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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Davis (ranked 502 p4p, 838 weight class) and Verney Lapierre (ranked 35 p4p, 61 weight class). Davis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rocky Road. Lapierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sugar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Verney Lapierre acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryant Davis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Verney Lapierre!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lapierre.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Lapierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lapierre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Lapierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bryant Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Lapierre saw that one coming.
Davis lands a glancing blow to the side of Lapierre's head.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lapierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lapierre defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Davis misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapierre takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lapierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Davis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lapierre on the side of the head.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Lapierre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Davis.
Lapierre takes one to the side of the head.
Davis misses with a low kick as Lapierre jumps back.
Lapierre tries to counter by closing the distance.
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Davis connects with an inside leg kick.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lapierre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lapierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Davis looks to throw the jab but Lapierre is out of range.
Davis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lapierre slips under a jab.
Lapierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lapierre throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lapierre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lapierre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses the jab.
A big right from Davis misses.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Lapierre is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Davis with a body shot.
Davis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lapierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
An attempted straight right counter from Davis misses the target.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Lapierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A clash of legs there as Lapierre blocks the low kick.
Lapierre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Davis throws a one two combo.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Lapierre moves away and avoids it.
Lapierre is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lapierre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lapierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Lapierre.
That kick from Davis tenderised Lapierre's leg. Lapierre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Davis connects with a nice looking jab.
Davis throws a jab when Lapierre was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Lapierre.
Davis sets himself, and Lapierre steps forward looking for the clinch! Davis avoids it this time.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lapierre to counter with a crisp jab.
Lapierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Davis blocks a jab.
Lapierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.
A little jabbing left from Lapierre on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lapierre moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Lapierre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lapierre throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Lapierre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davis. Davis obviously looking to wear him down.
Lapierre slips a jab from Davis.
Lapierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lapierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Lapierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Lapierre throws a sloppy body shot
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
Lapierre staying out of range there.
Lapierre ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lapierre tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Lapierre missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lapierre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice side step and Lapierre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lapierre throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lapierre let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A big right from Davis misses.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Lapierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lapierre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davis misses with a hook
and Lapierre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Davis.
Lapierre misses with a wild body shot.
Davis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lapierre momentarily.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lapierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lapierre. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Davis dominated that round.
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.
Lapierre looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lapierre.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Lapierre ducks down to avoid it.
Lapierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis avoids the body shot from Lapierre.
Davis appears to be looking for a big counter.
Davis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lapierre misses with a hook.
Davis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis lands a glancing blow to the side of Lapierre's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis misses with a hook.
Lapierre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lapierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Lapierre stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davis.
Davis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lapierre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Nice cross by Davis.
Lapierre moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Davis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lapierre checks it well.
Lapierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davis.
Lapierre stuns Davis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Lapierre might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Davis has got the better of the exchanges.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Lapierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Davis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lapierre back to the cage. Davis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Davis throws a big shot that misses.
Lapierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Lapierre.
A jab from Davis misses.
Lapierre slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Lapierre throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws an off balance right hand
and Lapierre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lapierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Lapierre slips the punch.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Lapierre.
Davis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Lapierre counters with a left to the body.
Lapierre misses with a wild body shot.
Davis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lapierre misses with a jab to the body
and Davis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Davis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lapierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lapierre.
Lapierre throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lapierre looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Lapierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davis.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Lapierre's head but Lapierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Davis sizes up Lapierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lapierre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lapierre loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Davis misses with a looping left.
Lapierre lands a glancing blow to the side of Davis's head.
Lapierre is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Davis rather than just go for the knockout.
Lapierre is looking to clinch.
Lapierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lapierre looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
A low kick lands for Davis.
Lapierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lapierre misses with a straight right.
Bryant Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Lapierre swings widly with a right hand
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lapierre takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Davis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Lapierre.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davis throws the left hand but Lapierre avoids the punch easily.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Lapierre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lapierre.
Davis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Davis lands with a light punch inside.
Davis lands with a left to the head.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.
Lapierre is rocked!
Davis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lapierre is still on wobbly legs! Can Davis finish him?
Davis working aggressively here.
Davis misses with some punches.
Davis misses with the head strike.
Lapierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lapierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapierre.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapierre.
Davis swings wildly with an uppercut but Lapierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Davis dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Lapierre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Lapierre slips the punch.
Lapierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lapierre connects with a body shot.
Davis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lapierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.
A countering left hand to the body from Lapierre misses.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lapierre can do to turn this around?
Davis misses with a hook.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lapierre.
As Lapierre looks to move away, Davis throws a big counter combo but Lapierre just gets out of the way.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Lapierre misses its intended target.
Davis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lapierre clinches.
Lapierre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lapierre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Davis breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lapierre.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Lapierre moved out of range nicely.
Lapierre walks into a jab.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lapierre counters with a nice body shot.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Lapierre's head but Lapierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lapierre is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Davis with a body shot.
Lapierre misses with a shot to the body
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
Davis throws a monster overhand right that drops Lapierre! Davis follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryant Davis!
Bryant Davis retains his bantamweight title!
In his post fight interview, Bryant Davis started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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