PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blair Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Truck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Davis
vs
Truck

168 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Blair Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mack Truck!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Truck.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Truck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis is looking to clinch but Truck is avoiding it.
Truck misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Truck avoids the damage to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Truck lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis working Truck over with knees to the body.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Truck is defending well for now.

Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Truck swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davis throws a low kick, looking for Truck's leg but Truck calmly moves out of range.
Davis defending well as Truck loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Truck tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Davis just leaning against Truck, taking a breather.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Truck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Truck avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Truck circles away.
Truck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Truck swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Davis forces Truck back against the cage and clinches.
Davis prevents Truck from breaking the clinch.

Davis manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Truck misses.
Davis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but Truck is having none of it.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Truck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Truck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Davis rushes Truck and presses him up against the cage.
Truck managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Truck avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Truck avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Truck won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davis obliges.
Davis pressing his opponent against the cage.
Truck working hard to break the clinch.
Truck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis avoiding damage.
Truck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Truck is trying to break free.
Truck avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis stalling against the cage.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Truck blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Truck avoids the damage to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Truck managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis lands a good knee to the midsection. Truck won't want to take too many of those.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Truck is defending well for now.
Davis is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Truck's efforts to push away.
Davis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Truck lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blair Davis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Davis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Davis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Truck. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Truck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Truck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Truck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Davis has managed to clinch.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Truck avoids it.
Davis landing knees to the body.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Truck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davis tries to clinch but Truck is having none of it.
Nice shot lands for Truck.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Truck.
Davis wants to clinch up but Truck keeps it at a distance.
Truck connects with a right hand. Davis shakes it off.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Truck avoids it.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Truck in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Truck cracks Davis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Truck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Truck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Truck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Truck pushes him off.
Truck swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Truck. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Truck as he connects with a hook.

Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Truck avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Blair Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Truck avoids it.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Truck avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis just leaning against Truck, taking a breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Davis.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Truck avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Davis.
Truck is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Davis breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Truck.
Truck swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Blair Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Truck lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Truck.
Davis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Truck connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Davis scrambles back to his feet.
Truck throws out a loose jab but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Truck scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davis doesn't seem bothered though.
Truck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Truck.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Truck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Davis wants to clinch up but Truck keeps it at a distance.
Davis moves away from the strike by Truck.
Truck lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Truck throws a good cross that connects.
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Truck fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mack Truck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Truck keeps the fight on the outside.
A decent looking cross lands there for Truck.
A clash of legs there as Truck blocks the low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis needs to keep his hands up - Truck had a free shot at his head there.
Truck throws a big shot that misses.
Truck takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Truck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Truck connects with a body shot that sends Davis's belly button to the back.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Truck circles away.
Davis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Truck looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Truck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Truck scores with a shot to the body.
Truck connects with a nice looking jab.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Truck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Blair Davis will probably get the nod.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Davis moves in looking to clinch but Truck pushes him off.
Truck swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis avoids the body shot from Truck.
Truck dips to his left and cracks Davis with an uppercut!
Davis is looking to clinch but Truck is avoiding it.

Davis has closed the distance and engaged Truck in a clinch.
Davis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Truck.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Truck managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Truck keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truck scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davis doesn't seem bothered though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis working Truck over with knees to the body.
Truck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Truck avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Truck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis landing knees to the head.

It looks like Mack Truck has been cut.
Truck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Truck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis has Truck pressed against the cage.
Davis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Truck is trying to push Davis away but Davis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Truck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Truck avoids the damage to the body.
Truck has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Truck stuns Davis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Truck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.

Davis instigates a clinch.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Truck avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Truck takes a knee right on the jaw!
Truck is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Truck is trying to break free.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Truck keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Truck pushes him off.
Truck bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Davis's head.
Truck's jab looks to have found its range, popping Davis under the eye.
Truck lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Davis at a distance.
Truck loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Truck as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Truck misses with a body shot.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Truck circles away.
Truck looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Truck.
Truck keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davis, right into the meat.
Davis tries to move into range but Truck moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Truck lands a right hook to the body.
Davis wants to clinch up but Truck keeps it at a distance.

Davis drives through and clinches with Truck against the cage.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Truck.
Mack Truck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Truck wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Truck avoids it.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Blair Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Truck wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blair 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 Steven Brown scores the fight for Blair Davis!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Blair Davis!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Blair Davis!

Blair Davis wins by unanimous decision!