PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davon Davis (ranked 3037 p4p, 3532 weight class) and Paddy Quinlin (ranked 403 p4p, 455 weight class). Quinlin has chosen Blood Across the Firmament as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Paddy Quinlin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Davis
vs
Quinlin

190 cm
20
210
3 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
220
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Davon Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paddy Quinlin!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Quinlin fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Quinlin moved out of range.
Quinlin tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Quinlin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Davis has managed to clinch.
Quinlin throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quinlin backwards.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davis as Quinlin tries to tie him up.
Quinlin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Quinlin looking to slow down the pace here.
Davis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quinlin backwards.
Davis lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quinlin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Quinlin.
Davis lands a shoulder strike.
Quinlin swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinlin throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Davis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quinlin backwards.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Quinlin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.
Quinlin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Davis.
A shot in the inside from Davis.
A head punch on the inside from Quinlin fails to land.
Davis gets through Quinlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quinlin throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Davis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quinlin just leaning against Davis, taking a breather.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quinlin has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
Still in the clinch, Davis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quinlin or not.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Quinlin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Quinlin avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Quinlin tries to break the clinch but Davis is controlling the position.

Quinlin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quinlin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A cross from Davis lands.
Davis cracks Quinlin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Davis, as that shot connected.

Quinlin is rocked!

It looks like Paddy Quinlin has been cut.

Quinlin pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Quinlin avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Quinlin taking a breather.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
I was talking to Davis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Quinlin trying to control the position but instead, Davis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Quinlin into the cage.
Quinlin misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinlin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quinlin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Quinlin fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Davon Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paddy Quinlin's cut.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Quinlin tries to land a leg kick but Davis saw it coming and moves away.
Davis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Davis cracks Quinlin with a good jab.
Davis digs a good body shot into Quinlin's ribs.
Davis takes a swing at Quinlin's ribcage but misses.

Quinlin has managed to clinch.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davon Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Quinlin lands a nice uppercut.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Quinlin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quinlin misses with a punch on the inside.
Davis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Davis.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis misses with a body punch.
Davis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis misses with a punch on the inside.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quinlin backwards.
Quinlin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Davis has a couple of punches blocked by Quinlin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Davis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Davis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Davis misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Davis.
Quinlin pushes Davis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quinlin prevents a body shot from Davis.
Quinlin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Quinlin blocks an uppercut.

Quinlin breaks from the clinch.
Paddy Quinlin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quinlin tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Quinlin manages to circle out of the way.
Davis scores with a jab to the body.
Quinlin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davis.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Quinlin.
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 looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Quinlin moved out of range nicely.
Quinlin unleashes a big counter combination but Davis bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Davon Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Quinlin.
Quinlin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Quinlin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Quinlin.
Davis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quinlin blocks the body kick.
Quinlin wants to clinch.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinlin tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quinlin was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quinlin can do to turn this around?

Quinlin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davis, pushing him back against the cage.
Davis lands a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Davon Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paddy Quinlin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paddy Quinlin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quinlin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Davis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quinlin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis lands a body shot.
Quinlin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quinlin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Quinlin tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis fires out a quick counter leg kick but Quinlin just manages to avoid it.
Davis connects with a jab.
Davis lands a glancing blow to the side of Quinlin's head.
Jab from Quinlin.

It looks like Davon Davis has been cut.
Quinlin tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Davis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Davis lands a right hook to the body.
Quinlin looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Quinlin ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quinlin misses with an uppercut.
Quinlin tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quinlin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quinlin tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinlin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Quinlin takes one on the button.
Quinlin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Davis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Quinlin moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Davis moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Quinlin prevents a body shot from Davis.
Quinlin wants to break free but Davis has control.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quinlin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Quinlin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Davis.
Quinlin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Quinlin trying to stall but Davis improves his position.
Davis scores with a shot to the side of Quinlin's head.
Davis is leaning against Quinlin and scores with a nice uppercut 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!
Davis lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
Davis is working Quinlin over against the cage.
Davis pushes Quinlin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
Davis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quinlin backwards.
Quinlin is still on wobbly legs! Can Davis finish him?
Davis scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Davis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
Davis creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Quinlin with a big uppercut! Quinlin tries to clinch up but Davis pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Quinlin to the mat! Quinlin covers up and Davis unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Davon Davis!
Davon Davis decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.