PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Evan Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Van Ryn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Evan Davies has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Davies
vs
Van Ryn

184 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Evan Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stan Van Ryn!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies throws a series of punches but Van Ryn moves out of range.
Davies throws a lazy right hand but Van Ryn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Van Ryn closes the distance and clinches.
Van Ryn missing with knees to the body.
Van Ryn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Ryn misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Ryn leaning against his opponent.
Van Ryn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davies's face.

It looks like Evan Davies has been cut.
Van Ryn has Davies pressed against the cage, preventing Davies from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davies takes a knee right on the jaw!
A bit of stalling here from Van Ryn.
Davies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Ryn tries to land knees in the clinch but Davies avoids the damage to the body.

Davies's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Davies does no damage.
Davies circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davies throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davies digs a good body shot into Van Ryn's ribs.
Davies scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies throws a half hearted mid kick.

Van Ryn moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Ryn taking a breather.
Davies blocks an elbow strike.
Davies is trying to force a seperation but Van Ryn has the dominant position.
Van Ryn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davies.
Van Ryn missing with knees to the body.
Van Ryn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Ryn lands a knee to the body.
Davies wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Ryn won't allow it.
Van Ryn scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Ryn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Ryn controlling the action here for a moment.
Van Ryn looks gassed!
Van Ryn lands an elbow that stopped Davies in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Van Ryn pushes off an throws an elbow but Davies leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Ryn tries to land knees in the clinch but Davies avoids the damage to the body.
Van Ryn dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Van Ryn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davies wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Van Ryn.
Davies tries to break the clinch but Van Ryn is controlling the position.
Van Ryn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davies's efforts to push away.
Van Ryn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davies blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Ryn tries a knee to the head but Davies blocks it.
Davies tries to break free but Van Ryn pushes him back against the cage.
Davies looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Davies is trying to push Van Ryn away but Van Ryn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies blocks the elbow strike.
Van Ryn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davies's efforts to push away.
Van Ryn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davies.
Van Ryn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davies's efforts to push away.
Davies looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Ryn pushes off an throws an elbow but Davies leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Ryn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Davies wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Ryn won't allow it.
Van Ryn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Davies is keeping busy.
Davies can't break the clinch.
Davies wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davies has had enough of the clinch but Van Ryn keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Davies avoiding damage as Van Ryn throws knees to the body.
Davies is trying to push Van Ryn away but Van Ryn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Ryn missing with knees to the body.
Davies is trying to break the clinch but Van Ryn is controlling him.

Davies breaks from the clinch.
Davies stalks Van Ryn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Van Ryn's face. Van Ryn staggers backwards, shaken.
Davies lands a two punch combo.
Davies swings for the body but Van Ryn moves out of range.
Davies will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davies misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Ryn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Davies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Ryn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davies.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Davies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evan Davies's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davies lands a jab to the nose.
Van Ryn avoids the body shot from Davies.
Davies lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Ryn circles away quickly and effectively.
Davies misses with the combination.
No joy there for Davies, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Van Ryn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davies, pushing him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Van Ryn.
Van Ryn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davies blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Ryn lands a nice elbow.
Van Ryn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Ryn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Ryn lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Van Ryn.
Van Ryn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davies avoids it.
Van Ryn tries to land knees in the clinch but Davies avoids the damage to the body.
Davies tries to circle away but Van Ryn has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Ryn throws an elbow but misses.
Davies avoiding damage as Van Ryn throws knees to the body.
Van Ryn keeps control of Davies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Davies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Van Ryn misses with a knee to the head.
Van Ryn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davies avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Ryn has Davies pressed against the cage, preventing Davies from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Davies's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two 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.
Van Ryn throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Ryn throws an elbow but misses.
Davies tries to break free but Van Ryn pushes him back against the cage.
Van Ryn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davies is defending well for now.
Davies wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Ryn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davies blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Ryn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van Ryn looking to throw knees to the head but Davies is blocking nicely.
Davies wants to break free but Van Ryn has control.
Davies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Davies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davies is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Ryn has double underhooks.
Van Ryn lands an elbow inside that Davies shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Ryn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Ryn looking to throw knees to the head but Davies is blocking nicely.
Davies is trying to break the clinch but Van Ryn has him pressed against the cage.
Davies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davies can't break the clinch.
Davies is trying to force a seperation but Van Ryn has the dominant position.
Van Ryn connects with a knee to the head.
Davies avoiding damage as Van Ryn throws knees to the body.
Davies is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Ryn has double underhooks.
Davies looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Ryn tries a knee to the head but Davies blocks it.
Davies is trying to push Van Ryn away but Van Ryn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Davies wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Ryn won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Van Ryn misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Ryn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davies's brow.
Van Ryn lands an elbow inside that Davies shrugs off.
Davies avoiding damage as Van Ryn throws knees to the body.
Davies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Ryn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Davies is trying to break the clinch but Van Ryn is controlling him.
Van Ryn throws an elbow but it misses.
Davies blocks an elbow strike.
Van Ryn tries to land knees in the clinch but Davies avoids the damage to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Ryn keeps control of Davies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Ryn misses with a knee strike.
Van Ryn missing with knees to the body.
Davies wants to break free but Van Ryn has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Van Ryn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Evan Davies's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Davies. Those never looked like landing.
Davies misses with a double jab.

Van Ryn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Ryn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davies managing to block the knees to the body from Van Ryn.
Van Ryn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Ryn throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Ryn tries to land knees in the clinch but Davies avoids the damage to the body.
Van Ryn throws an elbow that misses.
Van Ryn trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Ryn with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Davies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Ryn checks a leg kick.
Davies swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Evan Davies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davies swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Ryn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Ryn takes one to the side of the head.
Davies lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Davies tries to bum rush Van Ryn with a series of wild strikes but Van Ryn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davies throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Ryn tries to clinch there but Davies circles away.
Van Ryn is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davies.

Van Ryn darts in and clinches Davies up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van Ryn obliges.
Davies is trying to force a seperation but Van Ryn has the dominant position.
Van Ryn landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Van Ryn tries a knee to the head but Davies blocks it.
Van Ryn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Ryn tries a knee to the head but Davies blocks it.
Davies avoiding damage as Van Ryn throws knees to the body.
Davies managing to block the knees to the body from Van Ryn.
Davies working hard to break the clinch.
Van Ryn lands a knee to the body.
Van Ryn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Ryn connects with a knee to the head.
Van Ryn lands a good knee to the midsection. Davies won't want to take too many of those.
Van Ryn tries a knee to the head but Davies blocks it.
Davies avoids the elbow strike from Van Ryn, against the cage.
Davies managing to block the knees to the body from Van Ryn.
Van Ryn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Davies up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies is trying to break the clinch but Van Ryn has him pressed against the cage.
Van Ryn keeps control of Davies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Ryn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Ryn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Ryn lands an elbow that stopped Davies in his tracks for a moment.
Davies is trying to break the clinch but Van Ryn has him pressed against the cage.
Van Ryn lands a damaging elbow.
Davies tries to break the clinch but Van Ryn is controlling the position.
Van Ryn has Davies pressed against the cage, preventing Davies from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Ryn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

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.
Van Ryn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Ryn landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Davies escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davies tries to bum rush Van Ryn with a series of wild strikes but Van Ryn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Ryn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davies connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Davies misses with a series of wild punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davies.

Van Ryn drives through and clinches with Davies against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Ryn missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van Ryn keeps control of Davies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Van Ryn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Van Ryn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Van Ryn!