PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michal David (ranked 25153 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luthor Bloodrayne (ranked 5841 p4p, 0 weight class). Michal David has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

David
vs
Bloodrayne

193 cm
21
186 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michal David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luthor Bloodrayne!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Hemmingworth and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodrayne wants to clinch up but David keeps it at a distance.

David closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bloodrayne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bloodrayne is trying to control David's posture but David avoids it.
David working the head and body with strikes.

David stands up and we're back to a striking position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

David closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
David jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bloodrayne walks away with a smile on his face. David gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

David pulls guard effortlessly.
David keeping moving, preventing Bloodrayne from controlling successfully.

David is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bloodrayne defends well.
David looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bloodrayne won't allow David to sweep him here.
David is controlling Bloodrayne's posture.

David escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bloodrayne gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Bloodrayne decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on David, up you get!
Bloodrayne misses with a takedown attempt - David sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
David seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bloodrayne fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but David avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

David pushes Bloodrayne up against the cage in a clinch.

Bloodrayne manages to break the clinch.
Bloodrayne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Michal David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luthor Bloodrayne.

Bloodrayne drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

David throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Bloodrayne fails with a takedown attempt.
Bloodrayne looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodrayne tries to clinch but David moves out of range.
Bloodrayne is looking to clinch but David is avoiding it.
David tries to counter by clinching up but Bloodrayne breaks away and moves out of range.
David takes a swing at Bloodrayne's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David misses with a head kick.
Bloodrayne tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bloodrayne defends well against a solid takedown attempt from David.
David tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
David ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bloodrayne moves away.
Bloodrayne lands a nice looking body shot.

David has managed to clinch.
Bloodrayne tries for a takedown. No joy.
David wants to break the clinch but can't.
David is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bloodrayne to keep the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michal David dominated that 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.

David shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bloodrayne defends it nicely.
Bloodrayne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice takedown defense from David. No joy for Bloodrayne on that attempt.
David is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bloodrayne can do to turn this around?
Horrible takedown attempt by Bloodrayne or perhaps it was just good defense by David, which made it look bad.

David drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bloodrayne has an active guard here but David has managed to pass into half guard.
Bloodrayne works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bloodrayne is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David controls from within his opponent's guard.

David decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bloodrayne, up you get!

Bloodrayne darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
David wants to improve his position but Bloodrayne is controlling well.
David gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David is adopting a defensive guard.
David is trying to control the position but Bloodrayne postures up.
Bloodrayne controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bloodrayne stopping the sweep attempt from David.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodrayne fails to land with a series of punches.

Bloodrayne shoots in and bounces David off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
David looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bloodrayne postures up.
David striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Bloodrayne sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodrayne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. David swivels though and keeps the full guard.
David is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bloodrayne must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bloodrayne wants to control from the top but David keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
David pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bloodrayne wants to counter with a clinch but David pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Michal David will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bloodrayne darts in looking for a takedown but David gets double underhooks and turns Bloodrayne into the cage.
David is looking to counter punch.
David looking to land some kicks to the body here.
David misses with a few strikes there.
Bloodrayne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from David is defended easily by Bloodrayne.
Bloodrayne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
David is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David shoots for a takedown but Bloodrayne saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bloodrayne is trying to counter with his kicks.
David misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal David. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from David as Bloodrayne shoots in.
David chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bloodrayne can pounce on him.
David is looking to clinch but Bloodrayne is avoiding it.
Bloodrayne looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bloodrayne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. David manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bloodrayne fails in his attempt to clinch.
David throws a big counter combination but Bloodrayne scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
David tries to clinch there but Bloodrayne circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bloodrayne is defended easily by David.
Bloodrayne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bloodrayne but Bloodrayne pushes him off and we're back to square one.
David misses with a head kick.
Bloodrayne stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bloodrayne wants it to stay on the feet.
Bloodrayne wants to clinch up but David keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from David misses.
Bloodrayne steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from David.
Bloodrayne misses with a takedown attempt

and David counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bloodrayne tries to kick David off in order to stand up. David Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bloodrayne dodges the ground and pound from David.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodrayne tries to buck David off but David is having none of it.
Bloodrayne keeps trying to improve his position.
David working the ground and pound.

David stands up and beckons Bloodrayne to his feet.
David throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

David gets in close and instigates a clinch.
David jumps guard but Bloodrayne stands there with David around his waist. David gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Bloodrayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michal David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
David shoots and misses
and Bloodrayne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodrayne shoots in but no luck this time.
David tries a head kick but it misses.
Bloodrayne steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from David.
Sloppy strikes from David. Those never looked like landing.
Bloodrayne wants to clinch.
David is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bloodrayne sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
David takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
David takes a kick to the side of the head.

Bloodrayne changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. David looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

David throws Bloodrayne to one side and escapes!

And that's the end of the fight!
Michal David showed his dominance in that final round.
Well David 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michal David!