PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Ghost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devontae Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "It's Okay (One Blood)" by The Game feat. Junior Reid kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ghost
vs
Davis

194 cm
25
272 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
279 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rusty Ghost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Devontae Davis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses with a double jab
and Ghost counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davis tries to clinch
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ghost could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Ghost clinches up against the cage.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ghost has him pressed against the cage.
Ghost lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Ghost keeps him there for the moment.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ghost looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davis shoots in for a double leg but Ghost sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Ghost as Davis shoots in.
Ghost avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis tries to clinch but Ghost moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghost shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis looks to clinch
and Ghost counters with a left to the body.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ghost fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Davis checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghost showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Davis wants to clinch up but Ghost keeps it at a distance.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis tries to pull guard but Ghost holds him up against the cage and eventually Davis drops back down to his feet.
Rusty Ghost has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devontae Davis.

Ghost breaks the clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but Ghost moves away
and Ghost counters with a two punch combo.
Davis tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ghost counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Davis gets control of Ghost's arms and successfully pulls guard. Davis will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ghost prevents Davis from getting back to his feet.
Ghost missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ghost stops Davis from standing up.
Davis looks winded!
Ghost has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Davis is proving hard to escape from.
Davis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ghost controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to stand up but Ghost is controlling him.

Davis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ghost off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ghost paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.

Ghost clinches up against the cage.

Davis pulls guard successfully.
Davis is looking to stand up but Ghost isn't so interested in that idea.
Ghost stays in close to Davis's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

We're going to have a standup here because Rusty Ghost wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Ghost instigates a clinch.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.

Ghost manages to break the clinch.
Devontae Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ghost looks for a takedown but Davis sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Ghost. No joy for Davis on that attempt.
Ghost showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Ghost throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ghost, as that shot connected.
Ghost lands a glancing blow to the side of Davis's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ghost.
Ghost looks to land a body kick but Davis moved away.
Ghost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davis leaves Ghost with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghost prevents Davis from breaking the clinch.
Ghost has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Ghost dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ghost stuffs the takedown.
Ghost lands a nice shot to the body.
Rusty Ghost is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ghost lands with a shot to the body.
Ghost is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ghost.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ghost manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ghost throws a series of punches but Davis avoids them all with ease.
Ghost displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davis.
Ghost is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Davis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ghost swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rusty Ghost has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devontae Davis.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ghost.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghost avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ghost digs a good hook to Davis's body.
Ghost slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ghost cracks Davis with a good jab.
Ghost throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ghost swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Ghost displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Davis tries for a takedown but Ghost sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Davis tries to clinch up.

Ghost fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davis, pushing him back against the cage.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.

Ghost manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Ghost cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
Ghost connects with a good right hand that stumbles Davis. Davis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rusty Ghost is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis wants to clinch
and Ghost counters with a nice body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ghost!
Ghost circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ghost looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Davis is fending him off so far but Ghost persists. Nope, Davis circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch there but Ghost circles away.
Ghost circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ghost counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ghost swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ghost moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis shoots in but Ghost avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Ghost darts in and clinches Davis up against the cage.
Davis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ghost to keep the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghost lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ghost taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Ghost has double underhooks.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Ghost has him pressed against the cage.
Ghost is struggling to control the position.

Ghost pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Ghost pushes him off.

Davis gets a clinch.

Ghost breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Ghost dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Davis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ghost.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Ghost counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis wants to clinch
and Ghost counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ghost closes the distance and clinches.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Ghost keeps him there for the moment.

Ghost manages to break the clinch.
Ghost keeps the fight on the outside.
Ghost takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghost wants to slow Davis down by chopping away at his legs.
Davis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Davis is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghost throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ghost keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ghost manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Ghost pushes him off.
Davis tries to clinch
and Ghost counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Ghost circles away.
Davis wants to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch but Ghost moves out of range.
Ghost throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ghost off to one side.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ghost paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ghost leaves Davis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis moves to clinch but Ghost breaks away
and Ghost counters with a nice body shot.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Davis gets a clinch.
Davis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis is trying to push Ghost away but Ghost has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Ghost is controlling the position.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Ghost has him pressed against the cage.

Ghost breaks the clinch.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Ghost is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghost lands the left hand.
Ghost connects with a nice looking jab.
Davis wants to clinch
and Ghost counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Ghost.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Ghost pushes him off.
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ghost.
Davis wants to clinch
and Ghost counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ghost scores with a jab. Davis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ghost 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.
Davis dives in for a single leg takedown but Ghost sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Devontae Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Ghost has him pressed against the cage.
Ghost content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Ghost escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ghost circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis moves to clinch but Ghost breaks away
and Ghost cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rusty Ghost is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ghost gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ghost is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghost won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty Ghost showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ghost, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty Ghost!