PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brett Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davids comes to the cage accompanied by "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Davids
vs
Castro

180 cm
26
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
26
167 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brett Davids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raul Castro!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro lands with a nice combination. Davids backs away looking to recover.
Davids waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castro.
Davids throws a body punch but Castro moves out of range.
Davids avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raul Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davids with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Castro to score with a decent uppercut.
A slow jab from Davids misses its intended target.
Davids scores with a jab. Castro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Davids keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Davids swings for the body but Castro moves out of range.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Castro misses with a double jab
and Davids counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Castro thinking.
Castro throws a combination that misses
and Davids counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Castro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davids. Davids obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davids makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Castro misses.
Castro misses with a combination
and Castro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davids closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Castro misses with a combination
and Davids counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davids bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Castro's head backwards.
Davids swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castro tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Davids counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Castro is rocked!
Castro moves away from the strike by Davids.
Castro is still on wobbly legs! Can Davids finish him?
Davids ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Castro seems to have recovered his senses.
Davids buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davids connects with a good right hand that stumbles Castro. Castro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castro wants to clinch but Davids slips to the side
and Castro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids misses with a straight right.
Davids lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Castro looks gassed!
Castro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davids counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davids misses with a looping left.
Castro moves away from the strike by Davids.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davids lands with an uppercut that bounces Castro off the cage and back into rage.
Castro throws a combination that misses
and Davids counters with a stiff right hand.
Davids lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davids lands a nice shot to the body.
Davids ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Castro looks to clinch
and Davids counters with a left to the body.
That kick from Davids tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Davids lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davids. That's going to slow Castro down.
Castro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Castro misses with a double jab
and Davids counters with an outside leg kick.

Davids throws a left that rocks Castro and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Davids dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Castro regain composure!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Davids sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Castro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Davids trying to control the action but Castro is working from the bottom.
Castro is letting Davids control him for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro dodges the ground and pound from Davids.
Davids trying to control the position but Castro is working away.
Castro is being controlled here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Brett Davids has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Castro moves away from the strike by Davids.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davids throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Castro doesn't manage to clinch there - Davids circles away.
Davids throws a right hand that Castro ducks under and follows up with a left that Castro also avoids with ease.
Castro throws a combination that misses
and Davids counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Davids dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Castro misses with a double jab
and Davids makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.
Davids lands a jab to the head.
Davids 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.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davids circles away quickly and effectively.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davids is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castro can do to turn this around?
Castro wants to clinch
and Davids counters with a three punch combo that has Castro backing up. Castro nods at Davids to acknowledge the strikes.
Castro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice combination there by Castro.
Castro tries to clinch but Davids moves away
and Davids counters with a thumping low kick.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davids counters with a nice body kick.
Castro is breathing heavily.
Davids misses with a body shot.
Castro swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Davids counters with a series of strikes. Castro will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids swings for the body but Castro moves out of range.
Castro lands a nice looking body shot.
Davids throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Davids drops Castro with a left right combo! Davids follows him down to the ground into side control.
Davids fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Davids tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Davids wants to control but Castro is keeping him busy.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Davids is trying to get an arm triangle but Castro is defending well.

Davids wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Castro, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids is staying tight to Castro's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Davids tries for a kimura but Castro is defending well.
Castro is trying to get back to his feet.
Davids controlling the position from side mount.
Castro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davids. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Davids working the ground and pound but Castro is defending the strikes.

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.
Castro wants to control but Davids postures up.
Davids postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Castro is being controlled here.

Davids is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Castro has escaped the position, nice work there.
Castro is trying to get back to half guard.
Davids trying to control the action but Castro is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Davids dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Castro is looking to clinch.
Davids lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davids.
Castro wants to clinch
and Davids counters with a low kick, right behind Castro 's knee.
Castro lands with a nice combination. Davids backs away looking to recover.
Davids slips under a jab.
Castro misses with a combination
and Davids counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro throws a nice looking combination but Davids bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davids lands a jab to the head.
A big left from Davids misses.
Davids avoids the body shot from Castro.
Castro tries to clinch
and Davids cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids lunges at Castro with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Castro's hand.
Davids circles away from the clinch attempt
and Davids counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Castro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Davids lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davids counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro misses with a left hand
and Castro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davids slips a straight right by Castro.
Castro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss

and Davids lands a stunning uppercut that sends Castro to the mat!
Davids has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Davids passes to side control.

Davids looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids controlling the position from side mount.
Castro can't do much from the bottom here.
Castro tries to improve position but can't.
Davids wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castro keeps working.

Davids thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Castro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Davids seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Davids sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Castro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Davids working away.
Davids in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Castro regains half guard, as Davids was trying to land strikes.

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.
Davids is looking to stall here but Castro recovers full guard.
Davids showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Raul Castro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davids throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brett Davids showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davids 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brett Davids!