PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jonathan Davis (ranked 23711 p4p, 3571 weight class) and Bastien Giroud (ranked 641 p4p, 452 weight class). Davis comes to the ring accompanied by Korn - Freak On a Leash. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Davis
vs
Giroud

192 cm
21
189
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
30
195
16 - 19 - 0

World class MT
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Bastien Giroud!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Giroud does no damage.
Davis feints a jab promting Giroud to slip. Davis then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Giroud slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Giroud walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Giroud has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Giroud there as he acknowledges the shot.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis lands a leg kick that knocks Giroud off balance momentarily.
Giroud takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giroud is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Davis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Davis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Giroud throws a combination. Davis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Jonathan Davis has been cut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davis is looking to slow Giroud down with leg kicks.
Giroud rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giroud was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Davis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Davis digs a good hook to Giroud's body.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Giroud manages to avoid it.
Giroud is looking for the big counter here.

Davis rushes Giroud and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giroud slowing the pace effectively.
Giroud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Giroud on the inside.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis misses with the head strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
A head punch on the inside from Giroud fails to land.
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.
Giroud looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
A short left from Davis.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Giroud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Giroud misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giroud blocks an uppercut.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giroud's elbow.
Davis digs a right hand underneath Giroud's ribcage. Giroud let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Giroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davis avoids it.
Davis trying to stall but Giroud improves his position.
Giroud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davis scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis working aggressively here.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Giroud lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Giroud is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Giroud looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Giroud controls his hands.
Davis works on Giroud's body with a couple of short punches.
Davis lands with a short shot to the head.
Giroud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Giroud.
Davis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giroud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giroud tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Giroud.
A short right from Davis.
Giroud's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Davis lands a hook that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Davis misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giroud takes a shot to the head.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands a body shot.
Giroud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davis working aggressively here.
Davis pushes Giroud back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Giroud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Davis.
Davis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giroud misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Davis's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Giroud misses with a two punch combination.
Giroud throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Giroud waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Giroud throws a hook but Davis avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Davis.
Davis is looking to wear down Giroud with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Davis connects with the punch.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Davis lands with a short shot to the head.
Davis has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Giroud avoids it by throwing Davis back against the ropes.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giroud scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
Giroud is trying to maintain a safe position but Davis gets an underhook and turns Giroud into the ropes.
Davis digs a right hand into Giroud's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Giroud's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giroud can do to turn this around?
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Giroud scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Giroud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giroud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Giroud swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis lands with a left to the head.
Davis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Davis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Giroud swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giroud is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice body punch from Davis.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Giroud throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Giroud struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Giroud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Jonathan Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Davis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Giroud lands an uppercut.
Giroud tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Giroud blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Davis.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Davis misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Giroud.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Davis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
Davis misses with the head strike.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
Davis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A bit of stalling here from Davis.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Davis.
Giroud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giroud scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giroud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Giroud prevents a body shot from Davis.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giroud pushes Davis back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giroud lands a left hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
A short left from Davis.
Davis scores with a shot to the side of Giroud's head.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Davis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Giroud throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Giroud ducks into a a hook from Davis and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!

Giroud is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Davis.
Giroud is still on wobbly legs! Can Davis finish him?
Davis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Giroud at a distance.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Giroud circles away.
Giroud seems to have recovered his senses.
Davis motions for Giroud to come forward. Davis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Davis with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis misses the shot to the body.
Davis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davis scores with a leg kick.

Giroud scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Davis to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

Davis is rocked!
Davis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Giroud in his tracks.
Oh Davis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Giroud counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Davis out cold! What a finish! Giroud is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bastien Giroud!
Bastien Giroud opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.