PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jonathan Davis (ranked 22948 p4p, 22369 weight class) and Tom Louis (ranked 638 p4p, 619 weight class). Davis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Korn - Freak On a Leash. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Davis
vs
Louis

192 cm
25
189
10 - 3 - 0

186 cm
29
199
19 - 12 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Louis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis misses with a hook.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Louis.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
And Davis counters with a quick kick to the body but Louis blocks it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Davis. Louis shrugs it off though.
Davis throws a hook but Louis avoids it easily.
Louis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Davis avoids the body shot from Louis.
Davis misses with a hook to the body
and Louis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Louis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Davis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at McGrady FT in the buildup to the fight.
Louis scores with a nice body kick.
Louis is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Louis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Louis.
We've been informed that Louis has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Davis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Louis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Louis scores with a body shot.
Louis connects with a body shot.
Davis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Louis throws out the jab.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Louis finds it's way round the side to connect with Davis's head.
Louis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Davis momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Louis throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crunch! Davis slams his shin into Louis's torso.
Davis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice cross by Louis.
Louis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Davis finds it's way round the side to connect with Louis's head.

It looks like Tom Louis has been cut.
Louis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Davis's head.
Louis lands with a nice body kick.
Louis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Louis misses the jab.
Louis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis misses with a body kick.
Davis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Louis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Louis'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.

Louis throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Louis misses with an uppercut
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
Davis thows a leg kick but Louis checks it
and Louis counters with a good low kick that Davis was not able to check.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Louis ducks down to avoid it.
Davis blocks a head kick by Louis.
Louis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Louis misses with a body kick.
Tom Louis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis takes a swing at Louis's ribcage but misses.
Louis wants to counter the offense by Davis and move into the clinch position.
Louis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Louis misses with a straight left.
As Louis looks to move away, Davis throws a big counter combo but Louis just gets out of the way.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Louis looks to move away, Davis throws a big counter combo but Louis just gets out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis takes a swing at Louis's ribcage but misses.
Davis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Louis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Davis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Louis scores with a nice head shot.
Davis swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louis lands a jab to Davis's midsection.
Davis throws out a loose jab but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Louis.
Davis moves out of range as Louis strikes.
Davis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Louis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A swing and a miss from Louis.
Davis throwing a counter right hand but Louis manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Louis closes the distance and pushes Davis back into the ropes.
Davis controlling the action here for a moment.
Louis looking to slow down the pace here.
Louis managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Louis trying to land knees to the body.
Louis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Davis tries to stall but Louis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Louis misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Louis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tom Louis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Davis throws a head kick but Louis moves out of range.
Jonathan Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louis lands a slapping body shot.
Davis connects with a solid leg kick.
Tom Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Decent striking displayed by Louis there.
Louis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Louis missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Louis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis swinging wildly here.
Louis swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis tries to land a leg kick but Davis saw it coming and moves away.
Louis throws a lazy uppercut
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand.
Louis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Louis takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Davis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis misses with a straight left.
Louis misses the body punch
and Louis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Louis is rocked!
Davis throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Louis crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jonathan Davis!
Jonathan Davis decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Tom Louis was interviewed post fight and said 'Hats off to my opponent, looking forward to the rematch!'.