PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eraser Heads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhys Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Heads
vs
Davies

199 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 Tokyo, Eraser Heads!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rhys Davies!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies tries to clinch but Heads moves out of range.
Heads lands a two punch combo.
No luck for Davies with that takedown attempt.
Heads looks to land a combination but Davies avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Heads. Those never looked like landing.
Heads lands a two punch combo.

Heads scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Heads is pressing down on Davies's thigh, looking to free his foot. Davies is holding on for now.
Heads not doing much here.
Davies wants to improve his position but Heads is controlling well.
Heads missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heads wants to control but Davies is keeping him busy.
Davies is trying is best to control the position here.
Heads thows a huge punch but Davies dodges it nicely.
Heads trying to mount his opponent but Davies defends it.
Heads trying to control the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Eraser Heads wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Heads fails with a takedown attempt.
Heads swinging wildly here.

Davies shoots in and gets a takedown into Heads's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Davies accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Heads wants to stand and escape but Davies is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heads keeping moving, preventing Davies from controlling successfully.
Heads is trying to keep Davies in close.
Davies is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Eraser Heads just wasn't active enough.
Heads displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davies.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Davies closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Heads's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies prevents Heads from getting back to his feet.
Davies working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Heads wants to stand but Davies is controlling the position.
Davies stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Heads swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Davies not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Eraser Heads just wasn't active enough.
Heads dives in and grabs Davies's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davies pushes down on Heads's head and hops out.
Heads rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davies moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Heads falls off balance throwing a combination

and Davies counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Davies.
Davies prevents Heads from breaking the clinch.

Heads breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davies shoots in but no luck this time.
Eraser Heads has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rhys Davies.
Heads stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Heads wants it to stay on the feet.
Heads lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Heads is breathing heavily.
Davies tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Heads defends well and Davies ends up having to push Heads into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
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 Eraser Heads will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A left and a right from Heads both land. Nice combination.
Horrible takedown by Davies or perhaps it was just good defense by Heads which made him look bad.
Eraser Heads seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heads misses with a double jab.
Heads misses with a double jab.
A nice combination there by Heads.
Davies tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heads paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heads throws a nice looking combination but Davies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Heads throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Heads fails to land with a series of punches.
Davies showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Heads.
Heads moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Heads throws a right hand that Davies ducks under and follows up with a left that Davies also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heads throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies tries to clinch but Heads is having none of it.

Heads shoots in and bounces Davies off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Davies trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Davies working a defensive guard here.
Davies is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Davies manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heads wants to control but Davies is having none of it.
Davies looking to control but Heads is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rhys Davies has got the better of the ground game so far.
Heads is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Davies controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Heads is looking to escape.
Heads is desperately trying to improve his position but Davies has a good base and remains in mount.
Davies punching from mount but Heads doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Davies punching from mount but Heads doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies tries to control but Heads wriggling away.
Davies throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davies throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Heads because Davies loaded up on that one.

Davies moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Heads has worked his arm free - good work by Heads!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heads wants to control but Davies postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Eraser Heads will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

No joy there for Heads, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heads slaps away a takedown attempt from Davies, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Davies fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davies misses with a wild body shot.
Heads looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heads throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Heads throws a series of punches but Davies moves out of range.
Davies misses with a hook to the body
and Heads counters with a two punch combo.
Davies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heads manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Heads. Those never looked like landing.

Davies darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Heads trying to control but Davies postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heads makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Heads.
Davies is standing up over Heads. Heads looks to escape but Davies dives into side control.
Heads pushes Davies away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Davies gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davies decides to stand back up. Davies steps back and let's Heads get back to his feet.
Heads throws a combination. Davies tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Heads misses with the combination.
Heads misses with a wild combination.
Heads throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Davies drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Davies lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Heads down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heads dodges the ground and pound from Davies.
Davies in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Davies tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Davies is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Heads has escaped the position, nice work there.
Davies controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heads wants to control but Davies postures up.
Rhys Davies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eraser Heads is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Heads 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rhys Davies comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Heads 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eraser Heads!