PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Anna Molly by Incubus. Davis has chosen Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Jaa
vs
Davis

172 cm
31
183 lbs
21 - 27 - 1

187 cm
30
182 lbs
23 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Jaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Davis!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Davis swings for the body but Jaa moves out of range.
Jaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jaa throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Tony Jaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaa slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Jaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jaa.
Davis moves out of range of the body kick.
That kick from Jaa tenderised Davis's leg. Davis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaa manages to avoid it.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Jaa.
Davis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Jaa's head but Jaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from Jaa.
Jaa throws a body kick that misses.
Davis throws a series of punches but Jaa moves out of range.
Jaa avoids the body shot from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jaa moves away.
Jaa slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Davis scores with a body shot.
Davis misses with a hook.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
Davis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jaa checks it well.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
Davis takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Antonio Davis has been cut.
Jaa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Davis throws a body punch but Jaa moves out of range.
Davis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Davis throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis checks a low kick from Jaa.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jaa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jaa defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
Jaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Davis jabs at Jaa's body.
Jaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Davis if he has to take too many more of those.
Davis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jaa thuds a left hand into Davis's body.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jaa moves away.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaa wants to land a leg kick but Davis is out of range.
Jaa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Davis is out of range and Jaa settles back down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jaa, right into the meat.
Jaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Jaa misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jaa.
Davis takes a swing at Jaa's ribcage but misses.
Davis cracks Jaa with an open hand slap.
Jaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jaa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Jaa misses with a low kick.
Davis connects with a right hand. Jaa shakes it off.
Davis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jaa misses with a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Davis there.
Jaa avoids the body shot from Davis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jaa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Jaa should have avoided that one.
A big right from Davis misses.
Jaa staying out of range there.
A big left from Davis misses.
Jaa blocks a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaa.
Jaa throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Davis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jaa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jaa misses with a body kick.
Jaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jaa moves away from the strike by Davis.
Jaa connects with a high kick.
Jaa misses with a low kick.
Jaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
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 Tony Jaa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antonio Davis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jaa tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Jaa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Jaa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Antonio Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jaa slips a straight right by Davis.
Jaa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jaa tries to land a leg kick but Davis saw it coming and moves away.
A slow jab from Jaa misses its intended target.
Davis connects with a single shot there.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Jaa saw that one coming.
Jaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis blocks the body kick.
Davis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick by Jaa misses
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaa ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Jaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Jaa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Davis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jaa scores with a kick to the midsection.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jaa scores with a push kick.
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Jaa 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaa throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Jaa avoids the body shot from Davis.
Jaa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaa.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jaa moves away.
Jaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Davis in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Davis gets tackled into the cage by Jaa. Jaa maintains the clinch.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Davis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jaa misses with a knee to the head.
Davis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jaa backwards.
Jaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
Davis misses with the head strike.
Davis misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa being controlled against the cage.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa lands a nice uppercut.
Davis misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
Jaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Jaa lands an elbow inside.
Jaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Davis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis tries a body shot but Jaa blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Davis.
Davis blocks an elbow strike.

Davis manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Davis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Jaa ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaa blocks a head kick by Davis.
Jaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Davis.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis swings for the body but Jaa moves out of range.
Jaa throws a leg kick that misses.
Davis looks for the body kick but Jaa saw that one coming.
Jaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Jaa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jaa scores with a push kick.
Davis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jaa's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Antonio Davis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Antonio Davis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jaa has time to react.
Jaa lands with a straight right. Davis didn't see that one coming.
Jaa lands with a kick to the temple. Davis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Davis jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jaa dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Davis throws a big shot that misses.
Davis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jaa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Davis throws a low kick but Jaa moves out of range easily.
Jaa jabs at Davis's body.
Jaa throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Davis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jaa thinking.
Davis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jaa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Jaa moves into range and clinches up with Davis.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis misses with some punches.
Jaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jaa throws a head kick that misses.
Jaa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Davis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Davis cracks Jaa with an open hand slap.
Davis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jaa throws a big shot that misses.
Jaa throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Jaa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Davis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jaa misses with a few strikes there.
Davis scores with a hook to the body. Jaa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Davis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jaa.
Davis tries to land a leg kick but Jaa saw it coming and moves away.
A slow jab from Davis misses its intended target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jaa.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
A right-left combo lands from Jaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davis.
Jaa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Jaa's head but Jaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Davis gets tackled into the cage by Jaa. Jaa maintains the clinch.
Jaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jaa backwards.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davis.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jaa scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis pushes Jaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Davis works Jaa's body with a nice hook.
Davis avoids the body shot from Jaa.
Jaa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jaa throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
Jaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jaa.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jaa.
Jaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
A head kick misses from Jaa.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony Jaa.
I think Jaa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Antonio Davis!
During a confident post fight interview, Antonio Davis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.