PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Levi Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragan Davydenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Levi Wagner has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Wagner
vs
Davydenko

200 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
21
205 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Levi Wagner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dragan Davydenko!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davydenko gets a clinch.
Davydenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davydenko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wagner backwards.

It looks like Levi Wagner has been cut.
Davydenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davydenko misses with a knee strike.
Davydenko tries to land a knee to the head but Wagner blocks with his arms.
Davydenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wagner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davydenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davydenko avoiding damage.
Wagner tries to break the clinch but Davydenko is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Wagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davydenko tries to land a knee to the head but Wagner blocks with his arms.
Davydenko lands a knee to the head.
Davydenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davydenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wagner working aggressively here.
Wagner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davydenko lands a right hand.
Davydenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wagner's face.
Davydenko looking to throw knees to the head but Wagner is blocking nicely.
Wagner struggles to land a body shot inside as Davydenko controls his hands.
Wagner tries to circle away but Davydenko has him pinned against the cage.
Davydenko avoiding damage.
Wagner throws a punch but it's blocked by Davydenko.
Wagner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wagner is trying to break the clinch but Davydenko is controlling him.
Davydenko misses with a knee strike.
Davydenko looks gassed!
Davydenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wagner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davydenko.
Davydenko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wagner's efforts to push away.
Wagner wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner misses with the head strike.
Davydenko lands a shoulder strike.
Davydenko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wagner's efforts to push away.
Davydenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davydenko looking to throw knees to the head but Wagner is blocking nicely.
Wagner tries to stall but Davydenko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Davydenko misses with a knee strike.
Wagner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davydenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wagner swings wildly with an uppercut but Davydenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wagner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wagner is trying to break the clinch but Davydenko has him pressed against the cage.
Wagner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wagner can't find room to land a body shot as Davydenko controls the action.
Wagner lands a shot to the body.
Davydenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wagner blocks it with crossed arms.
Davydenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wagner tries to work over Davydenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wagner working hard to break the clinch.
Wagner tries a body shot but Davydenko blocks it.
Wagner throws an elbow but it misses.
Wagner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wagner can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wagner is trying to force a seperation but Davydenko has the dominant position.
Wagner throws a punch but it's blocked by Davydenko.
Davydenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wagner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wagner has a couple of punches blocked by Davydenko.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wagner.
Davydenko misses with a knee strike.
Wagner working aggressively here.
Wagner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wagner wants to get back to striking at distance but Davydenko won't allow it.
Davydenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Wagner avoids the damage to the body.
Wagner misses with an elbow strike.
Wagner working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Wagner fails to land.

Wagner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wagner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Davydenko takes a step back to recover.
Wagner throws a nice looking combination but Davydenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wagner throws a head kick but Davydenko moves out of range.
Wagner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wagner looks for a takedown but Davydenko sprawls well.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wagner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No joy there for Wagner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wagner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Davydenko sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wagner tries to clinch but Davydenko moves away

and Davydenko counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Wagner!
Davydenko tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wagner is squirming around, avoiding Davydenko's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davydenko avoids the attempt from Wagner to control.
Wagner is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wagner wants to control but Davydenko is having none of it.
Davydenko controlling from the full mount.
Davydenko's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragan Davydenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Levi Wagner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wagner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wagner throws a nice looking combination but Davydenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wagner is looking to land body kicks.
Wagner wants to clinch but Davydenko slips to the side

and Davydenko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Davydenko.
A frustrated look appears on Wagner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Davydenko.
Wagner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davydenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davydenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davydenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davydenko is stalling here.
Wagner can't break the clinch.
Davydenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wagner fails to land.
Davydenko is breathing heavily.
Davydenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wagner blocks it with crossed arms.
Davydenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wagner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wagner is leaning against Davydenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wagner is working Davydenko over against the cage.
Wagner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wagner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davydenko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davydenko looking to throw knees to the head but Wagner is blocking nicely.
Wagner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davydenko looking to stall.
Wagner is looking to break free of the clinch but Davydenko has double underhooks.
Davydenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davydenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wagner blocks it with crossed arms.
Wagner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wagner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davydenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davydenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wagner blocks it with crossed arms.
Wagner is looking to control Davydenko's arms but Davydenko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wagner has his back to the cage.
Wagner tries to throw a body punch but Davydenko avoids it by throwing Wagner back against the cage.

Wagner breaks from the clinch.
Wagner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davydenko tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wagner sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Davydenko somewhat.
Davydenko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wagner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davydenko has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner connects with a nice looking jab.
Wagner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wagner tries to land a front kick but Davydenko steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Davydenko closes the distance and clinches up with Wagner, looking for a takedown. Davydenko pushes Wagner against the cage but Wagner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wagner scores with a head kick.
Davydenko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Davydenko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davydenko slips a jab from Wagner.
Wagner misses with a takedown attempt

and Davydenko counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wagner can't keep his opponent in guard - Davydenko advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davydenko stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davydenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wagner does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wagner trying to control but Davydenko postures up.
Davydenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wagner does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wagner is trying to control but can't.
Wagner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Davydenko content to stall in guard here.
Wagner looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wagner is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Davydenko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Davydenko controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wagner keeping moving, preventing Davydenko from controlling successfully.
Wagner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wagner throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davydenko is looking to clinch but Wagner is avoiding it.
Jab from Wagner.
Davydenko shoots in for a takedown but Wagner shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Levi Wagner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dragan Davydenko.
Davydenko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wagner jabs at Davydenko's body.
Davydenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wagner.
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 Levi Wagner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Levi Wagner's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wagner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davydenko closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wagner circles away.
Wagner stuffs the takedown.
Wagner lands with a slapping head kick.
Wagner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wagner delivers a nice body kick.
Wagner connects with a nice looking jab.
Wagner throws a combination that misses

and Davydenko counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davydenko.
Wagner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Davydenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wagner swings wildly with an uppercut but Davydenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wagner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wagner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wagner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davydenko digs a right hand underneath Wagner's ribcage. Wagner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wagner.
Davydenko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wagner's efforts to push away.
A short uppercut from Davydenko.
Wagner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Davydenko connects with a knee to the head.
Wagner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davydenko blocks an uppercut.
Wagner managing to block the knees to the body from Davydenko.
Davydenko misses with a knee to the head.
Wagner tries a body shot but Davydenko blocks it.
Wagner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davydenko's elbow.
Wagner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davydenko has him pressed against the cage.
Davydenko tries to land a knee to the head but Wagner blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wagner as Davydenko tries to tie him up.
Wagner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davydenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wagner tries to work over Davydenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davydenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davydenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wagner looking to throw knees to the head but Davydenko is blocking nicely.
Davydenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davydenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wagner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wagner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davydenko blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wagner wants to break free but Davydenko has control.
Davydenko blocking some punches.
Davydenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wagner's face.
Wagner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davydenko stalls.
Davydenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wagner is trying to break the clinch but Davydenko has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Davydenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davydenko tries to land a knee to the head but Wagner blocks with his arms.
Wagner misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davydenko.
Davydenko is looking to control Wagner's arms but Wagner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Davydenko has his back to the cage.

Wagner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davydenko shoots for a takedown but Wagner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Levi Wagner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dragan Davydenko.
Wagner scores with a sloppy right hand. Davydenko should have avoided that one.
Davydenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wagner defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davydenko.
Davydenko steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wagner. That one must have hurt.
Wagner pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davydenko.
Wagner fails to land with a series of punches.
Wagner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davydenko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wagner tries to avoid it but Davydenko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wagner to the ground. Wagner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wagner throws a series of punches but Davydenko moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wagner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Davydenko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Davydenko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Davydenko dodges the punch combination from Wagner.

Davydenko shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Davydenko was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wagner tries to control Davydenko's body but Davydenko pushes him off. Wagner squirms to his side and now Davydenko has his back!
Davydenko controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davydenko wants to control but Wagner is keeping busy.
Wagner trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Wagner is really stuck here.
Davydenko controlling the position well here. Wagner rolled but Davydenko kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Davydenko has the hooks in. Wagner is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Wagner is working hard here to advance position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Levi Wagner.
I think Wagner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Levi Wagner!