PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Hinch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis has chosen Celtics as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hinch
vs
Davis

201 cm
23
280 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

205 cm
28
293 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stevie Hinch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Glen Davis!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hinch's guard.

Hinch is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Davis is aware though and is defending well.
Hinch is trying to keep Davis in close.
Davis working some strikes from top position.
Davis throws a big elbow that misses.
Hinch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hinch throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Davis trying to control but Hinch is working from the bottom.
Davis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Davis trying to control but Hinch is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hinch has his foot on Davis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Davis works his way back into a safe position though.
Davis trying to control but Hinch is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis works over Hinch with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinch keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.

Davis drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Davis jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hinch works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davis stops Hinch from standing up.
Hinch bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davis's guard.
Davis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hinch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hinch landing some decent shots from guard.
Davis wants to sweep here but Hinch controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hinch stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.
Davis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hinch.
Davis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hinch is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.

It looks like Glen Davis has been cut.

Hinch got a little sloppy there for a moment and Davis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hinch has managed to get both his arms back between Davis's legs - danger averted.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
Hinch with a nice head shot there.
Davis trying to strike off his back.

Davis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hinch trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davis looking for subs off his back but Hinch has passed one foot through into half guard.

Davis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Davis is defending against the submission attempts here by Hinch.
Hinch lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Davis has hold of Hinch's hands but Hinch slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Davis is trying to maintain the position but Hinch is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Davis is defending against the submission attempts here by Hinch.
Davis tries to roll over but Hinch keeps him under control.
Hinch is trying to control the action in half guard but Davis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Davis trying to hold on to Hinch's head to control him but Hinch postures up.
Hinch scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hinch is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Davis throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hinch uses it to pass to side control.
Hinch cracks Davis with a big right hand but Davis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
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 Stevie Hinch will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glen Davis's cut.
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.

Nice takedown defense from Hinch. No joy for Davis on that attempt.

That has opened up Glen Davis's cut even more.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Hinch enables Davis to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hinch manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Hinch has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Davis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hinch striking off his back.
Hinch has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Hinch blocks nicely.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hinch utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Hinch working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Davis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Davis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hinch avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Hinch looking for a guillotine here but Davis defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davis works over Hinch with some ground and pound from guard.
Davis trying to control but Hinch is working from the bottom.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hinch is controlling Davis's posture.
Davis lands a couple of elbows.
Davis is in close to Hinch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinch utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hinch trying to keep a closed guard but Davis is proving a slippery customer.
Davis distracts Hinch with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hinch keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
Hinch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Hinch has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Davis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Davis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hinch has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Davis is in close to Hinch's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinch keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
Glen Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Davis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Hinch working for a triangle but Davis defends it easily.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Davis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Hinch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Davis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a strike but Hinch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hinch trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.

Davis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hinch defends it easily.

Davis has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hinch is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Davis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hinch landing strikes.

The cut above Glen Davis's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hinch makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hinch.

Hinch is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Davis has his hands clasped together but Hinch extends an breaks Davis's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Hinch.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stevie Hinch!
A relieved looking Stevie Hinch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.