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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthew Davis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Frankie Ray's chin.
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193 lbs
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177 cm
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198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthew Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frankie Ray!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Ray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davis's sensitive parts.
Davis shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ray manages to avoid it.
Matthew Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis closes the distance and clinches up with Ray, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes Ray against the cage but Ray circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Davis throws a hook but Ray blocks it.
Ray's corner calls for a 1-2. Ray obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Matthew Davis has been cut.
Ray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Ray gets a takedown into half guard.
Ray passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Davis!
Ray is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Ray.
Ray controlling from mount.
Davis tries to reverse the position but Ray maintains control.
Ray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ray is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ray slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis with the active half guard here but Ray passes nicely into side control.
Ray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis is looking for a sweep.
Ray is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Davis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Davis is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ray off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray breaks Davis's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Ray works over Davis with some ground and pound from guard.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
Davis wants to stand and escape but Ray is having none of it.
Ray working some strikes from top position.
Ray is stalling in the full guard.
Ray lands a couple of digs.
Ray trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis 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.
Ray advances position into side control!
Ray looks up at the clock and then as Davis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ray smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ray landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
Ray controlling from side mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Ray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Davis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ray smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Davis shoots and misses
and Ray counters with a left to the body.
Ray doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Davis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ray.
Ray connects with a looping right hand.
Ray cracks Davis with an uppercut from hell and Davis crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Ray's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Davis is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ray with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oh Davis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ray looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
Davis being controlled here, momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis can't keep his opponent in guard - Ray advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ray frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ray fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis tries to reverse the position but Ray maintains control.
Ray raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Ray.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray looking to finish Davis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Davis!
Ray fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ray in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ray cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Ray.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Ray.
Davis is trying to escape the mount.
Ray controlling from mount.
Ray landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Frankie Ray has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ray postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Davis looks a forlorn figure.
Ray controlling from mount.
Ray unloading with bombs!
Ray with shots to the head and body - Davis looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Ray.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis is in a horrible position here. Ray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ray lands with some strikes.
Ray postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Davis badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Ray around the waist but Ray pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Ray is the winner by TKO! Ray jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frankie Ray!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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