PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Alford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byron Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byron Davis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alford
vs
Davis

204 cm
21
278 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Alford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Byron Davis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis instigates a clinch.

Davis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Davis manages to end up in side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Davis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alford struggling a bit here.
Alford is looking to regain half guard here but Davis keeps moving and retains side control.
Davis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Davis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Alford tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Davis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Alford struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alford sneaks back into half guard.
Davis tries to stand and escape but Alford is controlling the position.
Alford is trying to get back to full guard.
Alford trying to control from the bottom.
Alford slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Davis wants to control from the top but Alford keeps moving.
Davis looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Davis won't allow Alford to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Alford is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Byron Davis was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Alford doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Davis counters with a leg kick.

Alford takes the fight into the clinch.
Davis tries to score a body lock takedown but Alford shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Davis looks winded!
Alford jumps guard but Davis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Davis pressing his opponent against the cage.
Alford stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alford is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Alford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis looking for a takedown.
Alford is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Alford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davis's brow.
Davis is looking for a takedown.
Davis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Alford controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis is working for takedown but Alford is calmly controlling the position for now.
Alford effectively controlling the action here.
Alford jumps guard but Davis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Davis manages to break the clinch.

Alford shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Alford scoring with some ground and pound.
Alford with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alford will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Alford wanted to stand there but Davis had control of the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alford with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alford keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Alford dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Alford moves into the clinch successfully.
Alford trying to control the position but instead, Davis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alford into the cage.

Davis pulls guard.
Alford has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Davis is proving hard to escape from.

Davis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alford is aware though and is defending well.
Alford is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Davis has a closed guard, preventing Alford from standing up.
Davis tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alford is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Alford wants to get up but he can't break Davis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Alford throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davis is controlling Alford's posture.
Davis working a defensive guard here.
Davis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Alford. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Alford is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alford missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Davis striking off his back but it's not causing Alford any problems.
Alford with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alford is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alford landing some decent shots from guard.
Alford in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alford wants to stand but Davis is controlling his posture from full guard.
Alford landing some decent shots from guard.
Davis trying to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alford lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alford is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alford works over Davis with some ground and pound from guard.
Alford tries to stand but Davis is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alford stands up over Davis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alford's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alford is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Alford gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Alford closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Davis did well to prevent Alford getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Alford lands a nice short elbow.
Davis has a hand on Alford's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Alford takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davis can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alford with a couple of short strikes.
Davis is looking to improve his position but Alford isn't that keen on the idea.
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Alford is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Davis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alford lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Alford connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Alford dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Alford dives in for a single leg takedown but Davis sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Davis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alford just stands there and leans against the cage.
Davis looking to stall.
Alford looking to slow down the pace here.
Alford has Davis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Alford can't break the clinch.
Alford letting Davis take a breather here.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and Alford moves out of range easily.
Davis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Felix Alford has been cut.
Byron Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alford tries for a takedown but Davis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Alford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis closes the distance and clinches up with Alford, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes Alford against the cage but Alford circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Davis is defended easily by Alford.
Davis stuffs the takedown attempt from Alford. Alford gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Alford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis slaps away a takedown attempt from Alford, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown. Alford tries to sprawl out of it but Davis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alford manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Felix Alford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis fails with the takedown.
Alford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alford misses with a takedown attempt - Davis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Davis drives through and clinches with Alford against the cage.
Alford taking a breather.
Alford changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Davis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alford defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davis.

Alford scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alford landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Alford there.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.

Alford is looking for a kimura but Davis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Alford to get the leverage.

Alford is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Davis sees it coming and defends easily.
Davis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alford.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis is looking for a sweep. Alford is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alford throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Felix Alford.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alford, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felix Alford!