PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Hornby (ranked 24441 p4p, 3075 weight class) and Jackson Davis (ranked 285 p4p, 172 weight class). Ben Hornby could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jackson Davis's chin.

Hornby
vs
Davis

167 cm
20
143
1 - 6 - 0

175 cm
19
140
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Hornby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jackson Davis!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Davis misses.
Davis cracks Hornby with an open hand slap.
Davis avoids a kick to the body.
Hornby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hornby has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hornby throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hornby looks for a takedown but Davis sprawls well.
Hornby throws a lazy right hand but Davis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hornby slips a straight right by Davis.
Hornby appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hornby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis tries to score with a low kick but Hornby moves his leg out of the way.
A head kick by Hornby misses
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Hornby does no damage.
Davis only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Hornby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hornby is looking for a counter combo.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hornby moves away.
A punch combination from Hornby misses.
Davis avoids the head kick by Hornby.
Hornby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hornby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hornby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hornby checks a leg kick.
Davis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hornby connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Davis scrambles back to his feet.
Hornby misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davis! But no joy.
Hornby moves away from the strike by Davis.
Hornby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hornby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hornby wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hornby moves into the clinch.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Hornby controls his hands.
Davis misses with a punch on the inside.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Hornby.
Davis swings wildly with an uppercut but Hornby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hornby is looking to control Davis's arms but Davis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hornby has his back to the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A body shot lands from Hornby.
Davis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis prevents Hornby from breaking the clinch.
Hornby tries to break free but Davis pushes him back against the cage.
Davis stops a takedown attempt from Hornby.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hornby backwards.
Hornby wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is pushing Hornby up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
Hornby wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hornby tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Davis leaning against his opponent.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Hornby avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Hornby is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Davis to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Hornby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hornby is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Davis manages to break the clinch.

Hornby closes the distance and pushes Davis back into the cage.
Hornby wants to break free but Davis has control.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Davis prevents Hornby from breaking the clinch.
Davis misses with some punches.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hornby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hornby wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Hornby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hornby tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davis throws out a loose jab but Hornby uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Hornby misses the target.
Hornby works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hornby moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Hornby scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hornby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hornby scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Hornby moved out of range.
Davis scores with a jab. Hornby acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Hornby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice sprawl there from Davis as Hornby shoots in.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Hornby saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jackson Davis will probably get the nod.
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.

Davis sizes up Hornby with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Davis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hornby.
Hornby 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 swings widly with a right hand
and Hornby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hornby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hornby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Hornby shoots in but no luck this time.
Hornby tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hornby dives in for a single leg takedown but Davis sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hornby tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Hornby working hard to break the clinch.
Davis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
Ben Hornby is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hornby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Hornby throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
Davis misses with a hook
and Hornby counters with a series of strikes. Davis will be more careful next time no doubt.

Hornby clinches up against the cage.
Hornby tries to pull guard but Davis forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Hornby. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Davis is trying to trip Hornby. He has hold of a leg but Hornby is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Davis persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis throwing strikes but missing.
Davis wants to stand but Hornby has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Davis wants to control from the top but Hornby keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hornby throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hornby swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hornby works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hornby seems keen to control Davis's posture.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hornby looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hornby keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A jab from Davis misses.
Davis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hornby slips a jab and a cross from Davis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hornby tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hornby looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Hornby clinches.

Hornby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Hornby throws a combination. Davis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hornby slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hornby tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Davis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hornby tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hornby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis misses with a hook.
Hornby fails to land the takedown.
Davis throws out a counter right but Hornby avoids it with no problem.
Davis throws a hook but Hornby blocks it.
Hornby swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hornby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davis.
As Davis looks to move away, Hornby throws a big counter combo but Davis just gets out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davis.
Davis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hornby throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Davis on the side of the head.
A big left from Davis misses.
Hornby wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Davis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Davis wants it to stay on the feet.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis throws out a counter right but Hornby avoids it with no problem.
Ben Hornby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hornby moves away.
Davis throws a jab when Hornby was well out of range.
Hornby throws a counter high kick but Davis was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hornby moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hornby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hornby ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hornby.
Hornby throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hornby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jackson Davis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hornby blocks a jab.
Hornby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Davis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hornby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Despite the aggression on Davis's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Davis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hornbys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis scores with a jab. Hornby acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Hornby.
Davis tries a body shot but Hornby blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hornby working hard to break the clinch.
Davis working aggressively here.
Hornby is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
Davis prevents Hornby from breaking the clinch.
Jackson Davis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Davis misses with some punches.
Hornby fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Hornby jumps guard but Davis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hornby wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Davis digs a right hand underneath Hornby's ribcage. Hornby let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hornby has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Hornby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Hornby fails to land.
Hornby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hornby is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hornby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hornby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis with a nice cross.
A punch combination from Hornby misses.
Hornby throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Davis.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hornby wants to clinch.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Hornby slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Hornby slips the punch.
Hornby lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Davis slips under a jab.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hornby counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hornby defends it nicely.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hornby throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
Hornby throws a series of punches but Davis moves out of range.
Davis was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Davis throws the left hand but Hornby avoids the punch easily.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good exchange - Davis coming out on top.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis trying to control the position but instead, Hornby has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davis into the cage.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hornby tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Hornby controls his hands.
Davis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Davis works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Hornby throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hornby can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Davis controls the pace.
Hornby wants to sweep here but Davis controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hornby is keeping the position for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Davis!