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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrus Rex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ron Davis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cyrus Rex's chin.
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215 lbs
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176 cm
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216 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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Decent boxing
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyrus Rex!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis tries a head kick but it misses.
Rex throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rex scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rex swinging wildly here.
Rex looks to land a combination. Davis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Ron Davis has been cut.
Davis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Davis could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rex misses with a hook. Davis ducked under it nicely.
Rex will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Rex swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rex tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Rex.
Rex misses with a body shot.
Davis pushes Rex up against the cage in a clinch.
Rex wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rex is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
Rex has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davis working Rex over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Rex is blocking nicely.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Rex blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Davis has Rex pressed against the cage, preventing Rex from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rex.
Rex wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis has Rex pressed against the cage, preventing Rex from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Rex can't break the clinch.
Davis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rex looks gassed!
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis has Rex pressed against the cage, preventing Rex from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis scores a nice knee to the body.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rex is defending well for now.
Davis landing knees to the body.
Rex tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Rex is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rex lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rex gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rex's efforts to push away.
Rex wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rex avoids it.
Rex is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Rex blocks it.
Rex scores with a hook to the body.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rex's efforts to push away.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis trying to land knees to the body.
Rex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rex tries to break the clinch but Davis is controlling the position.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rex looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rex avoids it.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Rex is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Rex working hard to break the clinch.
Rex has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Rex is blocking nicely.
Davis has Rex pressed against the cage, preventing Rex from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rex is leaning against Davis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rex can't break the clinch.
Rex is working Davis over against the cage.
Davis keeps control of Rex as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Rex wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rex works on Davis's body with a couple of short punches.
Rex lands a right hand.
Rex working hard to break the clinch.
Rex lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rex is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Rex is trying to break free.
Rex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rex wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rex has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Rex lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rex escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rex lands with an uppercut that bounces Davis off the cage and back into rage.
Rex rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Davis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rex looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Good shot there by Rex.
Rex swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davis.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rex throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis takes one on the button.
Davis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Davis tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cyrus Rex dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Davis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Davis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rex is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Ron Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rex misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rex connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis tries a head kick but it misses.
Rex fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rex might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rex misses with a two punch combination.
Rex lands with a nice body punch.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Rex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rex is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rex has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rex wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Rex avoids the damage to the body.
Rex wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rex pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rex, pushing him back against the cage.
Rex is trying to break free.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Rex is blocking nicely.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rex is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Rex avoids the damage to the body.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rex looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Rex avoids the damage to the body.
Rex will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Davis up against the cage.
Rex wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rex avoids it.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rex's efforts to push away.
Rex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rex looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rex wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis landing knees to the head.
Rex breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rex throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Rex does no damage.
Davis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rex throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rex swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ron Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rex throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
Rex connects with a right hand. Davis shakes it off.
Rex throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rex scores with a crisp jab that stopped Davis in his tracks.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Rex swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rex blocks a head kick by Davis.
Davis avoids the body shot from Rex.
Rex with a jab.
Good exchange - Rex coming out on top.
Rex tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis rushes Rex and presses him up against the cage.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rex avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Rex wants to break free but Davis has control.
Rex tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis connects with a knee to the head.
Rex wants to break free but Davis has control.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Rex avoids the damage to the body.
Davis prevents Rex from breaking the clinch.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rex blocks it with crossed arms.
Rex has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment.
A short body shot lands from Rex as the two fighters clinch.
Rex lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rex working hard to break the clinch.
Rex looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rex takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cyrus Rex showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ron Davis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rex throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Rex scores with a three punch combo!
Davis wants to clinch up but Rex keeps it at a distance.
Rex misses with a body shot.
Davis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rex finds it's way round the side to connect with Davis's head.
Rex throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Rex misses.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rex listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rex swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Rex connects with the punch.
Rex misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left lands for Rex.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throws a head kick that half lands.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Rex circles away.
Rex with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rex throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rex paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Rex circles away.
A nice combination there by Rex.
Rex looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Rex scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Davis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Davis.
Ron Davis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rex wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Rex working hard to break the clinch.
Davis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davis has Rex pressed against the cage, preventing Rex from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rex avoids it.
Rex can't break the clinch.
Davis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rex avoids it.
Rex looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Davis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rex blocks it with crossed arms.
Rex is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Davis misses with a knee to the head.
Rex wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
Rex is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Rex scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Rex blocks with his arms.
Rex has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rex is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Rex tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Rex wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis keeps control of Rex as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rex can't break the clinch.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rex avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Davis keeps control of Rex as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rex can't break the clinch.
A short right from Rex on the inside.
Rex tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rex has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rex tries to break free but Davis pushes him back against the cage.
Davis keeps control of Rex as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rex wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rex can't break the clinch.
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cyrus Rex is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Rex is trying to force a seperation but Davis has the dominant position.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ron Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Rex's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
Davis keeps control of Rex as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rex avoiding damage as Davis throws knees to the body.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rex is defending well for now.
Rex wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davis has him pressed against the cage.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but Rex avoids the damage to the body.
That's four 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.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rex's efforts to push away.
Rex working hard to break the clinch.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rex.
Davis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rex looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rex slows down the pace here.
Davis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rex is defending well for now.
Davis keeps control of Rex as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Davis tries a knee to the head but Rex blocks it.
Rex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Rex wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rex has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rex wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cyrus Rex comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rex 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cyrus Rex!
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hype
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RATING
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