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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Phil Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Trezeguet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis's entrance music is Coldplay - Clocks. A fine choice. Davis is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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182 cm
34
222 lbs
20 - 12 - 1 |
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193 cm
33
220 lbs
14 - 23 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power |
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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
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Phil Davis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Trezeguet! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Trezeguet throws a leg kick but Davis sees it coming and checks it nicely. Davis is breathing heavily. Davis clinches up against the cage. Trezeguet drops down looking for an ankle pick but Davis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Trezeguet throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Trezeguet connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Davis momentarily.
Trezeguet dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Good leg kick by Trezeguet there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trezeguet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Trezeguet has closed the distance and engaged Davis in a clinch.
Trezeguet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Trezeguet digs a right hand underneath Davis's ribcage. Davis let out a lung full of air as it connected. Trezeguet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Davis leaves Trezeguet with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Trezeguet misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Trezeguet rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Trezeguet tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.
Trezeguet stalling.
Davis prevents the takedown attempt.
Mr Phil Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Trezeguet. Nice body punch from Trezeguet. Trezeguet pushes Davis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Trezeguet stalling the fight.
Trezeguet prevents Davis from breaking the clinch. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Davis wants a takedown but no success here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Trezeguet controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by David Trezeguet. Trezeguet clinches up with Davis and pushes him back against the cage. Davis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Trezeguet fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Trezeguet throws a low kick but it's checked well by Davis.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Trezeguet throws a chopping leg kick but Davis manages to avoid taking any serious damage. An inside leg kick lands from Trezeguet. Davis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Trezeguet throws a low kick but Davis moves out of range easily. A leg kick checked by Davis. Some bone on bone action there as Davis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Trezeguet will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Trezeguet throws a nice outside leg kick. Trezeguet throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it. Trezeguet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. This has been an exciting period of action! Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Trezeguet shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Davis as he jumps to the side. Trezeguet pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Good work by Davis as he checks the leg kick. Trezeguet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Davis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Trezeguet can pounce on him.
Davis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Trezeguet turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Trezeguet moves into range and clinches up with Davis. Trezeguet can't get the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Trezeguet is pushing Davis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Trezeguet dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Trezeguet has closed the distance and engaged Davis in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Trezeguet taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Davis blocks a body shot from Trezeguet. Trezeguet struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Trezeguet slows down the pace here.
Trezeguet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trezeguet slowing the pace effectively. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by David Trezeguet. Trezeguet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Trezeguet tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Davis goes for a takedown attempt but Trezeguet pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Trezeguet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Davis blocks a low kick nicely. A kick lands to the mid section there for Trezeguet. This has been an exciting period of action! Trezeguet throws out a leg kick but Davis moves out of range and Trezeguet only half commits. Davis blocks a leg kick. Trezeguet throws a solid leg kick but Davis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Trezeguet. Trezeguet wants to clinch. Davis checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Trezeguet. Davis shrugs it off though. Trezeguet fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Davis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Trezeguet connects with an inside leg kick. Trezeguet fails with the takedown. Davis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trezeguet. Davis darts in looking for a takedown but Trezeguet gets double underhooks and turns Davis into the cage. Trezeguet slowing the pace effectively. Trezeguet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Trezeguet throws a front kick that sends Davis stumbling back into the cage. A good leg kick by Trezeguet. Trezeguet throws a push kick but Davis slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Trezeguet misses with a body kick. Davis checks a low kick from Trezeguet. Trezeguet attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. David Trezeguet seems to be getting the better of the standup. Trezeguet moves into range and clinches up with Davis. Trezeguet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trezeguet tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Trezeguet moves into the clinch successfully.
Trezeguet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow. A bit of stalling here from Trezeguet.
Trezeguet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Trezeguet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trezeguet misses with a low kick. Davis checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Trezeguet throws a leg kick but Davis moved away. Trezeguet throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Trezeguet lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Davis moves out of range of the body kick. Davis checks a leg kick nicely. Davis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Trezeguet can pounce on him.
Trezeguet clinches up against the cage. Trezeguet tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Trezeguet back against the cage. Trezeguet tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Trezeguet gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Davis letting Trezeguet take a breather here. Trezeguet misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Trezeguet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Trezeguet finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mr Phil Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Trezeguet throws a leg kick that misses. Davis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trezeguet. Trezeguet lands a head shot. Trezeguet swings away with a leg kick that misses. Davis tries to keep at a distance but Trezeguet has taken the fight into the clinch. Trezeguet lands a nice shot to the body. Trezeguet displaying some good clinch control by pressing Davis up against the cage. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Davis misses with a short punch on the inside. Trezeguet content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Davis tries for a takedown but Trezeguet manages to get underhooks.
Trezeguet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Trezeguet is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trezeguet lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Davis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Davis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. An inside leg kick lands from Trezeguet. Trezeguet moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Davis goes down! Can Trezeguet finish him!?
Davis is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Trezeguet loads up on a big left hand. Davis felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Trezeguet looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Davis can't hide his disappointment, as Trezeguet celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Trezeguet!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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