PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Axel Foley (ranked 4263 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Davis (ranked 6289 p4p, 627 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Foley
vs
Davis

180 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Axel Foley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonathan Davis!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Foley darts in and clinches Davis up against the cage.
Foley throws a head punch that misses.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Foley misses with a punch to the body.
Foley misses with a punch on the inside.
Foley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Foley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foley.
Foley swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis throws a hook but Foley blocks it.
Davis looks to land a combination but Foley avoids it well.
Davis throws a body shot but no joy.
Davis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Foley counters with a straight right hand.
Davis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Foley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Foley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Davis throws a right hand that misses
letting Foley counter with a right hand.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis walks into a straight right hand from Foley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Foley to counter with a crisp jab.
Foley with a jab.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Foley scores with a jab. Davis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Foley throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Foley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis tries to bum rush Foley with a series of wild strikes but Foley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Davis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Foley moved out of range nicely.
Foley slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis throws a right hand that Foley ducks under and follows up with a left that Foley also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foley blocks a jab.
Foley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Foley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Foley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Foley slips under a jab from Davis.
Foley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Foley digs a good hook to Davis's body.
Foley throws a body shot but no joy.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Foley moves into the clinch successfully.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Foley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Foley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley lands with a short shot to the head.
Foley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davis's efforts to push away.
Foley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Foley is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Foley.
Foley throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Foley cracks Davis with a nice body shot.
Foley has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
Foley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
A hook to the body from Foley.
Foley misses with a body punch.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis is trying to break free.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Foley misses with the head strike.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foley misses with the head strike.
Foley lands a nice uppercut.

Davis manages to break the clinch.
Foley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Davis. Davis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Foley throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Foley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Foley throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Davis appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Foley jabs Davis to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Davis gets tackled into the cage by Foley. Foley maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Foley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axel Foley dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Foley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Davis misses with a hook to the body
enabling Foley to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Davis tries to keep at a distance but Foley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Foley misses with a body punch.
Foley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Foley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis throws the left hand but Foley avoids the punch easily.
Foley throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis moves forwards but Foley connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Foley drives through and clinches with Davis against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Foley.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davis blocking some punches.
Foley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis digs a right hand into Foley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Foley's gas tank.
Foley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Foley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Foley pushes Davis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Foley.
Foley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Foley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foley working aggressively here.

Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Foley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Foley scores with a shot to the body.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Foley slips the punch.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Foley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Foley digs a good body shot into Davis's ribs.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Foley's head but Foley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Foley misses its intended target.
Davis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Foley lands with a hook. Davis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jonathan Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Foley moves away.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Foley throws a good cross that connects.
Davis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Foley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Foley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Davis throws a shot to the body.
Foley cracks Davis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Foley lands with an uppercut that bounces Davis off the cage and back into range.
Foley works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Foley connects with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Foley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Foley lands a jab to the head.
Davis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Foley scores with a decent looking hook.
Foley looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Foley moves away.
Davis misses with a shot to the body
and Foley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Davis thinking.
Davis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch lands to the side of Davis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Davis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Davis misses with a double jab
and Foley counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axel Foley dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Foley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Foley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Foley misses the target.
Davis slips a straight right by Foley.
Axel Foley is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis misses with a combination
and Foley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Foley is just out of range.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Foley counters with a straight right hand.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Foley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Foley cracks Davis with an open hand slap.
Davis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A left lands for Foley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foley.
Foley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Foley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Davis at a distance.
Foley looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Foley lands with a shot to the body.
Davis lands the left hand.
Foley lands a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Foley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Foley.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Foley scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Foley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Davis thinking.
Foley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis takes one to the side of the head.
Davis throws a sloppy body shot
and Foley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Foley avoids the body shot from Davis.
A quick step to the side and Foley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foley dips to his left and cracks Davis with an uppercut!
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Foley.
Davis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Foley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Foley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Foley cracks Davis with an open hand slap.
Foley jabs Davis right on the nose. Davis blinks but takes it well.
Foley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Foley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Davis throws a combination that misses
and Foley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Davis takes a swing at Foley's ribcage but misses.
Davis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Foley with a nice cross.
A left lands for Foley.
Axel Foley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Foley staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Foley moves away.
Foley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Foley missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Foley is looking to counter punch.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.

Foley closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Foley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Foley lands with a right to the head.
Axel Foley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Foley gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Foley tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Foley.
Foley throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Foley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Foley won't allow it.
Foley lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Foley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Foley is keeping busy.
Foley swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Davis manages to break the clinch.

Foley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Foley scores with a punch to the head.
Davis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Foley counters with a straight right hand.
Davis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Foley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Davis scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davis.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jonathan Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Foley to score with a decent uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Axel Foley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Foley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Axel Foley!
After the fight, Axel Foley was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.