PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Davis (ranked 89 p4p, 495 weight class) and Zafir Farman (ranked 4 p4p, 40 weight class). Davis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rocky Road. Bryant Davis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davis
vs
Farman

171 cm
24
135
10 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
139
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zafir Farman!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Davis does it's job there.
Davis takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Bryant Davis has been cut.
Farman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Farman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Davis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Farman's sensitive parts.
Davis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Farman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis lunges at Farman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Farman's hand.
Davis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Farman moves out of range as Davis strikes.
Farman slips under a jab from Davis.
Davis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis throws a leg kick
and Farman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Davis.

Farman rushes Davis and presses him up against the cage.
Farman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis lands a right hand.
Davis blocking some punches.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
Farman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farman swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
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.
Farman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis has Farman pushed against the cage.
A short left from Davis.
Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farman moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands with an uppercut that bounces Farman off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Farman instigates a clinch.
Farman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Davis misses with the head strike.
Farman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farman being controlled against the cage.
Davis blocks a body shot from Farman.
Farman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Farman.
Farman struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Farman tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis swings wildly with an uppercut but Farman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farman lands a nice uppercut.
Farman gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Farman.

Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Farman swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis throws a right hand that misses
and Farman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Farman. That's going to slow Davis down.
Davis connects with a solid leg kick.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Farman.
Farman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davis.
Davis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Davis gets tackled into the cage by Farman. Farman maintains the clinch.
Farman scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands a right hand.
Farman lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Farman throws a head punch that misses.
Farman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Farman digs a right hand underneath Davis's ribcage. Davis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Farman.
Farman misses with a body punch.
Farman lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Farman.
Farman lands a left hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Davis stalling the fight.
A right handed body shot lands from Farman.
Farman lands a nice shot to the body.
Farman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Farman struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Farman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farman misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Farman.
Farman scores with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zafir Farman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryant Davis'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.

Davis throws a leg kick but Farman moved away.
Davis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A leg kick checked by Farman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Farman. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farman moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis throws a jab when Farman was well out of range.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and Farman moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Farman.
Davis avoids the head kick by Farman.
Farman blocks a leg kick.
Farman throws out a counter right but Davis avoids it with no problem.
Davis staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis cracks Farman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Farman throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Davis.
Davis throws a leg kick but Farman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Farman doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis throws a body shot but no joy.
Farman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farman misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Davis.
A low kick lands for Farman.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Davis missing with a left hand there. Farman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Farman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Davis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Farman.
Farman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.
A low kick from Davis is predictable there
and Farman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Farman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farman blocks a head kick by Davis.
Farman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A low kick from Davis misses
and Farman counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Farman misses.
Farman lands a really nice looking cross but Davis seems unphased.

Davis is rocked!
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farman.
Bryant Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Farman should have avoided that one.
Davis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Farman tries to clinch but Davis moves away
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Farman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farman slips a jab from Davis.
A low kick from Davis is predictable there
enabling Farman to counter with a crisp jab.
Farman's corner calls for a 1-2. Farman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oh Davis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Farman moves out of range of the body kick from Davis.
Farman throws out a counter right but Davis avoids it with no problem.
Davis misses with a hook
and Farman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Farman looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis motions for Farman to come forward. Davis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Farman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice side step and Farman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Davis is looking to score with low kicks.
Farman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Farman feints a jab and as Davis dips his head, Farman unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Davis right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Davis falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Farman smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zafir Farman!
Zafir Farman is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Zafir Farman made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.