
Saunders missing with a left hand there. Davinchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saunders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davinchi slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Davinchi rushes Saunders and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Davinchi lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saunders takes a knee to the side of the body.
Saunders is trying to break the clinch but Davinchi is controlling him.

Saunders pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davinchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good work by Saunders as he checks the leg kick.
Saunders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saunders chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davinchi can pounce on him.
Davinchi throws a leg kick which misses Saunders's front leg but catches the back leg as Saunders tries to avoid it.
Davinchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saunders throws out a powerful jab.
Saunders looks to land a combination but Davinchi avoids it well.
Davinchi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Leonardo Davinchi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Saunders's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A shot to the liver by Saunders. Beautiful body shot.
Saunders swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davinchi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Saunders scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Saunders throws a nice looking combination but Davinchi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davinchi throws a leg kick but Saunders sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Davinchi staying out of range there.
Davinchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saunders's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davinchi misses with a looping right.
Saunders throws a shot from downtown. Davinchi moves away and avoids it.
Saunders fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joe Saunders seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saunders misses with a wild body shot.
Saunders chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davinchi can pounce on him.
Saunders swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davinchi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davinchi misses with a leg kick.
Davinchi slips under a jab.
Saunders checks the leg kick.
Davinchi misses with a leg kick.
Davinchi throws a leg kick which misses Saunders's front leg but catches the back leg as Saunders tries to avoid it.
Saunders looks to land a right hand but Davinchi moved out of range.
Saunders chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davinchi can pounce on him.
Davinchi scores with a leg kick.
Saunders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saunders misses with a looping right.
Saunders on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davinchi. Davinchi obviously looking to wear him down.
Saunders misses with a hook. Davinchi ducked under it nicely.
Davinchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Davinchi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davinchi throws a leg kick but Saunders moved away.
Saunders misses with a few strikes there.
Saunders throws the left hand but Davinchi avoids the punch easily.
Saunders keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Davinchi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davinchi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Saunders has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Saunders looks to score with a jab to the body but Davinchi is just out of range.
Saunders on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Davinchi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Saunders is able to avoid easily.
Davinchi throws a leg kick but Saunders moved away.
Good leg kick by Davinchi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saunders's corner calls for a 1-2. Saunders obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Saunders misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saunders misses with a straight left.
Saunders misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Davinchi.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Saunders in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A telegraphed right hand from Saunders misses the target.
Davinchi missing with a left hand there. Saunders was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saunders checks a low kick from Davinchi.
Davinchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davinchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saunders throws out the jab.
Leonardo Davinchi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davinchi.
Davinchi misses with a head kick.
Davinchi is looking to slow Saunders down with leg kicks.
Saunders takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders scores with a sloppy right hand. Davinchi should have avoided that one.
Davinchi lands a leg kick that knocks Saunders off balance momentarily.
Saunders keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Davinchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saunders.
Davinchi avoids the body shot from Saunders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davinchi misses with the combination.
Davinchi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A shot to the liver by Saunders. Beautiful body shot.
Davinchi throws a leg kick but Saunders moved away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Saunders. Those never looked like landing.
Davinchi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Saunders checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Davinchi moves away from the strike by Saunders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Davinchi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Saunders's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Davinchi delivers a nice body kick.
Davinchi tries to work over Saunders's front leg with a kick but Saunders checks it.
Davinchi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Saunders misses the target.
Saunders is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davinchi.
Saunders misses with a looping right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davinchi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saunders has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saunders and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Saunders looks to throw the jab but Davinchi is out of range.
Davinchi scores with a leg kick.
Davinchi lands with a kick to the temple. Saunders shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Saunders cracks Davinchi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Davinchi tries to work over Saunders's front leg with a kick but Saunders checks it.
Saunders checks a leg kick nicely.
Davinchi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davinchi throws a front kick aimed at Saunders's knee but Saunders avoids it well.
Davinchi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Saunders works Davinchi's body with a nice hook.
Good work by Saunders as he checks the leg kick.
Davinchi throws a low kick but Saunders avoids it.
Davinchi scores with a push kick.
Davinchi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Saunders misses with a wild combination.
Davinchi misses with a low kick.
Davinchi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Davinchi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saunders.
Saunders lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders connects with a single shot there.
Saunders pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saunders looks to throw the jab but Davinchi is out of range.
Davinchi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saunders scores with a hook to the body. Davinchi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice straight punches there by Saunders. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Saunders.
Davinchi lands a head kick. Saunders smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Saunders misses with a two punch combination.
Saunders walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davinchi.
Saunders has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Davinchi.
Saunders takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davinchi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A clash of legs there as Saunders blocks the low kick.
Davinchi tries a head kick but it misses.
Davinchi connects with an inside leg kick.
Joe Saunders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Davinchi.
Davinchi delivers a nice body kick.
Davinchi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Davinchi throws a leg kick but Saunders moved away.
Davinchi motions for Saunders to come forward. Davinchi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Davinchi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saunders.
Leonardo Davinchi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davinchi thumps Saunders with a low kick.
Davinchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saunders.
Davinchi is looking to chop away at Saunders's legs.
Saunders connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Davinchi's hands.
Saunders scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That kick from Davinchi tenderised Saunders's leg. Saunders is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saunders misses with a right hand
and Davinchi counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Davinchi.
Davinchi slips a straight right by Saunders.
Saunders throws a big shot that misses.
Saunders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davinchi throws a head kick that Saunders semi-blocks.
Saunders swats away the attempt to clinch by Davinchi.
Davinchi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Saunders. That did some damage!
A jab from Saunders does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saunders misses with a hook. Davinchi ducked under it nicely.
Saunders throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davinchi.
Nice body kick from Davinchi.
Davinchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Davinchi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davinchi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Davinchi!