PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raphael Davis had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Davis
vs
Freeman

182 cm
25
212 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raphael Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Travis Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman delivers a nice body kick.

Davis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Freeman to the ground. Davis is now in Freeman's guard.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Freeman blocks nicely.
Davis sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Davis wants to control from the top but Freeman keeps moving.
Davis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Raphael Davis wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A punch lands to the side of Davis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Freeman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Freeman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Freeman pushes Davis away with a front kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Freeman!
Davis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freeman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Davis is rocked!
Davis gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Freeman gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Davis is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Freeman!
An out of breath Travis Freeman thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.