PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Kniezelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Darius Kniezelis has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kniezelis
vs
Davis

186 cm
25
172 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Kniezelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Davis!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kniezelis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kniezelis throws a one two combo.

Kniezelis cracks Davis with a big right hand and Davis goes down!

Davis is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kniezelis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Davis is still in real trouble! Can Kniezelis finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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 is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Davis is looking for a triangle here but Kniezelis uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Davis tries to improve position but can't.
Davis seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is still trying to improve position.
Davis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kniezelis's best efforts.
Davis is trying to get back to full guard.
Davis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kniezelis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kniezelis's back!
Kniezelis looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Davis keeps control of the position easily here as Kniezelis tries to buck him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to control momentarily.
Davis might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kniezelis haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kniezelis wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis looking to control and managing it successfully.
Davis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four 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.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Davis landing strikes from the mount.

Davis is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Kniezelis is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Peter Davis!