PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between LeBron James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

James
vs
Davies

180 cm
25
200 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
194 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, LeBron James!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Davies!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

James drives through and clinches with Davies against the cage.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Davies is blocking nicely.
Davies drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
James scores with a knee to the head.
Davies is looking to take this one to the mat.
Davies misses with some punches.
Davies takes an elbow to the temple.
Davies is trying to push James away but James has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Davies tries to break the clinch but James is controlling the position.
Davies has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
James lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Davies has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Davies tries to circle away but James has him pinned against the cage.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Davies is blocking nicely.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James lands an elbow inside that Davies shrugs off.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
Davies looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by James.

It looks like Travis Davies has been cut.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by James.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. James obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by James.
James definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davies's face.
Davies takes an elbow to the forehead.
James scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by James.
James lands an elbow inside.
James lands an elbow that stopped Davies in his tracks for a moment.
James connects with a knee to the head.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James landing knees to the body.
James lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by James.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James lands a nice elbow.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davies's face.

Davies is rocked!
James with a knee to the head.
Davies is still on wobbly legs! Can James finish him?
James crunches a lovely knee into Davies's ribcage.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by James.
Davies seems to have recovered his senses.
Davies wants to break free but James has control.
James lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

James lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Davies goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. James in side control.

James decides to stand back up. James steps back and let's Davies get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

James rushes Davies and presses him up against the cage.
Davies wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
James landing knees to the body.
Davies is trying to break the clinch but James is controlling him.
Nice elbow from James.
James creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Davies's defenses.
James lands an elbow just above Davies 's eye.
James lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

James has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Davies goes down! James pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

James decides to stand up, so the ref orders Davies to his feet.
James lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Davies up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs James from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Davies's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). LeBron James!
LeBron James retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, LeBron James, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.