PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Mauro (ranked 5248 p4p, 5298 weight class) and Osian Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 429 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mauro
vs
Davies

183 cm
22
152
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
153
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luciano Mauro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osian Davies!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mauro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davies jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Davies manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mauro on his heels. He'll look to pass Mauro's guard now, I'm sure.
Mauro trying to keep a closed guard but Davies is proving a slippery customer.
Davies wants to pass the guard but Mauro is keeping the position.
Davies preventing the sweep.
Mauro wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mauro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davies's guard.

Mauro prevents Davies from getting back to his feet.
Mauro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mauro won't allow Davies to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauro throws a big right hand that misses.
Mauro won't allow Davies to get back to his feet.

Davies has his feet on Mauro's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mauro.
Mauro shoots in for a takedown but Davies shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Davies and Mauro goes tumbling to the canvas! Davies follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Mauro is rocked!

It looks like Luciano Mauro has been cut.
Mauro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mauro moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oh Mauro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Davies accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mauro seems to have got his legs back now.
Davies passes into half guard.
Mauro has hold of Davies's hands but Davies slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davies postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mauro looks a forlorn figure.
Davies lands a couple of good shots and Mauro has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Mauro is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Davies landing with strikes.
Davies lands a good shot there. Mauro covers up! Davies smells blood and goes for the finish - the referee warns Mauro to improve his position but he's not intelligently defending himself and the referee has no choice but to step in and end the fight! Davies jumps to his feet and celebrates the important win with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osian Davies!