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IFCMW44: Divac vs Crosby PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis connects with a nice looking jab.
Davis walks into a left hand.
Yaj loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Good exchange - Davis coming out on top.
Davis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yaj.
Davis lands with a cross.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Yaj has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Davis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yaj at a distance.
Davis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Davis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Davis throws a hook but Yaj blocks it.
A big left from Davis misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yaj throws a lazy right hand but Davis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yaj avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yaj takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yaj on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice shot by Davis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lunges at Yaj with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yaj's hand.
Yaj has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yaj there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yaj dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Yaj throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Davis defending well as Yaj loads up on a big left hand.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Yaj misses with a wild body shot.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis connects with a body shot that sends Yaj's belly button to the back.
Davis lands a jab to Yaj's midsection.
A swing and a miss from Davis.
Davis throws a solid leg kick but Yaj takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Davis.
Yaj slips a straight right by Davis.
Yaj avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis dips down and scores with a jab 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!
Good shot there by Yaj.
Yaj avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yaj! But no joy.
Davis jabs at Yaj's body.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Yaj saw that one coming.
Yaj swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yaj misses with a looping right.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yaj pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Davis misses its target.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Yaj takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Yaj is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Davis with a body shot.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yaj moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with the punch.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yaj moves away.
Yaj swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Davis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Yaj moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Yaj throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yaj keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis throws a series of punches but Yaj avoids them all with ease.
Yaj misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Yaj looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaj walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Yaj might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yaj's head backwards.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Yaj is just out of range.
Yaj throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab from Yaj.
Nice shot lands for Davis.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yaj.
A countering left hand to the body from Yaj misses.
A left lands for Davis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yaj takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yaj.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Davis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yaj takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yaj looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis jabs at Yaj's body.
Davis lunges at Yaj with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yaj's hand.
Yaj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Yaj takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Davis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yaj counters with a nice body shot.
Yaj misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jonathan Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yaj. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yaj showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis lands with an uppercut that bounces Yaj off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis tests Yaj's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yaj misses with a wild body shot.
Yaj misses with a straight left.
Yaj gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davis lands with a nice body punch.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yaj moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yaj swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jonathan Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yaj throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yaj throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Davis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yaj can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis with a nice cross.
A swing and a miss from Davis.
Nice jab there from Davis.
Jonathan Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Yaj slips a straight right by Davis.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Yaj slips the punch.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Yaj.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Davis here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Davis looks to land a combination. Yaj sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Yaj misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws out a powerful jab.
Davis throws a jab when Yaj was well out of range.
Yaj looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davis lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice body punch from Yaj.
Davis tests Yaj's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis cracks Yaj with a good jab.
Davis throws a leg kick but Yaj checks it.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yaj.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaj tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yaj takes one to the side of the head.
Davis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yaj back to the cage. Davis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yaj. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Davis.
Davis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yaj.
Yaj throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis stuns Yaj with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Davis scores with a jab to the head.
Davis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Davis lands with an uppercut that bounces Yaj off the cage and back into range.
Davis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Yaj looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Davis dominated that second round.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yaj.
Yaj avoids the body shot from Davis.
A little jabbing left from Yaj on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Davis dips to his left and cracks Yaj with an uppercut!
Davis looks to land a combination but Yaj avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Davis misses
and Yaj counters with a stiff right hand.
Davis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yaj slips a jab from Davis.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yaj.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Davis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Yaj throws out a counter right but Davis avoids it with no problem.
Davis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Davis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yaj swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Yaj checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yaj lunges at Davis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Davis's hand.
Davis scores with a jab to the head.
Yaj jabs Davis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yaj walks into a left hand.
Yaj moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Davis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yaj. Yaj circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
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!
Davis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
CM Yaj has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj throws a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Davis.
Yaj avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yaj uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
A left lands for Davis.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yaj.
Davis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Yaj.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yaj doesn't seem bothered though.
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
Davis cracks Yaj with a right hand to the side of the head.
Yaj uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davis.
A little jabbing left from Yaj on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Yaj slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Davis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Yaj.
Yaj takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Davis scores with a one two! Yaj had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Yaj missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis wants to land a leg kick but Yaj is out of range.
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Davis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Davis lands with a hook. Yaj tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yaj throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Davis counters with a series of strikes. Yaj will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Davis!
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Yaj.
Yaj takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Yaj.
Davis catches Yaj with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Davis slips a jab from Yaj.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Yaj is just out of range.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Yaj lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yaj.
Davis lands a glancing blow to the side of Yaj's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
Davis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yaj fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Davis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Davis!
After winning the bout, Jonathan Davis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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