PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Talib Kweli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grayson Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Davis's choice of entrance music: All That Remains - Focus Shall Not Fail. Talib Kweli could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Grayson Davis's chin.

Kweli
vs
Davis

160 cm
22
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
20
154 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Talib Kweli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Grayson Davis!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis tries for a takedown but Kweli sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Kweli gets the takedown into side control.

Kweli is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kweli creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

It looks like Grayson Davis has been cut.
Davis tries to bench press Kweli off him but Kweli keeps the position.
Davis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Davis keeps Kweli under control for a moment.
Davis tries to bench press Kweli off him but Kweli keeps the position.
Davis is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kweli off and has taken his back!

Kweli is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Davis is looking for a rear naked choke here but Kweli reverses the position brilliantly into Davis's guard!

Davis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kweli defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kweli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
Kweli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kweli postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kweli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kweli passes into half guard.
Davis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kweli takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Davis actively working from the bottom here.
Kweli winds up and cracks Davis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Kweli is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Davis sees it coming and defends easily.
Davis is concentrating on defense, preventing Kweli from advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davis looking for submissions off his back.
Davis looks gassed!
Davis is trying to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kweli connects with a nice short shot to Davis's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kweli lands a nice short elbow.

Davis looking for submissions off his back.
Kweli working over Davis with some ground and pound. Davis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kweli looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kweli winds up and cracks Davis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kweli works his way into full mount!
Davis can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kweli scoring with strikes but Davis is staying in there.
Kweli working Davis over with strikes here.

Kweli is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Davis can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Davis is working to get back to half guard.
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kweli lands with some strikes.

Davis is rocked!
Kweli working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Davis is still in real trouble! Can Kweli finish him?
Davis is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Kweli.

That has opened up Grayson Davis's cut even more.
Kweli scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kweli looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Davis covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Talib Kweli!