PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thai Tanic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Davies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tanic
vs
Davies

180 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thai Tanic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Davies!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Davies throws a leg kick but Tanic moved away.
Tanic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tanic scores with a spinning back kick!
Tanic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanic lands with a slapping head kick.
Davies checks the leg kick.

Davies closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Tanic's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davies wants to pass the guard but Tanic is keeping the position.

Tanic kicks Davies off and gets to his feet.
A low kick from Davies is predictable there
and Tanic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tanic feints and then cracks Davies's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davies down.
Davies throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanic throws a head kick but Davies moves out of range.

Tanic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Davies to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tanic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tanic tries to get out of the position.
Tanic trying to keep a closed guard but Davies is proving a slippery customer.
Davies stopping the sweep attempt from Tanic.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davies lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Davies is squirming around, avoiding Tanic's attempts to control the action.
Davies tries to hold on but Tanic pushes him away.
Davies is working to get back to half guard.
Davies is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tanic tries to control but Davies wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davies is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Davies is looking to escape.
Davies is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Tanic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davies holds on for dear life.
Davies tries to reverse the position but Tanic maintains control.
Tanic content just to control the position here.
Tanic tries to control but Davies wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanic is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Davies is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thai Tanic.
Davies shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tanic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davies swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davies. That did some damage!
Tanic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tanic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davies's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thai Tanic dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tanic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Davies tried to score with a low kick but Tanic checks it.
Tanic checks a low kick from Davies.
Davies thows a leg kick but Tanic checks it
and Tanic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tanic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luke Davies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davies looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davies throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tanic counters with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tanic.
Tanic delivers a nice body kick.
Tanic throws a leg kick which misses Davies's front leg but catches the back leg as Davies tries to avoid it.
Tanic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thai Tanic is winning the standup battle so far.
Davies shoots for a takedown but Tanic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davies thows a leg kick but Tanic checks it
and Tanic counters with a low kick, right behind Davies 's knee.
Davies is breathing heavily.
Davies is looking to chop away at Tanic's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies looks to throw a body kick
and Tanic counters with a leg kick.
Tanic lands a leg kick that knocks Davies off balance momentarily.
Tanic connects with an inside leg kick.
Davies avoids the head kick by Tanic.
Davies has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tanic.
Tanic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davies's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davies ducks under a wild hook from Tanic.

Tanic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tanic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tanic moves into the clinch.
Tanic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Davies jumps guard but Tanic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Thai Tanic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Davies.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tanic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tanic has closed the distance and engaged Davies in a clinch.
Tanic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tanic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davies takes an elbow to the temple.
Davies is working for takedown but Tanic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tanic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tanic lands an elbow inside that Davies shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanic.
Davies missing with knees to the body.
Davies has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tanic after a bit of a struggle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davies as Tanic tries to tie him up.
Davies tries to pull guard but Tanic holds him up against the cage and eventually Davies drops back down to his feet.
Davies takes an elbow to the temple.
Tanic looking to throw knees to the head but Davies is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tanic lands an elbow inside that Davies shrugs off.
Davies is working for takedown but Tanic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Davies jumps guard but Tanic stands there with Davies around his waist. Davies gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Davies tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tanic prevents the takedown attempt.
Tanic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tanic lands a nice elbow.
Davies takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanic.
Tanic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tanic looking to throw knees to the head but Davies is blocking nicely.
Tanic lands an elbow that stopped Davies in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Davies wants a takedown but no success here.
Davies drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tanic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tanic lands an elbow inside.

Tanic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanic tries to clinch there but Davies circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanic throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tanic.
Davies 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thai Tanic dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tanic scores with a head kick. Davies tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Davies thows a leg kick but Tanic checks it
and Tanic counters with a good low kick that Davies was not able to check.
Tanic thumps Davies with a low kick.

Davies closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Tanic's guard.
Tanic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tanic trying to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tanic is really struggling to control Davies but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Davies must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Tanic kicks Davies off and gets to his feet.
Davies takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies is looking to chop away at Tanic's legs.
Thai Tanic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tanic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davies shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tanic but Tanic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Davies shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tanic but Tanic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Davies stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tanic.
Tanic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Davies has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tanic checks a leg kick.
Tanic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanic cracks the inside of Davies's front leg.
Tanic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davies sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davies throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tanic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tanic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tanic connects with a high kick.

Tanic rushes Davies and presses him up against the cage.
Tanic lands an elbow that stopped Davies in his tracks for a moment.
Tanic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davies's defenses.
Tanic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davies blocks it with crossed arms.
Thai Tanic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tanic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tanic lands a nice elbow.
Davies misses with a knee strike.
Tanic misses with a knee to the head.
Tanic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanic prevents Davies from breaking the clinch.
Tanic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Tanic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davies misses with a head kick.
Tanic connects with an inside leg kick.
Tanic tries to clinch but Davies is having none of it.
Tanic moves in looking to clinch but Davies pushes him off.
Davies misses with a wild body shot.
Tanic misses with an uppercut.
Davies throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tanic counters with an outside leg kick.
Tanic connects with a high kick.
Tanic scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanic throws a sloppy head kick and Davies moves out of range easily.
Crunch! Tanic slams his shin into Davies's torso.
Davies misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davies.
Tanic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanic is looking to slow Davies down with leg kicks.
Davies throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davies 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.
Davies avoids the head kick by Tanic.
Tanic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davies can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Davies takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Luke Davies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thai Tanic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tanic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thai Tanic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tanic, 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thai Tanic!
A very excited looking Thai Tanic 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.