PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Yasnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yasnov comes to the cage accompanied by Hell Yeah - Dead Prez Ft Jay-Z . Davis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Marine Corps Hymn. On his way into the cage it seems that Nikolai Yasnov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nikolai Yasnov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Yasnov
vs
Davis

174 cm
24
147 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

176 cm
23
148 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent, Inc.™

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nikolai Yasnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Davis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Yasnov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yasnov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis ducks right into an uppercut from Yasnov.
Yasnov throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Yasnov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davis.
Yasnov tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yasnov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Davis moves into the clinch successfully.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis blocks a body shot from Yasnov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yasnov throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
A body shot lands from Yasnov.
Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yasnov backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Yasnov fails to land.
Davis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yasnov.
Davis prevents a body shot from Yasnov.
Nice elbow from Davis.

It looks like Nikolai Yasnov has been cut.
Nice body punch from Davis.
Yasnov swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis lands with a left to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Davis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yasnov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Davis stalls.
Yasnov throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yasnov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis presses Yasnov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
Davis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yasnov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Yasnov scores with a hook to the body.
Yasnov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis prevents a body shot from Yasnov.
Davis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yasnov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yasnov.
Yasnov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Davis gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Yasnov regains guard.
Davis scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yasnov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davis.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yasnov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis being controlled here momentarily.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yasnov's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Davis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yasnov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yasnov is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davis lands a couple of digs.
Yasnov controls Davis momentarily but Davis frees himself.
Davis works over Yasnov with some ground and pound from guard.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis throws and elbow that misses. Yasnov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davis's guard. Nice move by Yasnov!

Yasnov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yasnov is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Yasnov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Yasnov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yasnov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davis.
George Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis slips a jab from Yasnov.
Yasnov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Davis scores with a one two! Yasnov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Yasnov clinches up with Davis and pushes him back against the cage.
Yasnov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yasnov tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yasnov is working Davis over against the cage.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
Yasnov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis lands a right hand.
Davis is working for takedown but Yasnov is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
Davis tries a body shot but Yasnov blocks it.
Yasnov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Davis or not.
Yasnov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Yasnov.
Yasnov scores with a shoulder strike.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Yasnov ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Davis throws a series of punches but Yasnov moves out of range.
Davis misses with a hook. Yasnov ducked under it nicely.
Nikolai Yasnov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis is looking to land body kicks.
Davis lands with a right hand.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Yasnov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis slips a straight right by Yasnov.
Yasnov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Yasnov is looking to chop away at Davis's legs.
Davis fails with the takedown
and Yasnov counters with a thumping low kick.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yasnov misses with the combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis throws out a loose jab but Yasnov uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Yasnov misses with an uppercut.
Nikolai Yasnov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A bone on bone clash there as Yasnov blocks the leg kick.
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 ducks under a wild hook from Yasnov.
Yasnov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yasnov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Davis lands with a straight right. Yasnov didn't see that one coming.
Davis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yasnov.
Davis misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Davis takes one on the button.
Nikolai Yasnov is winning the standup battle so far.
Yasnov is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Davis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yasnov stuffs the takedown.
Nikolai Yasnov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Davis.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Yasnov moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis throws the left hand but Yasnov avoids the punch easily.
Yasnov misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai Yasnov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Yasnov'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. 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 ducks right into an uppercut from Yasnov.
Davis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yasnov misses the shot to the body.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Yasnov slips the punch.
Davis throws a leg kick
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yasnov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Yasnov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good standup being displayed there by Davis as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis with a hook.
Nice body punch from Yasnov.
Yasnov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
A slow jab from Yasnov misses its intended target.

Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Yasnov throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Davis.
Yasnov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yasnov misses with an elbow over the top.
Yasnov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davis gets through Yasnov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yasnov lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yasnov.
Yasnov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yasnov misses with a punch to the body.
Nikolai Yasnov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Davis prevents a body shot from Yasnov.
A nice left hand lands by Davis.
Davis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yasnov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yasnovs head.
A short uppercut from Davis.
Davis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Yasnov walks away with a smile on his face. Davis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yasnov tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yasnov throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Davis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook.
Yasnov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yasnov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Yasnov misses with a hook.
Yasnov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Davis ducks right into an uppercut from Yasnov.
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yasnov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Yasnov throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Yasnov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yasnov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis defending well as Yasnov loads up on a big left hand.
Davis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yasnov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to George Davis.
I think Davis 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Davis!