PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Davis (ranked 2444 p4p, 275 weight class) and Jeff Spicoli (ranked 2715 p4p, 296 weight class). Spicoli has chosen Wolly Bully as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Davis
vs
Spicoli

180 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

ZZ POPS

ZZ POPS
Sinners Fight Wear

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeff Spicoli!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spicoli tests Davis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Spicoli to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis moves away from the strike by Spicoli.
Spicoli misses with a hook
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spicoli misses with a body shot.
Davis is looking to counter punch.
Davis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Spicoli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Davis lands.
Spicoli just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Spicoli throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spicoli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jeff Spicoli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Davis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spicoli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Spicoli moved out of range.
Spicoli misses with a wild body shot.
Davis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spicoli to score with a decent uppercut.
Spicoli's corner calls for a 1-2. Spicoli obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Spicoli fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Davis on the side of the head.
Davis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Davis slips under a jab.
Davis with a nice cross.
Davis misses with a hook.
Davis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis takes a swing at Spicoli's ribcage but misses.
Spicoli throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Davis staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Davis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Spicoli is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Davis had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Spicoli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Spicoli does it's job there.
Spicoli uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Davis has time to react.
Nice uppercut there from Davis.
Davis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Davis lands with a good body shot.
Davis tries to move into range but Spicoli moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spicoli looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Spicoli cracks a nice hook into Davis's ribs.
A cross from Spicoli lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spicoli moves away.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spicoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
A big right from Spicoli misses.
Spicoli throws out a powerful jab.
We've been informed that Spicoli has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Spicoli pushes him off.
Spicoli lunges at Davis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Davis's hand.
A jab from Spicoli misses.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis avoids the body shot from Spicoli.
Davis throws a jab when Spicoli was well out of range.
Davis tries to clinch there but Spicoli circles away.
Spicoli scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spicoli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davis looks to land a combination but Spicoli avoids it well.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Spicoli's head but Spicoli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jab, jab by Spicoli - just one landing.
Spicoli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Spicoli throws a body shot but no joy.
Spicoli loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Spicoli scores with a jab.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Spicoli is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spicoli circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice side step and Spicoli releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Spicoli dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Spicoli throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Spicoli jabs Davis right on the nose. Davis blinks but takes it well.
Spicoli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jeff Spicoli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spicoli tests Davis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spicoli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
Spicoli tests Davis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Davis misses.
Davis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Spicoli misses its intended target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spicoli darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spicoli misses with a right hand
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis takes a swing at Spicoli's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spicoli misses with a hook
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.

Spicoli is rocked!
Davis slips under a jab.
Davis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Spicoli is still on wobbly legs! Can Davis finish him?
Spicoli misses with a jab to the body
and Davis scores with a counter punch that sends Spicoli to the canvas! Davis smells blood - he's punishing Spicoli with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Spicoli has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Davis!
Ray Davis really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that ZZ POPS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.