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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steve Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dallas Bond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dallas Bond has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dallas Bond!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bond slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Bond wants to clinch.
Davis throws a right and a left that Bond avoids nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Davis.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond misses with an elbow over the top.
Bond looking to stall.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bond missing with knees to the body.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Davis lands a hook that snaps the head of Bond backwards.
Davis blocks the elbow strike.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis scores with a shoulder strike.
Davis manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Dallas Bond has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Davis.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis throws a right and a left that Bond avoids nicely.
Bond is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bond fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis misses with a looping left.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bond fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis wants to clinch.
Bond tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis throws a series of punches but Bond avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bond avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis clinches up against the cage.
Bond pushes off an throws an elbow but Davis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond missing with knees to the body.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bond prevents Davis from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bond just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davis's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bond.
Davis throws a punch but it's blocked by Bond.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Davis.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis avoiding damage as Bond throws knees to the body.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Davis blocks it with crossed arms.
Davis avoids the elbow strike from Bond, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Bond.
Bond tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Davis trying to stall but Bond improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis breaks from the clinch.
Bond rushes Davis and presses him up against the cage.
Bond lands a nice knee to the body.
Bond lands a damaging elbow.
Bond missing with knees to the body.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bond lands a nice knee to the body.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Bond.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Bond missing with knees to the body.
Bond crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Bond clinches but Davis breaks the clinch
and Davis counters with a low kick, right behind Bond 's knee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bond moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis throws a push kick but Bond slaps the foot to one side.
Bond tries to clinch
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Davis throws a solid leg kick but Bond takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Davis.
Steve Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis swinging wilding here.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Bond tries to clinch
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
A clash of legs there as Bond blocks the low kick.
Bond swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Bond moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dallas Bond's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bond darts in trying to clinch
and Bond takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bond momentarily.
Bond moves out of range of the leg kick from Davis.
Bond takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Davis throws a one two combo.
Bond clinches with his opponent.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis breaks from the clinch.
Bond wants to clinch
and Davis counters with a series of strikes. Bond will be more careful next time no doubt.
That has opened up Dallas Bond's cut even more.
Bond blocks a jab.
Bond is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Bond is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis lands a nice shot that snaps Bond's head back.
Bond avoids the head kick by Davis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond darts in trying to clinch
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bond tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bond tries to clinch but Davis moves away
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
Bond tries to clinch up
and Davis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bond tries to clinch up.
Bond darts in trying to clinch
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bond is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Bond moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bond.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Bond.
Bond tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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.
Bond tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Bond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Bond seems unphased.
Davis pushes Bond up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bond or not.
Bond unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bond looking to stall.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bond up against the cage.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Davis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis stalls.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Davis blocks an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Davis.
Davis lands with a light punch inside.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis just leaning against Bond, taking a breather.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Bond is controlling the position.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond lands a knee to the head.
Bond looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Davis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond landing knees to the head.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Bond landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bond tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis darts in trying to clinch
and Bond counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to break free but Bond has control.
Davis manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis is looking to clinch but Bond is avoiding it.
Davis misses with the combination.
Davis tests Bond's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Steve Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bond wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
Bond tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A left and a right from Davis both land. Nice combination.
A nice combination there by Davis.
Bond is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bond avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bond closes the distance looking to clinch
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Davis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dallas Bond's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Bond clinches with his opponent.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Davis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davis can't break the clinch.
Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis throws a series of punches but Bond avoids them all with ease.
Bond clinches but Davis breaks the clinch
and Davis counters by moving into the clinch.
Davis stalling in the clinch but Bond improves position.
A short left from Davis.
Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Davis is trying to maintain a safe position but Bond gets an underhook and turns Davis into the cage.
Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bond wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Bond takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davis lands with a short shot to the head.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond tries to land knees in the clinch but Davis avoids the damage to the body.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Bond.
Dallas Bond seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Bond scores with a knee to the head.
Davis is trying to break the clinch but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Bond misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Davis can't break the clinch.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond landing knees to the head.
Bond throws an elbow but it misses.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis controlling the action here for a moment.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Bond.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Davis takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bond.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Davis - that landed with a thud.
Bond throws an elbow but it misses.
Bond with a knee to the head.
Dallas Bond has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bond misses with a knee strike.
Bond stalls.
Bond throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Bond comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Davis is looking to control Bond's arms but Bond gets an underhook and turns him. Now Davis has his back to the cage.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Davis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davis avoiding damage as Bond throws knees to the body.
Davis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Davis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bond throws an elbow but it misses.
Davis pushes Bond back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Bond leaning against his opponent.
Bond looking to slow down the pace here.
Bond throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Bond.
Davis looking to slow down the pace here.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bond has him pressed against the cage.
Davis stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Bond moves out of range of the strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bond has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bond and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Davis misses with a low kick as Bond jumps back.
Bond tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis looks to land a combination but Bond avoids it well.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Davis counters with a one-two to the body.
Davis misses with a looping left.
Davis misses with a kick to the body.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Bond blocks a leg kick.
Davis waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bond.
Bond checks a leg kick.
Bond tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bond landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bond.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis tries to break the clinch but Bond is controlling the position.
Davis avoids the elbow strike from Bond, against the cage.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Bond lands a nice elbow.
Bond creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bond lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Good body shot from Bond.
Bond lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Bond.
Davis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bond connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.
Bond scores a nice knee to the body.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
Davis trying to stall but Bond improves his position.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
Bond comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bond lands with a right to the head.
Bond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond lands an elbow that stopped Davis in his tracks for a moment.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Bond keeps him there for the moment.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Bond tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis stalls.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Steve Davis.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Davis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Davis!
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FIGHT
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