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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Foul Play (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Play's entrance music is Simon Says-Pharaohe Monche. A fine choice. David comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bring The Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Xavier David was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Foul Play!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Play throws a chopping leg kick but David manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Play fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but David is out of range.
David misses with a takedown attempt - Play sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Play tries to bum rush David with a series of wild strikes but David uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Play misses with an uppercut.
Play fakes high and swings low for a body shot but David manages to avoid it.
Play misses with a hook. David ducked under it nicely.
David closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Play to the mat! Play manages to get full guard.
Play wants to stand up but David is controlling him.
Play wants to sweep but no luck.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells David's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Play is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst David is controlling him.
Play has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but David can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
David trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David trying to control the position from guard on top but Play is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
David postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
David thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
David stopping the sweep attempt from Play.
David working some strikes from top position.
Play looking to hit a scissor sweep but David is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Play throws an overhand right that lands on David's shoulder, as David tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Play.
A jab from Play misses.
David slips under a jab from Play.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Play throws an uppercut from half a mile away. David sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Play throws a lazy right hand but David sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Play looks to land a left hand but David moved out of range nicely.
Play gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and David counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Play's guard now.
David landing some decent shots from guard.
David makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
David lands a couple of elbows.
David lands a couple of decent looking shots.
David drops back looking for a leg! Play is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Play manages to kick David off! David jumps back into Play's guard.
Play has momentary wrist control but David slips an elbow through the middle.
Play is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David is in close to Play's body, working some short punches and elbows.
David drops back looking for a leg! Play is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Play manages to kick David off! David jumps back into Play's guard.
Play manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. David manages to get himself to full guard.
Play trying to stand up but can't free himself from David's guard.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Play manages to get himself to full guard.
Play lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for David!
Play throws a wild left hand from mount and David manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Play thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Play throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Play sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. David defending well though.
David has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Play drops an elbow to the side of David's head.
Play thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed David's head.
David is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Play pulls his head out easily.
David is refusing to be controlled, as Play sits in half guard.
Play stalling away here and it's allowed David to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Play has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Play working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of David's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier David dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Play misses with an uppercut.
David shoots in looking for a takedown. Play tries to sprawl out of it but David keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Play manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Play misses with a head kick.
Play throws a body punch but David moves out of range.
Play keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
David will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Play tries to bum rush David with a series of wild strikes but David uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Play throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Play.
Play pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Play misses with a hook. David ducked under it nicely.
Play misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from David.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Play throws a jab when David was well out of range.
Play looks to land a combination. David sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Play throws out a loose jab but David uses good head movement to avoid it.
Play throws and low kick but David moves out of range easily.
Play throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
David bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Play keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Foul Play has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier David.
David looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Play is fending him off so far but David persists. Nope, Play circles away and we're back to standing.
Play throws a hook but David avoids it easily.
Play feints and then cracks David's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow David down.
Play throws a shot from downtown. David moves away and avoids it.
David shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Play sprawls well. Play wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. David gets slowly back to his feet.
Play throws a looping overhand right but David ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Play stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Play wants it to stay on the feet.
A slow jab from Play misses its intended target.
Play loads up on a big right hand but David slips the punch.
Play takes a swing at David's ribcage but misses.
David uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Play.
Play tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but David was well out of range. Poor timing from Play.
David moves out of range of the strikes.
David staying out of range there.
Play connects with a right hand. David shakes it off.
Play throws a low kick, looking for David's leg but David calmly moves out of range.
Play cracks David with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Play throws a hook but David blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Play gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Play tries to get back to half guard but can't.
David tries to control but Play wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by David.
David scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Play?
Play is in all sorts of trouble here.
David lands a heavy elbow.
Play can't escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
David putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
David looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Play that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Play working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Play defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from David.
David working Play over with strikes here.
Play sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
David is taking a breather. Play says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Play wants to get back to full guard.
Play landing small, sideways elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Play trying to control from the bottom.
Xavier David has got the better of the ground game so far.
Play lands with a few short shots to the body.
David looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Play with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Foul Play will probably get the nod.
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.
Play thows a body shot but no joy.
Foul Play seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Play gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows David to score an easy takedown into full guard.
David advances to half guard.
David looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
David is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Play sees it coming and defends easily.
Play taking some punishment here, with David in his half guard.
Play gets full guard.
Play throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Play will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Play striking off his back but it's not causing David any problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Play trying to keep a closed guard but David is proving a slippery customer.
David trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
David takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
David postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
David thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
David with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
David takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
David avoids a punch combination nicely.
Play moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Play missing with a left hand there. David was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Play paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Play throws a hook but David avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Play looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
David staying out of range there.
David keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Play.
David defending well as Play loads up on a big left hand.
Play throws a jab when David was well out of range.
Play tries to bum rush David with a series of wild strikes but David uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
David shoots in but Play avoids the takedown attempt easily.
David steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Play.
Play misses with an uppercut.
Play tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but David was well out of range. Poor timing from Play.
David keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Play misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Play.
David fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
David uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Play.
Play swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Play throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
David scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. Play manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
David thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Play bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in David's guard.
Play is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
David keeping moving, preventing Play from controlling successfully.
David has his foot on Play's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Play works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Play with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Play would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Play wants to pass the guard but David is keeping the position.
David preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Play stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. David swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Play wants to stand but David has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
David is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Xavier David just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
David slips under a jab from Play.
David moves out of range as Play strikes.
Play tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
David takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Play throws out a loose jab but David uses good head movement to avoid it.
David checks a leg kick nicely.
David avoids the body shot from Play.
David bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A jab from Play misses.
Play tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and David is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Play misses with a straight left.
David avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Play cracks a nice hook into David's ribs.
David misses with a double jab.
Play fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
David keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
David steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Play.
Play with a poor takedown
and David counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Play's guard now.
David lands a couple of digs.
David lands a couple of elbows.
David is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Play is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
David won't allow Play to sweep him here.
David is pushing down on Play's leg trying to pass to half guard. Play is fighting to maintain full guard but David has managed to sneak the leg through.
David lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Play tries to roll over but David keeps him under control.
David is trying to work for a kimura but Play is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Play works his way to full guard. Good work.
Play throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
David preventing the sweep.
Play keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
David postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Play looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Play can't keep his opponent in guard - David advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Play is looking to control David's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Play avoid being mounted?
Play missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A telegraphed right hand from Play misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Play throws a left and a right that both miss
and David counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Play is trying to control the position but David postures up.
David lands a couple of digs.
David works over Play with some ground and pound from guard.
David preventing the sweep.
David thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
David connects with a couple of short punches.
David trying to control but Play is working from the bottom.
Play is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst David is controlling him.
Play has momentary wrist control but David slips an elbow through the middle.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Play throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier David dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Play pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
David misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Play misses with an uppercut. David saw that one coming.
Play jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from David.
Play throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Play misses with a takedown attempt
and David counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
David is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Play defends it well.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Play wants to improve his position but David is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Play is looking to improve his position.
David trying to control the action but Play is working from the bottom.
Play wants to sweep but David has passed to side control!
Play is looking to regain half guard here but David keeps moving and retains side control.
David slows the pace down.
Play is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
David working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Play throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Play seems a little lost for a moment, as David dominates the positioning.
David creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Play takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
David throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Play gets back to half guard.
Play is trying to get back to full guard.
David is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
David stops Play from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Play wants to control but David is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Play is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Play throws a hook but David blocks it.
Play tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Foul Play is winning the standup battle so far.
David uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Play.
Play lands with a shot to the body.
David gets a takedown into half guard.
David blocks the strikes from Play.
Play is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is working for a kimura but Play is defending it quite comfortably.
David working Play over with strikes.
Foul Play has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
David stops Play from getting back to his feet.
David working Play over with strikes.
David wants to control but Play is keeping him busy.
Play tries to roll over but David keeps him under control.
Play is refusing to be controlled, as David sits in half guard.
David thows a huge punch but Play dodges it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier David comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think David 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 46:49
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 46:49
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier David!
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