PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Davidson (ranked 7761 p4p, 551 weight class) and Youkou Oonishi (ranked 25374 p4p, 618 weight class). Youkou Oonishi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davidson
vs
Oonishi

185 cm
29
150 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
149 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Youkou Oonishi!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Oonishi moves into the clinch.

Oonishi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davidson misses with a takedown attempt - Oonishi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Oonishi drives through and clinches with Davidson against the cage.
Davidson has had enough of the clinch but Oonishi keeps him there for the moment.
Davidson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Oonishi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davidson wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Oonishi clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Oonishi breaks the clinch.
Davidson fails to land the takedown.
Oonishi tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Oonishi takes the fight into the clinch.

Oonishi breaks the clinch.

Oonishi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Davidson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oonishi smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Davidson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oonishi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Davidson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Oonishi somewhat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Davidson is defended easily by Oonishi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oonishi tries a head kick but it misses.

Oonishi rushes Davidson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oonishi prevents Davidson from breaking the clinch.
Oonishi lands with a left to the head.
Oonishi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davidson can't break the clinch.
Oonishi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davidson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Davidson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oonishi swivels and escapes.
Oonishi wants to counter with a clinch but Davidson pushes him away.
Davidson works over Oonishi's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Davidson clinches.

Oonishi jumps into guard, dragging Davidson to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson wants to stand but Oonishi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oonishi has Davidson pulled in close to control his posture.
Oonishi working a defensive guard here.
Oonishi wants to get back to his feet but Davidson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Davidson stopping the sweep attempt from Oonishi.
Davidson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Davidson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Oonishi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

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.

Oonishi is looking for a kimura but Davidson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Oonishi to get the leverage.
Davidson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Davidson is defending against the submission attempts here by Oonishi.
Oonishi tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Davidson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davidson controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Youkou Oonishi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Oonishi has a takedown stuffed.
Some wild striking there from Oonishi.
Davidson throws a head kick that misses.
Davidson misses with a head kick.
Oonishi tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

Oonishi manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Davidson on his heels. He'll look to pass Davidson's guard now, I'm sure.
Oonishi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Davidson is trying to escape the position but Oonishi is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson is looking for a sweep.
Davidson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Oonishi is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson can't escape the position.
Davidson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Oonishi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davidson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oonishi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davidson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oonishi is taking a breather. Davidson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Davidson is looking to get back to is feet but Oonishi passes into side control.
Davidson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oonishi working the head with strikes.
Oonishi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson being controlled for a moment.
Davidson can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oonishi just content to control the position.

Oonishi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Davidson, who protects the arm well.

Oonishi tries for a kimura but Davidson is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Oonishi is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Davidson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Oonishi throws a sloppy head kick and Davidson moves out of range easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A combination from Davidson does no damage.
Oonishi wants to counter with a clinch but Davidson pushes him away.
Davidson tries to clinch but Oonishi moves out of range.
Oonishi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Davidson.
Davidson tries to clinch there but Oonishi circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Youkou Oonishi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Davidson fails to land the takedown.
Davidson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davidson goes for a double leg but Oonishi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Oonishi continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Davidson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Oonishi instigates a clinch.
Oonishi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Davidson struggles to land a body shot inside as Oonishi controls his hands.
Davidson is pressed up against the cage. Oonishi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Davidson down to the mat. Davidson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson tries to clinch but Oonishi moves out of range.
Oonishi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oonishi fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Oonishi blocks the low kick.
Oonishi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davidson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Oonishi scores with a takedown into Davidson's guard.

Davidson is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Oonishi presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Davidson missing with knees to the body.

Oonishi lands a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oonishi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Davidson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oonishi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Davidson wants to control the position but Oonishi says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Oonishi tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Davidson.
Oonishi prevents Davidson from improving his position.
Oonishi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oonishi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Davidson wants to get back to full guard.

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.

Davidson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davidson wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Oonishi forces Davidson back against the cage and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Youkou Oonishi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oonishi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Youkou Oonishi!