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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 cm
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150 lbs
21 - 11 - 1 |
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180 cm
27
152 lbs
16 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Davis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Pitbull! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Davis lands a nice shot that snaps Pitbull's head back.
Pitbull has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davis. Pitbull misses with a takedown attempt and Davis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pitbull. Pitbull throws out a loose jab but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it. A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Pitbull down. Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pitbull's head backwards. Davis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Davis fails with a takedown attempt from distance. A telegraphed right hand from Davis misses the target. Davis looks to land a body kick but Pitbull moved away. Joe Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Davis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Pitbull tries to roll over but Davis keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pitbull gets back to full guard.
Pitbull keeping full guard, as Davis tries to pass. Davis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Davis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Pitbull has his foot on Davis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Davis works his way back into a safe position though. Pitbull lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Davis! Davis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pitbull.
Pitbull misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pitbull landing strikes, looking to finish! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Pitbull cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pitbull cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pitbull working Davis over with strikes here. Davis is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pitbull lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Pitbull scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davis?
Davis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davis is bucking up trying to escape but Pitbull cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Pitbull working for a guillotine from mount but Davis is in no mood to give up. The referee warns Davis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pitbull lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Davis is rocked! Pitbull goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Davis is on top in guard.
Oh Davis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Davis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pitbull has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Davis has managed to get both his arms back between Pitbull's legs - danger averted. Pitbull is looking for a triangle but Davis pushes his legs off easily.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now. Davis wants to control from the top but Pitbull keeps moving. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pitbull is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pitbull with a nice head shot there. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pitbull accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Pitbull preventing the sweep. Pitbull scoring with some ground and pound. Davis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pitbull's guard. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Davis's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Pitbull not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Pitbull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Davis throwing strikes but missing. Davis with a flurry of punches that miss. Pitbull lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Davis!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pitbull scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pitbull putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Pitbull misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pitbull in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pitbull postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Davis badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Pitbull around the waist but Pitbull pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Pitbull is the winner by TKO! Pitbull jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Pitbull! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Roy Pitbull made sure he mentioned GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
79% |
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