PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dro Qanar (ranked 1517 p4p, 204 weight class) and Luke Davidson (ranked 1727 p4p, 223 weight class). Qanar's entrance music is Fight to Forget. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Qanar
vs
Davidson

197 cm
21
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Sportivité

Conviction
Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dro Qanar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luke Davidson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidson. Qanar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davidson moves out of range of the strikes.
Qanar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidson moves away.
Qanar clobbers Davidson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Qanar misses with a looping left.

Davidson takes the fight into the clinch.
Davidson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davidson misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Davidson.
Davidson misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davidson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Qanar's elbow.
Davidson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Qanar backwards.
Qanar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Davidson lands a left hand.
Davidson has a couple of punches blocked by Qanar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Qanar tries to throw a body punch but Davidson avoids it by throwing Qanar back against the cage.
Qanar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Qanar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Davidson smiles and moves away.
Qanar misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Davidson.
Davidson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Qanar throws the left hand but Davidson avoids the punch easily.
Davidson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Qanar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dro Qanar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Davidson.
Davidson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Qanar clinches up with Davidson and pushes him back against the cage.
Davidson blocks a body shot from Qanar.
Davidson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Qanar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Qanar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Davidson.
Qanar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Davidson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davidson struggles to land a body shot inside as Qanar controls his hands.
Davidson misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qanar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davidson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Qanar.
Davidson presses Qanar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Qanar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davidson tries to work over Qanar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Qanar lands with a left to the head.
Davidson is leaning against Qanar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Qanar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Qanar lands with a light punch inside.
Davidson can't find room to land a body shot as Qanar controls the action.
Qanar tries to throw a body punch but Davidson avoids it by throwing Qanar back against the cage.
Davidson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davidson.
Davidson pushes Qanar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davidson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Qanar's elbow.
Davidson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davidson blocks a body shot from Qanar.
Qanar jumps guard but Davidson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Qanar.
A head punch on the inside from Davidson fails to land.

Qanar manages to pull guard.
Davidson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Davidson content to stall in guard here.

Qanar looking for a guillotine here but Davidson defends easily.
Qanar looking for a sweep. Not yet Qanar, not yet.

Qanar working for a triangle but Davidson defends it easily.
Davidson passes into half guard.
Davidson content to control rather than advance.
Davidson is trying to control the action in half guard but Qanar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qanar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Davidson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Qanar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Davidson is aware though and is defending well.
Qanar controls Davidson momentarily but Davidson frees himself.
Davidson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Davidson is posturing up here but Qanar has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Davidson tries to roll out but it's too tight and Davidson has to tap! Slick submission there by Qanar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dro Qanar!
A very excited looking Dro Qanar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.