PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Kushman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davison has chosen Not Today by Sevendust as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kushman
vs
Davison

193 cm
27
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

181 cm
28
211 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Good knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Victory! Sports Nutrition
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Larry Kushman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Davison!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davison throws a hook but Kushman blocks it.
Kushman misses the jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Davison, as that shot connected.
Kushman is looking to clinch.
Davison appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Davison drives through with a takedown into Kushman's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kushman controls Davison momentarily but Davison frees himself.
Davison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kushman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davison trying to control but Kushman is working from the bottom.

Kushman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison is fighting to break Kushman's control of his arms but Kushman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kushman trying to keep a closed guard but Davison is proving a slippery customer.

Kushman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kushman trying to control the position.
Davison throws a big right hand that misses.
Kushman has his hands on Davison's head, controlling the position.
Davison scoring with some ground and pound.
Davison must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Davison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kushman has momentary wrist control but Davison slips an elbow through the middle.

Kushman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Davison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davison throws an elbow that misses. Kushman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davison's guard. Nice move by Kushman!

Kushman trying to control but Davison is working from the bottom.
Davison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davison looking for a sweep. Not yet Davison, not yet.
Kushman is looking to work some ground and pound but Davison has wrist control.
Our spies down at at Hugs & Kisses inform us that Davison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Kushman throwing strikes but missing.
Kushman is looking to work some ground and pound but Davison has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kushman trying to control but Davison is working from the bottom.
Kushman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kushman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Davison wants to sweep but no luck.
Kushman trying to control the position from guard on top but Davison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kushman manages to get himself to full guard.

Davison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Davison preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davison wants to control from the top but Kushman keeps moving.
Davison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kushman will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Davison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davison content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kushman seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Kushman trying to control the position.
Davison trying to control but Kushman is working from the bottom.
Davison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kushman's head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Davison landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kushman trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Davison dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Davison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kushman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davison.
Davison appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Davison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kushman is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Davison.
Nice jab there from Davison.
Kushman takes a swing at Davison's ribcage but misses.
Davison throws a right hand that Kushman ducks under and follows up with a left that Kushman also avoids with ease.
Kushman misses with a hook.
Kushman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chris Davison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kushman moves out of range as Davison throws a body kick.
Kushman appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And Davison responds with a good body kick, but Kushman manages to step out the way in time.
Kushman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Davison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davison scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davison shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kushman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kushman looking for a sweep but Davison has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Davison controlling from mount.
Kushman tries to hold on but Davison postures up.
Kushman working to try and regain half guard.
Kushman sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kushman is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kushman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Davison is working away from the top position though.
Davison trying to control from half guard but Kushman is working away.
Davison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kushman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Davison is working away from the top position though.
Davison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Davison landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kushman wants to get back to full guard but Davison has mounted him!
Davison has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kushman's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davison breaks from Kushman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kushman is working to get back to half guard.
Davison working the ground and pound effectively.

Kushman is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison connects with a bit shot that sees Kushman covering up! More strikes from Davison and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Davison is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Davison!
Chris Davison is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Chris Davison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.