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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Davis (ranked 1183 p4p, 4056 weight class) and Tom Dancer (ranked 173 p4p, 447 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Dancer!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis looks to land a combination but Dancer avoids it well.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dancer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dancer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Davis tries to clinch but Dancer moves out of range.
Dancer misses with a low kick.
Davis pushes Dancer up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dancer.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Dancer.
Dancer lands with a right to the head.
Davis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dancer.
Davis leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis prevents a body shot from Dancer.
Dancer swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dancer.
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.
Davis lands a body shot.
Dancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Dancer gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis stalling.
Dancer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dancer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Dancer avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Dancer misses with the head strike.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Dancer is controlling the position.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Davis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis is trying to break free.
A short left from Davis.
Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dancer connects with an inside leg kick.
Danny Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dancer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dancer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Dancer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dancer scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
Dancer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dancer cracks Davis with a nice body shot.
Davis manages to break the clinch.
Davis scores with a shot to the body.
Davis tries to clinch up but Dancer circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis misses the jab.
Davis ducks right into an uppercut from Dancer.
Nice shot lands for Dancer.
Dancer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Davis's head.
Davis slips under a jab.
Dancer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Davis misses the target.
Dancer lands with a kick to the temple. Davis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dancer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Dancer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis throws a right hand that Dancer ducks under and follows up with a left that Dancer also avoids with ease.
Dancer tries a quick counter leg kick but Davis is wise to it.
Dancer slips under a jab.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Dancer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dancer throws a hook but Davis avoids it easily.
Davis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dancer throws a low kick, looking for Davis's leg but Davis calmly moves out of range.
Dancer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dancer wants to slow Davis down by chopping away at his legs.
Dancer misses with a low kick.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dancer dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Dancer has double underhooks.
Dancer lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dancer can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Dancer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis lands a nice uppercut.
Dancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Davis tries to circle away but Dancer has him pinned against the cage.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Dancer throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dancer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dancer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Davis misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Dancer.
Dancer misses with the head strike.
Dancer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Dancer has the dominant position.
Davis tries to work over Dancer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tom Dancer will probably get the nod.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Davis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Davis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dancer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dancer with a jab.
Dancer throws a nice head kick!
Tom Dancer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Dancer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis scores with a jab.
It looks like Tom Dancer has been cut.
Dancer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dancer just misses with a punch to the body.
Dancer throws a body kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dancer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dancer looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dancer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dancer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dancer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Dancer circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dancer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Dancer connects with an inside leg kick.
Dancer throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis cracks Dancer with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Davis has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Dancer to stand back up!
Dancer is rocked!
Davis misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dancer throws a head kick that misses.
Dancer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Davis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dancer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dancer slips a jab from Davis.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dancer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dancer! But no joy.
Davis clinches up with Dancer and pushes him back against the cage.
Dancer has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dancer lands with a left to the head.
Tom Dancer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Davis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Davis prevents a body shot from Dancer.
Dancer tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Dancer back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Davis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Davis working aggressively here.
Davis can't find room to land a body shot as Dancer controls the action.
Davis blocking some punches.
Davis swings wildly with an uppercut but Dancer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dancer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis tests Dancer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dancer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dancer is looking to score with low kicks.
Dancer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Dancer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
A nice side step and Dancer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dancer slips a straight right by Davis.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dancer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dancer throws out the jab.
Dancer misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Davis throws an overhand right that lands on Dancer's shoulder, as Dancer tries to avoid the shot.
Dancer throws a low kick but Davis moves out of range easily.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dancer. That's going to slow Davis down.
Some bone on bone action there as Davis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dancer moves away from the strike by Davis.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Dancer slaps away a takedown attempt from Davis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dancer throws a head kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Davis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
Dancer thinks about the counter body kick.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Davis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Davis scores with a jab to the body.
Dancer lands a jab to Davis's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis tries to clinch but Dancer is having none of it.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis works Dancer's body with a nice hook.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Davis connects with a right hand. Dancer shakes it off.
Dancer is looking to score with low kicks.
Dancer throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
Dancer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Davis lands a right hook to the body.
Davis staying out of range there.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dancer manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dancer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davis throws a series of punches but Dancer moves out of range.
Dancer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis dips to his left and cracks Dancer with an uppercut!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Dancer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Davis misses with a double jab.
Dancer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dancer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Davis swings widly with a right hand
and Dancer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davis scores with a decent looking hook.
Dancer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Davis if he has to take too many more of those.
Dancer throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it.
Dancer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Davis if he has to take too many more of those.
Davis is looking to clinch but Dancer is avoiding it.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis tries to clinch there but Dancer circles away.
Dancer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dancer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dancer has him pressed against the cage.
Dancer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dancer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dancer throws a low kick, looking for Davis's leg but Davis calmly moves out of range.
Davis misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and Dancer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That kick from Dancer tenderised Davis's leg. Davis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dancer scores with a push kick.
Dancer tries to land a front kick but Davis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Davis checks a leg kick nicely.
Davis connects with a jab.
Davis has Dancer up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dancer can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Dancer has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dancer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis tries to break the clinch but Dancer is controlling the position.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dancer's elbow.
Davis tries a body shot but Dancer blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dancer lands with a left to the head.
Davis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short uppercut from Dancer.
Davis tries a body shot but Dancer blocks it.
Dancer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
Dancer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Davis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dancer can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
Dancer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Davis tries to break free but Dancer pushes him back against the cage.
Dancer misses with a punch to the body.
Davis is trying to force a seperation but Dancer has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dancer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dancer.
Dancer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dancer.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Dancer counters with an outside leg kick.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Dancer counters with an outside leg kick.
Dancer tries a low kick but Davis avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Davis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Dancer throws a body shot but no joy.
Dancer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dancer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Davis moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis throws a body shot but no joy.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Dancer pushes him off.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dancer manages to avoid it.
Dancer connects with an inside leg kick.
Dancer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davis doesn't seem bothered though.
Davis wants to clinch.
Dancer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dancer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis scores with a jab to the body.
Davis tests Dancer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dancer slips under a jab from Davis.
Dancer flicks out a counter leg kick but Davis steps away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tom Dancer.
I think Dancer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Dancer!
Tom Dancer very nearly forgot to thank NARCOS amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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