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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dave Whitewas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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139 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
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140 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Whitewas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Davis!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Davis lands in his opponent's guard.
Davis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Whitewas keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitewas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitewas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Whitewas is retaining full guard.
Whitewas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Davis controls the pace.
Whitewas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Whitewas rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Whitewas is pressed up against the cage. Davis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Whitewas down to the mat. Whitewas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dave Whitewas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis throws out a loose jab but Whitewas uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitewas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whitewas is breathing heavily.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Whitewas tries for a takedown but Davis circles away easily
and Davis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Davis.
Whitewas keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
Whitewas is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Davis dives into side control.
Davis trying to control the action but Whitewas is working from the bottom.
Davis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Whitewas is trying to control Davis's posture but Davis avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas is looking for a sweep.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Whitewas, who protects the arm well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Whitewas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitewas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Whitewas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Davis is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Davis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to get back to full guard.
Whitewas slows the pace down in half guard.
Davis tries to get to full guard but Whitewas has control of the leg.
Whitewas is trying to control the action in half guard but Davis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Davis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Davis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Whitewas!
Davis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Whitewas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Whitewas is desperately trying to improve his position but Davis has a good base and remains in mount.
Davis working Whitewas over with strikes here.
Davis avoids the attempt from Whitewas to control.
Whitewas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davis avoids the attempt from Whitewas to control.
Whitewas is squirming around, avoiding Davis's attempts to control the action.
Whitewas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Davis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Whitewas shoots and misses
and Davis counters with a single leg into guard. Whitewas didn't expect that.
Davis wants to control from the top but Whitewas keeps moving.
Davis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Whitewas can't keep his opponent in guard - Davis advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Davis has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Davis working for a submission but Whitewas is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davis landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davis controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitewas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Davis raining down shots from the mount!
Whitewas wants to hold on but Davis pushes him away.
Whitewas is working to get back to half guard.
Davis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Whitewas is trying desperately to improve position.
Davis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's two 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.
Whitewas tries to hold on but Davis postures up.
Davis looking for a guillotine from mount but Whitewas is having none of it.
Davis lands a heavy elbow.
Davis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Davis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Whitewas hang on?
Davis looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Davis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Whitewas is rocked!
Davis is landing with some decent strikes but Whitewas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Whitewas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee warns Whitewas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Davis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Whitewas has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Whitewas!
Davis is trying to keep Whitewas in close.
Davis has control of Whitewas's left arm, preventing Whitewas from doing any damage.
Whitewas seems to have got his legs back now.
Davis scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Whitewas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Whitewas saw that one coming.
Whitewas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Whitewas forces Davis back against the cage and clinches.
Davis gets underhooks to prevent Whitewas's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Whitewas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whitewas gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis missing with punches from the bottom.
Whitewas trying to mount his opponent but Davis defends it.
Davis is positioning himself well to prevent Whitewas advancing to mount.
Davis gets back to full guard.
Davis is pulling down on Whitewas's head. It's preventing any offense from Whitewas, at least for the moment.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitewas postures up.
Whitewas with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Whitewas shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whitewas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Whitewas shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Davis closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Whitewas to the mat! Whitewas manages to get full guard.
Davis throwing strikes but missing.
Whitewas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Davis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whitewas is keeping the position for now.
Whitewas had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Davis is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Whitewas Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Davis's back instead.
Whitewas is not going to allow Davis to sit and survive in this position.
Mickey Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whitewas has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Davis has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitewas trying to control.
Whitewas is persistently looking for the submission but Davis is defending it well.
Davis fending off the submission attempt from Whitewas.
Davis trying to control the action but Whitewas just sinks the hooks in.
Davis manages to reverse the position and now he's in Whitewas's guard. Nice work there by Davis.
That's two 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.
Davis drops back looking for a leg! Whitewas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Whitewas manages to kick Davis off! Davis jumps back into Whitewas's guard.
Davis looking to sit in guard and control but Whitewas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Davis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Davis had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Whitewas is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Davis Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Whitewas's back instead.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Davis's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Whitewas taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Davis.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mickey Davis!
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energy
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hype
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