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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Who - Baba O'Riley. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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218 lbs
17 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, John Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Craig Davis!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meyer on the side of the head.
Davis tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Davis misses with a lunging right hand
and Meyer counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.
Meyer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Davis controlling the position for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Meyer looks to land a strike but Davis avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Meyer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davis is looking to stand up but Meyer isn't so interested in that idea.
Davis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meyer is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meyer wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Meyer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Meyer controls from within his opponent's guard.
Meyer connects with a couple of short punches.
Davis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meyer is one step ahead there.
Meyer wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.
Meyer throws a big right hand that misses.
Davis wants to stand but Meyer is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meyer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davis controls Meyer momentarily but Meyer frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Craig Davis has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Meyer fails with a takedown attempt.
Davis slips under a jab from Meyer.
Nice sprawl there from Davis as Meyer shoots in.
Meyer slips a straight right by Davis.
Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Davis as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis moves away from the strike by Meyer.
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Davis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meyer. That did some damage!
Meyer misses with a lunging right hand
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Meyer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Davis throws a hook but Meyer avoids it easily.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Meyer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Davis won't be happy with that.
Davis is looking for a sweep.
Davis looks gassed!
Davis taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Meyer working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Meyer scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Davis to see if he's OK.
Davis wants to control but Meyer postures up.
Meyer trying to control the position but Davis is working away.
Meyer lands a decent elbow from side control.
Davis dodges the ground and pound from Meyer.
The strikes coming from Meyer are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Davis wants to control but Meyer postures up.
Meyer throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Meyer is looking to take a break and control but Davis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Meyer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Meyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Davis defending well as Meyer loads up on a big left hand.
Meyer looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Davis tries to clinch but Meyer is having none of it.
Meyer misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Meyer should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Meyer counter with a right hand.
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meyer.
Davis misses with a right hand
and Meyer counters with a single leg into guard. Davis didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meyer connects with a couple of short punches.
Meyer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Meyer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Meyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meyer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Meyer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davis is trying to hold Meyer in close to prevent damage but Meyer has managed to pass into half guard.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis is not content to let Meyer control the position.
Davis is looking to control Meyer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Davis avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is looking to take a break and control but Davis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Meyer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Davis's head.
Davis is looking to control Meyer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Davis avoid being mounted?
Davis is looking to escape.
Meyer drops an elbow to the side of Davis's head.
Meyer working over Davis with some ground and pound. Davis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Meyer winds up and cracks Davis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Davis is trying to control but can't.
Meyer 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.
Meyer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Meyer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Meyer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer lands strikes from half guard.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.
Meyer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Meyer stops Davis from getting back to his feet.
Meyer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Davis pushes Meyer off looking to stand but Meyer dives back in and keeps control.
Meyer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Meyer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Meyer lands a nice short elbow.
Meyer prevents Davis from improving his position.
Meyer wants to take a breather but Davis is having none of it.
Meyer working the head and body with strikes.
Meyer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Meyer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer working the head and body with strikes.
Meyer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Davis looks like he's trying to stand up.
Meyer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Meyer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
John Meyer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davis taking some punishment here, with Meyer in his half guard.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meyer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Meyer slips a nice elbow through Davis's hands, connecting with Davis's forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Meyer there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Meyer dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Meyer counters with a takedown into side control.
Davis is rocked!
Meyer trying to control the action but Davis is working from the bottom.
Meyer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Davis is still in real trouble! Can Meyer finish him?
Meyer is putting a hurting on Davis here, landing some big shots from side control.
Davis seems to have recovered his senses.
Meyer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Meyer cracks Davis with a big right hand but Davis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Davis is trying to get back to half guard.
Meyer scores with a couple of short elbows.
Meyer cracks Davis with an elbow. That is naaassty.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davis covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis covers up after that shot from Meyer.
Meyer lands a shot to the body.
Meyer landing with strikes.
Davis looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Meyer lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Meyer lands shots to the head and Davis turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Meyer!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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