PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Damon Davis (ranked 9174 p4p, 694 weight class) and Chet Rollins (ranked 2616 p4p, 281 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rollins's choice of entrance music: God's Gonna Cut You Down- Johnny Cash. Chet Rollins is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Davis
vs
Rollins

188 cm
20
235 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
223 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Great elbows
Very quick

Dangerous knees
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damon Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chet Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rollins gets a clinch.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rollinss head.
Davis lands an elbow just above Rollins 's eye.

It looks like Chet Rollins has been cut.
Rollins blocks an uppercut.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins misses with the head strike.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
Rollins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rollins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rollins swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rollins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rollins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis tries to work over Rollins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis works on Rollins's body with a couple of short punches.
Rollins misses with some punches.
Rollins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rollins's elbow.
Davis blocks a body shot from Rollins.
Rollins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rollins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rollins.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Rollins blocks with his arms.
Davis lands a hook that snaps the head of Rollins backwards.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rollins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rollins throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Rollins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
Rollins avoids a wild elbow strike from Davis.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Davis.
Nice body punch from Rollins - that landed with a thud.
Rollins throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
A right handed body shot lands from Rollins.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Rollins avoids it by throwing Davis back against the ropes.
Davis misses with a punch on the inside.
Rollins lands a shoulder strike.
Rollins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Davis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rollins's brow.
Rollins swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rollins working aggressively here.
Rollins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Davis presses Rollins against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rollins misses with the head strike.
Rollins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Rollins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis blocking some punches.
Rollins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rollins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Rollins working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Davis throws an elbow but misses.
Rollins lands a body punch.
Rollins lands a hook that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rollins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Daviss head.
Davis prevents a body shot from Rollins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chet Rollins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chet Rollins's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Davis slips under a jab from Rollins.

Rollins clinches.
Rollins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis lands an elbow inside that Rollins shrugs off.
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but Rollins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rollins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollins.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Rollins blocks with his arms.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rollins backwards.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rollins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Rollins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rollins.
A head punch on the inside from Rollins fails to land.
Davis tries to work over Rollins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rollins.
Davis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rollins tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rollins blocks an elbow strike.
Rollins tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis blocking some punches.
Rollins dodges an elbow strike from Davis.
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but Rollins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rollins misses with a punch on the inside.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollins.
Rollins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis blocking some punches.
Rollins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Davis is working Rollins over against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rollins.
Chet Rollins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rollins backwards.
I was talking to Davis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Rollins landing knees to the head.

It looks like Damon Davis has been cut.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rollins presses Davis against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins misses with some punches.
Rollins lands with a light punch inside.
Rollins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rollins throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Nice elbow from Davis.
Rollins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Davis or not.
Rollins blocks an elbow strike from Davis.
Rollins avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Rollins with a knee to the head.
Davis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rollins's defenses.
Davis misses with an elbow over the top.
Rollins looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Rollins fails to land.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis scores with a hook to the body.
Rollins is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rollins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chet Rollins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Davis gets a clinch.
Damon Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis throws an elbow that misses.
Rollins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Rollins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Rollins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Davis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rollins's brow.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Rollins controls his hands.
Davis blocking some punches.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Rollins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rollins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rollins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Davis or not.
Rollins lands a left hand.
Rollins avoids a wild elbow strike from Davis.
Rollins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rollins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Rollins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rollins working aggressively here.
Davis working aggressively here.
Rollins throws a head punch that misses.
Rollins tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Davis pushes off an throws an elbow but Rollins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rollins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Rollins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Davis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rollins misses with a body punch.
Davis blocks a body shot from Rollins.
Rollins tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Rollins back against the ropes.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Rollins misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis working aggressively here.
Rollins landing knees to the head.
Rollins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rollins tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Rollins throws a head punch that misses.
Rollins tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rollins.
Davis blocks a body shot from Rollins.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
Rollins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rollins struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Rollins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Davis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rollins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Davis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Davis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davis.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chet Rollins.
I've got Rollins winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chet Rollins!
A very excited looking Chet Rollins 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.