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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Davidson (ranked 3989 p4p, 349 weight class) and Fish Hands (ranked 4082 p4p, 355 weight class). Fish Hands has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Liam Davidson's chin.
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212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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269 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fish Hands!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hands's coach down at Temple of Illumination was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hands's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Davidson instigates a clinch.
Davidson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hands prevents the takedown attempt.
Davidson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davidson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Davidson tries to score a body lock takedown but Hands shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Davidson lands with a short shot to the head.
Davidson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson misses with a body punch.
Davidson working aggressively here.
Davidson lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davidson.
Hands taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hands controls his hands.
Hands breaks from the clinch.
Davidson throws out a powerful jab.
Davidson misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Hands misses the target.
Hands throws a body punch but Davidson moves out of range.
Hands gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davidson.
Hands slips a straight right by Davidson.
Davidson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Davidson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hands paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A combination from Hands does no damage.
Hands looks to land a right hand but Davidson moved out of range.
Davidson tries to counter with a takedown but Hands is quick to defend against it.
Davidson misses with a lunging right hand
and Hands counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davidson throws a hook to the side of Hands's head but Hands sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hands moves out of range of the strikes.
Hands lands a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hands. Davidson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidson feinted with a counter takedown.
Fish Hands is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hands ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidson moves away.
Davidson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hands throws a body shot but no joy.
Davidson avoids the body shot from Hands.
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davidson.
Liam Davidson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hands moves out of range of the strikes.
Davidson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hands takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Davidson missing with a left hand there. Hands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davidson clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands blocking some punches.
Davidson tries a body shot but Hands blocks it.
Davidson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hands uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Davidson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hands slows down the pace here.
Hands breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hands throws a right and a left that Davidson avoids nicely.
Davidson misses with a straight right.
Hands lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Davidson at a distance.
Davidson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hands swings for the body but Davidson moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hands.
Davidson lands the left hand.
Davidson misses with a looping right.
Davidson throws a right hand that misses
and Hands counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davidson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Davidson dives in for a single leg takedown but Hands sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Davidson.
Davidson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hands slips a straight right by Davidson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hands throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hands fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davidson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Davidson looks to land a right hand but Hands moved out of range.
Hands throws out a counter right but Davidson avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fish Hands will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hands drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hands swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hands throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davidson.
Davidson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A swing and a miss from Hands.
Davidson feinted with a counter takedown.
Hands takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Davidson fails with the takedown
and Hands cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hands misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson cracks Hands with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davidson throws a shot from downtown. Hands moves away and avoids it.
Davidson gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands is trying to improve his position.
Hands trying to remain calm as Davidson controls from the top position.
Hands struggling a bit here.
Davidson taking a breather here.
Hands is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Davidson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hands is trying desperately to improve position.
Davidson controlling from the full mount.
Hands tries to improve his position but instead Davidson has taken his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands is really stuck here.
Davidson not allowing Hands to control his hands.
Hands can't escape the position.
Davidson controls the action.
We've been hearing good reports from Davidson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hands trying to control the action but Davidson just sinks the hooks in.
I would not like to be Hands right now.
Davidson has the hooks in. Hands is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson controls the position.
Hands just trying to survive but Davidson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Davidson controls the action.
Hands is trying to break free.
Hands trying to control the action but Davidson just sinks the hooks in.
Hands is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Hands trying to control the position but Davidson manages to sink in the hooks.
Hands wants to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson is not going to allow Hands to sit and survive in this position.
Hands is really stuck here.
Davidson has his arm under Hands's chin here. Game over son! Davidson squeezes tightly and Hands is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Liam Davidson!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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