PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis has chosen Sick Puppies-Youre going down as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Filipovic
vs
Davis

174 cm
21
150 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
153 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phil Davis!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Filipovic defends it nicely.
Filipovic looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Filipovic is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Filipovic throws a head kick that Davis semi-blocks.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Filipovic's waist but Filipovic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Davis off to one side.
Davis throws a series of punches but Filipovic avoids them all with ease.
Davis shoots in but Filipovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Junior Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Davis.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Davis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Davis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Davis wants to control from the top but Filipovic keeps moving.
Davis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Filipovic's head.
Filipovic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Davis is controlling him.
Davis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Davis controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Davis is in close to Filipovic's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis chips away with some ground and pound.
Davis lands a couple of digs.
Davis lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davis lands a couple of digs.
Filipovic wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.
Davis lands a couple of digs.
Davis postures up and lands a big shot to Filipovic's brow.
Davis controlling from the top position.
Davis with a nice head shot there.
Davis cracks Filipovic with a solid left hand.
Davis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Davis landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davis pushing down on Filipovic's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis lands with a punch from half guard.
Filipovic is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Davis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Davis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Davis controlling the action here.
Davis working the head and body with strikes.
Filipovic is refusing to be controlled, as Davis sits in half guard.
Davis stops Filipovic from getting back to his feet.
Davis moves into full mount! Filipovic won't be happy about that!
Davis controlling from mount.
Davis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis dominating with strikes here.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Davis unloading with bombs!
Filipovic trying desperately to get to his feet.
Davis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Filipovic's face.
Filipovic is bucking up trying to escape but Davis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Davis.
Filipovic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Davis breaks from Filipovic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Davis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Davis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Filipovic's face.
Davis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Filipovic hang on?
Filipovic is bucking up trying to escape but Davis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Filipovic is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic taking shots to the head.
Filipovic is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Davis lands a nice shot to the head.
Filipovic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davis lands a nice shot to the head.
Davis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Filipovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Filipovic?
Davis raining down shots from the mount!
Davis looking to finish Filipovic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Filipovic!
Davis scoring with strikes but Filipovic is staying in there.
Davis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filipovic is in a horrible position here. Davis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Davis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Davis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Filipovic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davis.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Filipovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis throws a series of punches but Filipovic avoids them all with ease.
Nice body kick from Filipovic.
Davis throws a one two combo.

Davis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Davis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Davis stands and throws Filipovic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Davis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Davis grinds an elbow into Filipovic's temple.
Davis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Filipovic wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davis scores with a jab.
Filipovic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davis.
Junior Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Davis.
Filipovic scores with a kick to the midsection.

Davis gets a takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Davis there.
Filipovic is looking to escape.
Phil Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davis moves nicely into side control.
Filipovic taking a bit of punishment here - Davis scoring with strikes.
Filipovic on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Davis looks up at the clock and then as Filipovic takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Davis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Filipovic taking punishment in the form of punches.
Davis wants to control but Filipovic is keeping him busy.
Filipovic wants to get back to his feet but Davis is dominant here and he's now got Filipovic's back!
Davis keeps control of the position easily here as Filipovic tries to buck him off.
Davis throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Filipovic!
Filipovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Davis on the ground.
Davis lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Filipovic.
Filipovic controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Davis scores with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Davis throwing damaging strikes from the back! Filipovic could be in trouble here!
Filipovic is trapped and Davis is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Davis lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Filipovic grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Davis scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Filipovic is looking for a way out.
Davis has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Filipovic's body.
Davis lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Filipovic staying busy and making it hard for Davis to control.
Davis scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Filipovic is looking for a way out.

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.
Filipovic wants to get back to his feet.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Davis. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Davis just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Davis lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Davis is working the ground and pound. Can Filipovic escape?
Davis scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Filipovic has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Davis scores with punches and elbows.
Filipovic wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Davis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Filipovic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Davis somewhat.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.

Davis gets the takedown into side control.
Davis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Filipovic is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Davis asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Davis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Davis cracks Filipovic with a big elbow.
Davis scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis cracks Filipovic with a big elbow.
Filipovic is pushing Davis's head away, looking to escape. Davis manages to hold on to the position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Filipovic to see if he's OK.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Filipovic slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
A slow jab from Davis misses its intended target.
Both fighters circling a little - Filipovic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Davis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Filipovic is trying to stand back up but Davis is controlling him
Filipovic taking some punishment here, with Davis in his half guard.
Filipovic is refusing to be controlled, as Davis sits in half guard.
Filipovic tries to kick Davis off but Davis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Filipovic trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ground and pound from Davis.
Davis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Filipovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Davis slips a nice elbow through Filipovic's hands, connecting with Filipovic's forehead.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Filipovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Davis's calf.
Davis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Filipovic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Junior Filipovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Davis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic delivers a nice body kick.
Filipovic lands a head kick!
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Phil Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Filipovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.
Filipovic connects with a high kick.
Davis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Filipovic. Filipovic obviously looking to wear him down.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Filipovic walks into a stiff left hand from Davis.
Filipovic throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
No luck for Davis with that takedown attempt.
Davis misses the jab.
Davis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Filipovic defends it nicely.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses.
Davis dives in and grabs Filipovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Filipovic pushes down on Davis's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Davis.
Filipovic cracks Davis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Davis shoots in and bounces Filipovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Filipovic's head.
Davis prevents Filipovic from getting back to his feet.
Davis lands a couple of elbows.
Davis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davis prevents Filipovic from getting back to his feet.

Davis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Davis stands up over Filipovic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Davis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Davis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Phil Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis shoots in but Filipovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Junior Filipovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A solid leg kick lands there for Filipovic.

Davis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Davis in particular looking to stall.
Davis passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Filipovic!
Filipovic wants to get back to his feet.
Davis content just to control the position here.
Davis landing shots from mount.
Davis landing shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Davis!