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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yao Ming (ranked 24732 p4p, 3057 weight class) and Tre Davis (ranked 584 p4p, 406 weight class). Yao Ming has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yao Ming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tre Davis!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ming misses with a series of wild punches.
It seemed like Davis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ming throws an off balance right hand
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand.
Ming misses with an uppercut
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis moves away from the strike by Ming.
Ming looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Ming swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ming slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Ming there.
Davis defending well as Ming loads up on a big left hand.
Ming is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Jab, jab by Ming - just one landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ming throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davis! But no joy.
Yao Ming seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from Ming.
Davis is looking to clinch but Ming is avoiding it.
Davis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ming lands the left hand.
Ming throws a hook but Davis avoids it easily.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ming throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Ming's head coaches at Fireball Zone that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ming works over Davis's head and body with a nice combination.
Ming throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Davis on the side of the head.
Ming bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Davis's head backwards.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Ming swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ming is looking to counter punch.
Ming circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis takes the fight into the clinch.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Ming.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Ming.
Ming takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ming swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ming has a couple of punches blocked by Davis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ming softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Davis lands a body punch.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ming is defending well for now.
Ming with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ming misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ming swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Ming fails to land.
Davis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ming seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Davis can turn it around.
Davis prevents a body shot from Ming.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ming.
Ming keeps control of Davis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ming misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ming is keeping busy.
Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ming clobbers Davis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Ming finds it's way through Davis's defenses.
Davis avoids the head kick by Ming.
Ming throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
Ming is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Davis slips a jab from Ming.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis throws a body punch but Ming moves out of range.
Ming lands with a good body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Ming misses the target.
Ming stuffs the takedown attempt from Davis. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Ming loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Ming misses with an uppercut
and Davis counters with a series of strikes. Ming will be more careful next time no doubt.
Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ming throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ming throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ming has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ming missing with knees to the body.
Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ming paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ming throws a counter high kick but Davis was just alert enough to avoid it.
Ming connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Davis moves out of range of the body kick.
Ming really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Davis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Ming tries to clinch but Davis moves away
and Davis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ming thinking.
Ming misses with a straight left.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Ming pushes him off.
Ming gets tackled into the cage by Davis. Davis maintains the clinch.
Davis misses with a knee strike.
Ming misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yao Ming dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Davis tries to clinch up but Ming circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Ming unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
Ming lands with a short shot to the head.
Ming throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ming avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Ming.
Davis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mings head.
Davis working hard to break the clinch.
Ming lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ming lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ming on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ming breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ming thuds his right hand into Davis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yao Ming is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ming misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Davis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ming jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davis clinches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ming tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Davis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ming.
Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ming.
Ming swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ming with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davis tries to break free but Ming pushes him back against the cage.
Davis tries a body shot but Ming blocks it.
Ming tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Ming.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ming in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davis has Ming pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ming.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
Ming tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ming blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis gets through Ming's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ming blocking some punches.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Ming is blocking nicely.
Ming misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ming working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ming lands a hook that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Davis stalling.
Ming breaks from the clinch.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ming swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis wants to counter with a clinch but Ming pushes him away.
Davis moves away from the strike by Ming.
Ming scores with a hook to the body. Davis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ming fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davis avoids it really well and circles away.
Ming swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Ming swings widly with a right hand
and Davis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ming throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis tries to clinch but Ming is having none of it.
Ming throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Nice cross by Ming.
Davis avoids the body shot from Ming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davis! But no joy.
Ming looks to land a combination. Davis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Davis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ming finds it's way round the side to connect with Davis's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ming lands with a slapping head kick.
Ming swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Ming, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ming is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Ming swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ming rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ming takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ming's elbow.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Ming blocks it.
Ming lands a nice knee to the body.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Yao Ming will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ming with a hook.
Ming misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Davis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ming scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Davis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ming lands with an overhand left.
Ming misses with a wild body shot.
Despite the aggression on Davis's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Ming bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Davis moves out of range of the strikes.
Ming lands with a straight right. Davis didn't see that one coming.
Ming 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.
Ming swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Ming pushes him off.
Ming loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Davis moves in looking to clinch but Ming pushes him off.
Davis is looking to clinch but Ming is avoiding it.
Davis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ming letting Davis take a breather here.
Tre Davis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Ming swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ming scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
Ming swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ming lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ming blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ming lands a knee to the head.
Ming fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ming works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ming misses with a knee strike.
Ming swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ming on the inside.
A short left from Davis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ming lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Davis or not.
Ming on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ming cracks Davis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Davis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yao Ming is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ming uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jab from Ming.
Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Ming avoids the damage to the body.
Yao Ming is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davis stalling.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ming.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ming.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Ming prevents Davis from breaking the clinch.
Davis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ming.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Ming is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
Ming fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davis can't find room to land a body shot as Ming controls the action.
Ming lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ming lands with a short shot to the head.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tre Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis tries a body shot but Ming blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yao Ming showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ming, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yao Ming!
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energy
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hype
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