PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Markus Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markus Davis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davis
vs
Sosa

175 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Markus Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcello Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
Sosa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Some wild striking there from Sosa.
Davis wants to clinch.
Sosa misses with a body punch
and Davis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sosa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Davis connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sosa scrambles back to his feet.
Davis throws a head kick that misses.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Davis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Sosa misses with a hook.
Sosa clobbers Davis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sosa takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Davis avoids them all with ease.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Sosa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa scores with a hook to the body. Davis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sosa keeps the fight on the outside.

Davis instigates a clinch.

Sosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sosa swinging wildly here.
Sosa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Sosa looks winded!

Davis has managed to clinch.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davis prevents a body shot from Sosa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Davis.
Sosa can't break the clinch.
Sosa is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Sosa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis has Sosa pressed against the cage.
Davis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis misses with a body punch.
Davis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Davis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sosa.
Sosa is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Davis - that landed with a thud.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Davis moves out of range.
Sosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
Sosa keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Davis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Davis.
A short left from Davis.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davis is stalling here.
Davis is working Sosa over against the cage.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sosa avoids it.
Sosa prevents a body shot from Davis.
Davis has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.
Davis pushes Sosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Davis has Sosa pressed against the cage, preventing Sosa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
A right hand to the body from Davis.
A frustrated look appears on Sosa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Sosa lands with a light punch inside.
Sosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis stalls.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands a nice uppercut.
Davis prevents a body shot from Sosa.
Sosa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa is trying to break free.
Sosa avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Davis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis connects with a looping right hand.
Davis is looking to score with low kicks.
Sosa misses with a two punch combination.
Sosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Sosa.
Davis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sosa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Davis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Davis stays in close to Sosa's body and controls the position.

Davis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sosa, up you get!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Davis coming out on top.

It looks like Marcello Sosa has been cut.

Davis instigates a clinch.
Sosa is breathing heavily.
Davis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa prevents a body shot from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis pushes Sosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sosa or not.
The referee is keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sosa dodges an elbow strike from Davis.
Sosa tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Davis.
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sosa or not.
Davis prevents Sosa from breaking the clinch.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sosa can do to turn this around?
Davis misses with a body punch.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sosas head.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis scores with a shot to the side of Sosa's head.
Davis effectively controlling the action here.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sosa misses with the head strike.

Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marcello Sosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Davis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sosa, pushing him back against the cage.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sosa has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davis.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands with a light punch inside.
Davis lands a hook that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Sosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but Sosa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Davis breaks the clinch.
Sosa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Davis rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sosa misses the shot to the body.
Davis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Davis clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Davis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sosa is trying to break free.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
Davis lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Davis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Markus Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
Davis lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Sosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Davis throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a shoulder strike.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis lands a nice looking body shot.
Sosa missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Davis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Davis tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis stalling against the cage.
Good body shot from Davis.
Davis lands a left hand.
Davis is pushing Sosa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sosa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcello Sosa's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sosa gets tackled into the cage by Davis. Davis maintains the clinch.
Sosa wants to break free but Davis has control.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Sosa fails to land.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Davis on the inside.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sosa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Davis pushes Sosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Sosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davis taking a breather.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis blocks a body shot from Sosa.
Davis lands with a light punch inside.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice cross by Sosa.
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!
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa swinging wildly here.
Sosa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davis connects with a crisp jab.
Sosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sosa walks into a stiff left hand from Davis.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sosa.
Sloppy strikes from Sosa. Those never looked like landing.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis is looking to clinch but Sosa is avoiding it.
Marcello Sosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis scores with a punch to the head.
Marcello Sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis jabs Sosa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sosa checks a low kick from Davis.
Nice uppercut there from Davis.

Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sosa has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Davis.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Davis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sosas head.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Davis pushes Sosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis trying to stall but Sosa improves his position.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davis cracks a nice hook into Sosa's ribs.
Sosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sosa needs to keep his hands up - Davis had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A left and a right from Davis both land. Nice combination.
Davis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Davis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sosa is out of range.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Sosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Sosa seems unphased.
Sosa cracks Davis with a good jab.
Davis throws a series of punches but Sosa moves out of range.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Sosa finds it's target.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Davis wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot by Sosa.
Davis tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Davis pushes Sosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Davis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sosa avoids it.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis slips under a jab from Sosa.
Davis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sosa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Davis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sosa working aggressively here.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.
Markus Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sosa wants to break free but Davis has control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Markus Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Markus Davis!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Markus Davis!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Markus Davis!

Markus Davis wins by unanimous decision!