PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Strong (ranked 3129 p4p, 339 weight class) and Dennis Davids (ranked 3302 p4p, 353 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Strong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0zFbQqAUg&list=RDAMVMIo0zFbQqAUg. This should be a great matchup!

Strong
vs
Davids

195 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
195 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dennis Davids!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davids closes the distance and clinches.
Strong has had enough of the clinch but Davids keeps him there for the moment.

Strong breaks the clinch.
Good work by Davids as he checks the leg kick.

Strong gets caught flat footed, as Davids shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Davids looking to pass the guard.

Davids stands and steps away. Strong gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Strong throws a leg kick

and Davids counters with a single leg into guard. Strong didn't expect that.
Davids is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Strong wants to stand and escape but Davids is having none of it.
Davids throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Strong works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davids controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Strong uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Strong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Strong does no damage.
Davids checks the leg kick.

Davids gets a clinch.
Strong is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davids keeps control of Strong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strong can't break the clinch.
Strong is trying to force a seperation but Davids has the dominant position.

Davids jumps into guard, dragging Strong to the mat.
Strong has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Davids has a closed guard, preventing Strong from standing up.
Davids bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Strong's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Davids sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Strong's guard.

Davids is looking for a kimura here.
Davids slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davids escapes and gets back to his feet.
Strong throws a leg kick that misses.
Robert Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Strong misses

and Davids counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Strong being controlled here, momentarily.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Davids has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Strong misses with a low kick.
Davids checks a leg kick nicely.
Davids shoots in looking for a takedown but Strong manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Davids's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Strong fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Strong is breathing heavily.
Davids lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Strong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davids's sensitive parts.

Davids instigates a clinch.
Davids is looking to take this one to the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strong wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davids has him pressed against the cage.
Strong has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Strong tries to break free but Davids pushes him back against the cage.
Strong can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Strong's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davids has Strong pressed against the cage, preventing Strong from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Davids dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A slapping leg kick lands for Strong.
Strong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Davids has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Strong misses with a low kick.

Davids is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Strong's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davids wants to control but Strong is keeping him busy.
Dennis Davids has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davids is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Davids is thwarting Strong's attempts to control the position.
Davids performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong tries to kick Davids off but Davids keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Davids throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Davids trying to control the action but Strong is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Strong tried to score with a low kick but Davids checks it.
Davids throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davids sizes up Strong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Robert Strong has been cut.
Strong misses with the combination.
Davids shoots in and drives through. Strong sprawls well.
Strong throws a leg kick
and Davids counters with a left right combination that sends Strong crashing to the mat - Davids wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Strong out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dennis Davids!
After the big win, Dennis Davids made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors VanDam Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.