PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunmetal Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Killed By Death. Davis has chosen Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Grey
vs
Davis

182 cm
32
184 lbs
22 - 19 - 1

187 cm
28
182 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Global Nutritional (Q159) 95% ROR on Laundry

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 22 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gunmetal Grey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Davis!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis thuds a left hand into Grey's body.
Grey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grey misses with a low kick.
Grey ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grey moves away.
Grey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Grey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis blocks a head kick by Grey.
Grey slips under a jab.
Grey uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Grey shoots in for a double leg but Davis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Davis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A punch combination from Grey misses.
Davis stuffs the takedown attempt from Grey. Grey gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunmetal Grey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Grey's head but Grey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Grey misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Grey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Davis wants to land a leg kick but Grey is out of range.
Davis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grey rather than just go for the knockout.
Grey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grey throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Davis connects with a leg kick. Grey looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davis moves out of range as Grey throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Davis - just one landing.
Grey checks the leg kick.
Davis scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grey connects with a leg kick. Davis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grey shoots in for a double leg but Davis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Grey checks a low kick from Davis.
Grey shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grey was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Grey tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davis swivels and escapes.
Grey is looking to score with low kicks.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Grey's head but Grey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws a leg kick but Davis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grey shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Antonio Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grey fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grey is breathing heavily.
Davis connects with a body shot that sends Grey's belly button to the back.
Grey throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
Grey looks for the body kick but Davis saw that one coming.
Davis connects with an inside leg kick.
Davis feints and then cracks Grey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grey down.
Grey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Davis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grey. That did some damage!
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck for Grey with that takedown attempt.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grey's head.

It looks like Gunmetal Grey has been cut.
Davis jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Grey fails with a takedown attempt.
Davis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Davis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grey is out of range.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Grey takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Grey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Davis as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grey drops his hands momentarily and Davis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Davis throws a body punch but Grey moves out of range.
Grey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunmetal Grey's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis misses with a hook.
Grey dives in and grabs Davis's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes down on Grey's head and hops out.
No luck for Grey with that takedown attempt.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grey manages to avoid it.
Grey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Grey tries for a takedown but Davis circles away easily
and Davis counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunmetal Grey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis pushes Grey away with a front kick.
Davis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Davis duly obliges.
Grey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A jab from Davis misses.
Davis misses with the combination.
A left lands for Davis.
Grey shoots in looking for a takedown but Davis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Grey's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis scores with a jab to the body.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grey.
Davis takes a swing at Grey's ribcage but misses.
Grey lands with a right hand.
Davis misses with a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Grey might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Davis dodges the punch combination from Grey.
Davis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grey doesn't seem bothered though.
Grey shoots in and drives through. Davis sprawls well.
Davis misses with a looping left.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis scores with the left hand. Grey knows he should have avoided that one.

Grey is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Davis's half guard.
Grey scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Davis regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grey wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.
Davis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Grey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davis swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but Grey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grey wants to pass the guard but Davis is keeping the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grey misses with a two punch combination.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis lands with a nice body kick.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davis swings for the body but Grey moves out of range.
Davis connects with a crisp jab.
Davis throws a head kick but Grey moves out of range.
Grey looks to land a body kick but Davis moved away.

Grey gets a double leg takedown into Davis's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Grey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Grey is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grey looking to pass the guard.
Davis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grey looking to pass the guard.
Davis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grey wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Davis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gunmetal Grey's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Grey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Grey.
Grey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grey looks for a takedown but Davis sprawls well.
Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gunmetal Grey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grey moves away from the strike by Davis.
Grey gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davis stalks Grey and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Grey's face. Grey staggers backwards, shaken.
Horrible takedown by Grey or perhaps it was just good defense by Davis which made him look bad.
Grey throws a head kick that half lands.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and Grey moves out of range easily.
Davis throws a body punch but Grey moves out of range.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Grey misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grey misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Grey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Davis as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunmetal Grey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from Grey.
Davis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Grey is just out of range.
Davis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davis lands with a hook. Grey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grey takes one on the button.
Davis scores with a shot to the body.
Davis with a jab.
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis misses the jab.
Grey throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Davis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Grey 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grey moves away.
A head kick misses from Grey.
Davis cracks a nice hook into Grey's ribs.
Grey walks into a straight right hand from Davis.
No luck for Grey with that takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Grey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davis.
Grey takes one on the button.
Antonio Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Grey throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Davis tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Grey is in Davis's guard.
Grey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Davis is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis has control of Grey's left arm, preventing Grey from doing any damage.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Grey from controlling successfully.
Davis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gunmetal Grey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grey is controlling him.
Antonio Davis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Grey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Grey is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Davis is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Davis has escaped and now he's on top!
Grey pulls Davis in close to his closed guard and prevents Davis from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey being controlled here, momentarily.
Gunmetal Grey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davis blocks a leg kick.
Grey looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice jab there from Davis.
Grey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grey.
Davis jabs Grey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Grey does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Davis!
Antonio Davis spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.