PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Finn Van Thom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrhuz Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Thom comes to the cage accompanied by Foo Fighters - Hero. Cyrhuz Davis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Van Thom
vs
Davis

185 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Urban Fighter

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Finn Van Thom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyrhuz Davis!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Van Thom explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Van Thom moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've been told by Van Thom's head coaches at Abobomination Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Thom should have avoided that one.

It looks like Finn Van Thom has been cut.
Davis misses with a combination
and Van Thom counters with a solid body kick.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Thom counters with a three punch combo that has Davis backing up. Davis nods at Van Thom to acknowledge the strikes.

Van Thom decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Thom content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Van Thom is working for a kimura but Davis is defending it quite comfortably.
Van Thom looks to land a strike but Davis avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Thom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Van Thom content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Van Thom content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Van Thom's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Van Thom is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Davis is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Davis has escaped and now he's on top!

Van Thom wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Thom is looking to stand back up but Davis counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Van Thom.
Van Thom tries to roll over but Davis keeps him under control.
Van Thom is concentrating on defense, preventing Davis from advancing position.
Davis prevents Van Thom from standing back up.
Still in half guard, Davis seems content to control.
Van Thom is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Davis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Davis's back!
Van Thom biding his time, controlling Davis.

Van Thom tightening his grip on Davis, looking for the choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Thom lands punches and elbows.
Van Thom thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Van Thom is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Van Thom is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Van Thom gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Van Thom gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Van Thom apologises and we restart here on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a jab.

Van Thom feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Van Thom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Van Thom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Van Thom controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Van Thom trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Davis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Van Thom.
Van Thom throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn Van Thom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Finn Van Thom's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Van Thom throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cyrhuz Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Davis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Van Thom - the referee stops the clock and Davis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Van Thom. Davis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Van Thom with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Thom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Van Thom avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Thom digs a good body shot into Davis's ribs.
Van Thom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Thom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Thom scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis wants to clinch up but Van Thom keeps it at a distance.
Van Thom throws a big counter combination but Davis scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Van Thom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Thom looks to land a combination. Davis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis scores with a one two! Van Thom had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Thom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Van Thom was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Van Thom tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Thom appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Thom.
Van Thom misses with a wild combination.
Van Thom throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Van Thom lands a nice looking body kick.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Van Thom lunges at Davis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Davis's hand.
Van Thom throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Thom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Davis is rocked!
Van Thom cracks Davis's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Davis slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Van Thom can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Finn Van Thom!
Finn Van Thom bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.