PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donny Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Monkey Junction. Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: LL CoolJ - Headsprung. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Davis
vs
Silva

203 cm
35
273 lbs
23 - 17 - 0

192 cm
38
280 lbs
41 - 29 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donny Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva misses with a head kick.
We've been told by Davis's head coaches at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Davis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silva.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Donny Davis has been cut.
Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Davis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws a push kick but Davis slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Davis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A big right from Davis misses.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Daniel Silva has been cut.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Davis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Davis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Donny Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
A clash of legs there as Davis blocks the low kick.
Davis lands a high kick!
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Davis from improving his position.
Davis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Davis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Davis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva stalling away here and it's allowed Davis to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Silva gets a double leg takedown into Davis's guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Davis blocks nicely.
Davis wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
Silva trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Davis is keeping the position for now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Davis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Davis cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Davis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Davis cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Davis lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Davis checks it well.
Donny Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
It looked like Davis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Davis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silva.
Davis throws a big shot that misses.
Donny Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Davis off balance momentarily.
Davis staying out of range there.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Davis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Davis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Davis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davis is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Davis throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva misses the body punch
and Davis counters with a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target.
Davis connects with an inside leg kick.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Davis is out of range.
Davis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Davis wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Good shot there by Davis.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Davis misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Davis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva moves away from the strike by Davis.
Davis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis scores with a nice head shot.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Davis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva slips a straight right by Davis.
Nice uppercut lands for Davis. That snapped Silva's head back.
Donk. Davis catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
It looked like Davis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Davis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Davis settles back down.
Davis backing away here, and Silva unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
A low kick from Davis misses
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis connects with a crisp jab.
That kick from Silva tenderised Davis's leg. Davis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davis.
Davis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Donny Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Davis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Davis dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Davis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Davis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Davis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A cross from Davis lands.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis blocks a head kick by Silva.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Davis counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Davis misses.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Davis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Davis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Davis throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Davis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Daniel Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a leg kick that misses.
Davis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Davis misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a body kick.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva cracks Davis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva flicks out a counter leg kick but Davis steps away.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Davis blocks a low kick nicely.
Davis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Davis moves his leg out of the way.
Silva moves away from the strike by Davis.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a combination
and Davis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Davis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Davis throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Silva is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Davis blocks nicely.
Daniel Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva content to stall in guard here.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throws an elbow that misses. Davis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Davis!

And that's the end of the fight!
Donny Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Davis, 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Davis!
An intense looking Donny Davis took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I want to thank all you fans for coming out tonight, Milwaukee's Best for keeping my energized, the gang at Montreal Fighter's Gym, all of my loved ones back home, and Uncle Lar for letting me fight here in Montreal Fight Nights!! Thank you!! '.