PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilliam Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis's entrance music is .. A fine choice. Howard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Terminator. Gilliam Howard will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Davis
vs
Howard

179 cm
23
218 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gilliam Howard!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Howard misses with a body shot.

Davis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Howard defending against the ground and pound.
Davis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Davis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Howard tries to bench press Davis off him but Davis keeps the position.
Howard regains half guard.
Howard is looking to improve his position.
Howard missing with punches from the bottom.
Davis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Howard is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davis lands with a punch from half guard.
Howard wants to get back to full guard.
Howard has hold of Davis's hands but Davis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis working the head and body with strikes.
Howard is trying to get back to full guard.
Howard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Davis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Howard pushes Davis off looking to stand but Davis dives back in and keeps control.
Davis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Howard tries to get to full guard but Davis has control of the leg.
Davis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Howard manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Davis closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Howard to the mat! Howard manages to get full guard.
Howard wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Howard is on top in guard.
Davis throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

Davis looking for a guillotine here but Howard defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis keeping full guard, as Howard tries to pass.
Howard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Howard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Howard!
Davis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Howard can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Davis landing strikes from the mount.
Davis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Davis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Howard working to try and regain half guard.
Davis is landing with some decent strikes but Howard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
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.
Davis working Howard over with strikes here.
Howard flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Davis working Howard over with strikes here.
Davis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Davis is landing with some decent strikes but Howard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Davis unloading with bombs!
Howard is working to get back to half guard.
Davis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Howard working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Davis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Howard's face.
Davis looking to finish Howard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Howard!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Howard is working to get back to half guard.

Davis looking to secure an arm triangle but Howard defends it well.

Davis working for a submission but Howard is keeping him at bay.
Davis dominating with strikes here.
Howard is in all sorts of trouble here.
Davis cracks Howard with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Howard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Howard is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howard manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Davis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Davis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Davis dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Howard swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Davis there as he acknowledges the shot.
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.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Davis shoots for a takedown but Howard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howard.
Howard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Davis has a takedown stuffed.
Davis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Decent striking displayed by Howard there.
Davis closes the distance and clinches up with Howard, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes Howard against the cage but Howard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Howard scores with a decent looking hook.
Howard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gilliam Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Howard missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Howard misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Davis working the ground and pound from side control.
Howard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Davis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Howard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Howard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Howard is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Davis grinds an elbow into Howard's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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!
Davis lands a few punches from side control.
Davis connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Howard some visible discomfort.
Davis scoring with punches and elbows.
Howard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Howard tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Davis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Davis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Howard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Howard is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Howard is trying to get back to half guard.
Howard tries to escape but Davis is in control.
Check out the look on Davis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Howard tries to get back to half guard but can't.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown. Howard tries to sprawl out of it but Davis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Howard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Howard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Howard scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.
Davis shoots in but Howard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Howard scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Howard misses with a straight left.
Davis shoots in for a double leg but Howard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Howard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Howard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davis fails to land the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Howard as Davis shoots in.
Davis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Howard pinned against the cage. Howard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Howard lands a really nice looking cross but Davis seems unphased.
Howard misses with a hook. Davis ducked under it nicely.
Davis misses with a takedown attempt - Howard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Howard swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis misses with a takedown attempt - Howard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Davis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilliam Howard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Howard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Howard as he jumps to the side.
Howard thuds a left hand into Davis's body.
Howard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice cross by Howard.
Howard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Howard lands a with a good body shot.
Howard missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Howard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Howard is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Davis rather than just go for the knockout.

Davis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
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!
Howard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Howard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Howard throwing hammer fists to the chest of Davis. What's that going to do exactly?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Howard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Howard can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Howard is wriggling around trying to escape.

Davis is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Howard can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Davis blocks Howard's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Howard wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Howard tries to reverse the position but Davis maintains control.
BOOM! Davis connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Davis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Howard wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Howard is working to get back to half guard.
Davis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Howard taking shots to the head.
Davis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Davis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Howard takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Howard sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Davis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Howard slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Davis landing with the ground and pound.
Howard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Howard blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Howard throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Horrible takedown by Davis or perhaps it was just good defense by Howard which made him look bad.
A jab from Howard misses.

Davis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Davis lands in his opponent's guard.
Howard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Davis is one step ahead there.
Howard throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Davis with a nice head shot there.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Howard wants to stand up but Davis is controlling him.
Davis stands and throws Howard's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Howard tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Howard tries to buck Davis off but Davis is having none of it.
Davis lands an elbow.
Davis lands some shots froms side control.
Howard takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Davis looks up at the clock and then as Howard takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Davis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis working the ground and pound.
Howard prevents Davis from improving position.
Ryan Davis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Davis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Howard tries to avoid it but Davis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Howard to the ground. Howard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gilliam Howard.
I think Howard 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilliam Howard!