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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zen Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 cm
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175 lbs
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180 cm
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170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zen Blood! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamie Davies! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Davies lands with a nice combination. Blood backs away looking to recover. Blood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Davies lands a jab-cross combination. Blood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. No luck for Blood with that takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zen Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him. Horrible takedown by Blood or perhaps it was just good defense by Davies which made him look bad. Blood takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Zen Blood has been cut. Blood tries to clinch but Davies is having none of it. Blood fails with a takedown attempt from distance. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Blood is trying hard to land a takedown here. Davies sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Davies lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Blood is breathing heavily. Davies darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Davies lands a high kick!
Zen Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Davies lands with a good body shot. Davies throws a nice inside leg kick. Davies forces Blood back against the cage and clinches. Davies prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Blood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Blood fails to pull guard.
Davies is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Davies breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davies gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Davies breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Davies.
Jamie Davies is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Blood shoots in for a takedown but Davies shows good takedown defense. Davies displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Blood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Davies gets a clinch. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Davies is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blood is defending well for now. Blood tries to pull guard but Davies won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Davies breaks the clinch.
Blood shoots in for a takedown but Davies shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. The fight moves into the clinch position. Davies using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davies is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Davies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Blood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Davies throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Decent striking displayed by Davies there. Blood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blood tries to score a power double leg takedown but Davies sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Blood somewhat.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Davies gets a clinch. Davies breaks from the clinch.
Davies throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davies scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Davies fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Davies scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Blood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Blood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davies avoids it really well and circles away. Blood is trying hard to land a takedown here. Davies sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Davies is working the combinations to good effect here. Davies clinches up against the cage. Davies lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Blood tries to pull guard but Davies holds him up against the cage and eventually Blood drops back down to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Davies escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davies displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blood. Davies will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davies can pounce on him.
Davies has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Davies pushes Blood up against the cage in a clinch. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Davies breaks from the clinch.
Blood takes a body punch but keeps moving. Blood misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Davies dominated that round. The cut man is working on Zen Blood's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Davies lands a two punch combo.
Blood changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davies tries to avoid it but Blood manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davies to the ground. Davies escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Blood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Davies but Davies pushes him off and we're back to square one. Davies has taken the fight to the clinch.
Blood pulls guard successfully.
Davies wants to stand but Blood has a closed guard, so he can't escape. Blood has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Davies doesn't defend quickly enough and Blood has managed to lock this one up! Can Davies escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Blood on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Zen Blood!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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