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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saint Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Celtics kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Glen Davis struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.3lbs 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. Glen Davis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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293 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saint Bernard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Glen Davis!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bernard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bernard lands with a hook. Davis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bernard but Bernard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bernard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Davis fails with the takedown.
Saint Bernard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glen Davis.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bernard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bernard moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bernard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bernard throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
Davis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bernard manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Davis landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bernard wants to stand but Davis is controlling the position.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bernard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernard is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Davis avoiding damage as Bernard throws knees to the body.
Bernard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davis is defending well for now.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Bernard.
Bernard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis blocks an elbow strike from Bernard.
Bernard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bernard pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bernard darts in trying to clinch
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis fails with the takedown
and Bernard counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Davis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bernard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bernard throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bernard misses with a wild combination.
Davis connects with a right hand. Bernard shakes it off.
Davis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bernard pinned against the cage. Bernard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bernard wants to clinch.
Bernard clinches up against the cage.
Bernard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bernard prevents it.
Bernard lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Bernard lands an elbow inside that Davis shrugs off.
It looks like Glen Davis has been cut.
Bernard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bernard fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bernard throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bernard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Davis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bernard pinned against the cage. Bernard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davis shoots for a double leg takedown but Bernard sprawls well. He's pushed Davis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown. Bernard tries to sprawl out of it but Davis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bernard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis shoots for a double leg takedown but Bernard sprawls well. He's pushed Davis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bernard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Davis has a takedown stuffed.
Davis looks winded!
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bernard instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bernard missing with knees to the body.
Davis blocking some punches.
Bernard cracks Davis with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bernard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bernard works on Davis's body with a couple of short punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bernard.
Bernard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saint Bernard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Glen Davis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bernard throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Davis is defended easily by Bernard.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bernard - that will leave a mark!
Bernard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bernard lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bernard sprawls well. Bernard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Bernard tries to clinch up.
Davis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Davis trying to control the position but Bernard is working away.
Bernard is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Davis has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Bernard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bernard tries to get out of the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis cracks Bernard with a big right hand but Bernard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bernard is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Davis has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Davis scoring with punches from side control.
Bernard is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Davis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bernard, who protects the arm well.
Davis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bernard tries to escape but Davis is in control.
Davis trying to control the position but Bernard is working away.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bernard tries to escape but Davis is in control.
Davis trying to control the action but Bernard is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bernard is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Davis scoring with punches and elbows.
Davis lands some shots froms side control.
Bernard throws Davis to one side and escapes!
Bernard wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Bernard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Bernard. No joy for Davis on that attempt.
Saint Bernard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glen Davis.
Bernard closes the distance but Davis moves to the side
and Davis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bernard won't be happy with that.
Davis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bernard is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Davis asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Davis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Davis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernard is working to avoid the ground and pound but Davis connects with a decent elbow.
Bernard taking a bit of punishment here - Davis scoring with strikes.
Davis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Davis lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bernard down.
Bernard wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Davis scoring with punches and elbows.
Bernard takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davis working the ground and pound.
Davis connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bernard some visible discomfort.
Davis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bernard wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Davis working the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bernard is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Davis is controlling him well.
Davis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bernard knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Davis wants to control but Bernard is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glen Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Glen Davis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Bernard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bernard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davis.
Saint Bernard is winning the standup battle so far.
Bernard misses with a head kick.
Davis scores with a takedown into Bernard's guard.
Davis is looking to work some ground and pound but Bernard has wrist control.
Bernard wants to stand but Davis is controlling the position.
Glen Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bernard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis stops Bernard from standing up.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis prevents Bernard from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bernard trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Davis throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Bernard is retaining full guard.
Bernard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Davis is controlling him.
Davis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bernard wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bernard's head.
Davis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Davis cracks Bernard with a solid left hand.
Bernard wants to stand but Davis is controlling the position.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis prevents Bernard from getting back to his feet.
Davis landing with the ground and pound.
Davis with a nice head shot there.
Davis wants to control from the top but Bernard keeps moving.
Davis drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Davis jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bernard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Davis postures up and lands a big shot to Bernard's brow.
Bernard wants to get back to his feet but Davis is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Davis landing some decent shots from guard.
Davis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Bernard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bernard's head.
Bernard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Davis on the ground.
Davis chips away with some ground and pound.
Davis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis distracts Bernard with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Davis with a nice head shot there.
Bernard wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bernard is rocked!
Bernard is looking to stand up but Davis isn't so interested in that idea.
Davis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bernard is keeping the position for now.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis lands a couple of elbows.
Oh Bernard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bernard is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bernard seems to have got his legs back now.
Davis with a nice head shot there.
Davis postures up and lands a big shot to Bernard's brow.
Davis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bernard keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernard can't keep his opponent in guard - Davis advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Davis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bernard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Davis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Davis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bernard sees it coming and defends easily.
Bernard is looking to escape.
Davis working over Bernard with some ground and pound. Bernard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bernard is looking to escape.
Davis drops an elbow to the side of Bernard's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bernard is just riding it out for now. Davis eventually gives up the hold.
Bernard is trying to stand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Glen Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Davis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glen Davis!
Glen Davis bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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