PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Davis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Streets-Let's Push Things Foward. Marshall is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Danny Boy. Lee Marshall struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Lee Marshall will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Davis
vs
Marshall

188 cm
22
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Bushido Clothing
Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Marshall!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Davis showed some decent athleticism there.
Davis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Marshall tries to get to full guard but Davis has control of the leg.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Davis wants to free his trapped foot but Marshall is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Davis drops an elbow to the side of Marshall's head.
Davis 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.
Marshall has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Davis is working away from the top position though.
Davis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Marshall regains full guard. Nicely done.
Davis throwing strikes but missing.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis postures up.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marshall looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Davis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Davis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Davis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davis passes Marshall's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Davis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marshall pushes Davis off looking to stand but Davis dives back in and keeps control.
Marshall looks gassed!
Davis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Marshall with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Davis working the head and body with strikes.
Davis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis working Marshall over with strikes.
Marshall on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Davis trying to mount his opponent but Marshall defends it.
Davis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Davis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Davis.
Davis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Marshall taking some punishment here, with Davis in his half guard.

Marshall manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Marshall gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Davis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis prevents Marshall from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Marshall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Davis.
Marshall is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Davis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Davis's back!

Davis defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Davis tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Davis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Marshall is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Davis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Davis makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Davis.
Marshall trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

Davis looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Marshall is defending well. Davis quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Marshall has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Davis celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Davis!