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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hernan Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gray Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis has chosen DMX - Aint No Sunshine as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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146 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
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134 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Hernan Cortes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gray Davis!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis missing with a left hand there. Cortes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes counters with a nice uppercut.
Cortes throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cortes misses with a two punch combination.
Davis throws an overhand right that lands on Cortes's shoulder, as Cortes tries to avoid the shot.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Cortes tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis has a takedown stuffed.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes counters with a solid body kick.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Davis has his takedown stuffed
and Cortes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davis throws an off balance right hand
and Cortes finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Davis misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
Cortes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Davis's knee momentarily.
Davis with a nice cross.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a low kick, right behind Davis 's knee.
Cortes throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Hernan Cortes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes counters with a right hand to the body.
Davis misses with a shot to the body
and Cortes counters with a body kick.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortes is just out of range.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes counters with a left to the body.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Davis really felt that one!
Davis misses with a combination
and Cortes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gray Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body kick there by Cortes.
Davis looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes pushes Davis away with a front kick.
Davis lands the left hand.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cortes counters with an inside leg kick.
Cortes throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it.
Davis with a hook.
Davis throws a right hand that misses
and Cortes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Cortes misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cortes counters with a left and a right that stings Davis.
Cortes is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes lands a slapping body shot.
Davis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cortes.
Cortes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cortes scoring well with a low kick there.
Davis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cortes punishes Davis's body with a nice straight punch.
Cortes digs a good hook to Davis's body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cortes!
Nice body kick there by Cortes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Cortes as he connects with a hook.
Cortes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Davis will feel that in the morning.
Cortes misses with a wild combination.
Cortes throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes lands with a nice combination. Davis backs away looking to recover.
Cortes scores with a jab. Davis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Cortes counters with a thumping low kick.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cortes feints a jab promting Davis to slip. Cortes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Davis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Cortes scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for Cortes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes counters with an outside leg kick.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Cortes counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernan Cortes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cortes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cortes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cortes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cortes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cortes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a left and a right that stings Davis.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Davis really felt that one!
Davis misses with a straight left.
Davis misses with a takedown
and Cortes counters with a thumping low kick.
Cortes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Davis throws an off balance right hand
and Cortes counters with a one-two to the body.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Cortes moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cortes counters with a nice body shot.
Cortes throws a push kick but Davis slaps the foot to one side.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes counters with a straight right hand.
Davis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cortes.
Davis misses with a hook
and Cortes counters with a solid body kick.
Davis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cortes looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Cortes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage!
Cortes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davis.
Davis lands a right hook to the body.
Davis's corner calls for a 1-2. Davis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Davis misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes counters with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a body punch
and Cortes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cortes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Davis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cortes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Cortes ducks down to avoid it.
Davis shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Cortes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cortes on the side of the head.
Davis scores with a jab to the head.
Cortes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Davis connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cortes scrambles back to his feet.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a good, hard body kick but Davis shrugs it off.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Davis might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cortes has got the better of the exchanges.
Cortes keeps Davis at a distance using the push kick.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes counters with a nice uppercut.
Hernan Cortes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Cortes moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davis throws a right hand that misses
and Cortes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Cortes throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a thumping low kick.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Cortes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Cortes throws a leg kick that misses.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook
and Cortes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hernan Cortes is winning the standup battle so far.
Cortes moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Davis really felt that one!
Davis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cortes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Davis somewhat.
Hernan Cortes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gray Davis.
Davis throws a right hand that misses
and Cortes finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Cortes counters with an inside leg kick.
Cortes misses with a series of wild punches.
Cortes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortes throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Davis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cortes. Cortes obviously looking to wear him down.
Cortes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernan Cortes dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Cortes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a leg kick.
Cortes is looking to wear down Davis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Davis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Cortes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davis scores with a jab to the head.
Davis throws a right and a left that Cortes avoids nicely.
Davis misses with a body punch
and Cortes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a leg kick.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davis throws a right hand that Cortes ducks under and follows up with a left that Cortes also avoids with ease.
Davis throws the left hand but Cortes avoids the punch easily.
Cortes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cortes counters with a low kick, right behind Davis 's knee.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cortes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cortes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davis with a poor takedown
and Cortes counters with a nice body kick.
Davis blocks a head kick by Cortes.
Davis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Davis misses with a takedown
and Cortes counters with a left to the body.
Davis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes counters with a head kick. That will keep Davis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cortes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Cortes.
Cortes has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cortes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cortes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Davis misses with a right hand
letting Cortes counter with a right hand.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis misses with a hook
and Cortes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cortes misses with a double jab.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Cortes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A punch combination from Cortes misses.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortes is just out of range.
Davis throws an off balance right hand
and Cortes counters with a nice body kick.
Davis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes takes one to the chin there.
Cortes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Davis will feel that in the morning.
Cortes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Davis is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Davis scores with a nice head shot.
Cortes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cortes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hernan Cortes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davis 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.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Cortes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes counters with a nice body kick.
Cortes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Davis if he has to take too many more of those.
Cortes swinging wildly here.
Cortes scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cortes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a head kick. That will keep Davis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cortes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Cortes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Davis swings widly with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a low kick, right behind Davis 's knee.
Davis is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cortes is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Davis.
Davis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cortes counters with a low kick, right behind Davis 's knee.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cortes.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a three punch combo that has Davis backing up. Davis nods at Cortes to acknowledge the strikes.
Cortes misses with a hook.
Gray Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cortes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hernan Cortes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cortes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Hernan Cortes!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Hernan Cortes!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Hernan Cortes!
Hernan Cortes wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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