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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Obidiah Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fury Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fury Drake is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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198 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Obidiah Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Fury Drake!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws a nice head kick!
Drake takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
Drake on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Davis moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Davis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Scrapyard in the buildup to the fight.
Drake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Davis jabs Drake right on the nose. Drake blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake tries a low kick but Davis avoids it.
Drake misses with a low kick.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Drake has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
A big right from Drake misses.
Davis misses with the combination.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with the combination.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drake pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Drake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis lands a right hand.
Drake breaks the clinch.
Drake tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Davis moves out of range of the leg kick from Drake.
Davis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some bone on bone action there as Davis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Obidiah Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drake connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Davis scores with a jab to the body.
Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Davis missing with knees to the body.
Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake is looking to chop away at Davis's legs.
Davis misses with the combination.
Drake is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Drake throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Drake decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake is stalling here. Davis is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Drake seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Davis has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Drake struggling a bit here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Drake can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Drake is looking to get back to full guard here but Davis has managed to pass to side control instead.
Drake tries to buck Davis off but Davis is having none of it.
Drake wants to control but Davis postures up.
Drake is looking for a sweep.
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.
Drake gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Drake is trying to stand up here but Davis is controlling him well.
Drake tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Drake is trying to get back to full guard.
Drake wants to control but Davis passes into side.
Drake is trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Obidiah Davis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Obidiah Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Drake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Davis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Drake tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davis. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis tries to clinch up but Drake circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Drake throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake tries to work over Davis's front leg with a kick but Davis checks it.
Drake scores with a jab to the body.
Drake misses with a two punch combination.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.
Drake misses with the combination.
Davis looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Davis takes one to the side of the head.
Davis moves away from the strike by Drake.
Fury Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake closes the distance and clinches.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Drake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake lands an uppercut.
Drake blocking some punches.
Davis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Davis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis misses with a body punch.
Drake working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drake connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Drake takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Drake throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drake circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Drake keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davis avoids a kick to the body.
Drake tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Drake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
Drake does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake throws a leg kick but Davis moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Drake dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage!
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Drake scoring well with a low kick there.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Drake tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donk. Drake catches Davis right on the button with a cross.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drake is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Drake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis checks the leg kick.
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Davis!
Davis checks a leg kick.
A left and a right from Davis both land. Nice combination.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake wants to clinch.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Obidiah Davis dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Drake throws a nice inside leg kick.
Drake swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Drake does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Drake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davis throws a series of punches but Drake moves out of range.
Drake tries to land a leg kick but Davis saw it coming and moves away.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drake can do to turn this around?
Davis checks a low kick from Drake.
Drake misses with a low kick.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Drake throws a leg kick but Davis checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Drake.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drake.
A right-left combo lands from Davis.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.
Drake throws a chopping leg kick but Davis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Drake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Drake throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it.
Drake moves into the clinch successfully.
Drake is trying to break the clinch but Davis is controlling him.
Drake manages to break the clinch.
Davis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drake.
Obidiah Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drake is looking to clinch.
Drake throws a leg kick but Davis checks it.
Drake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Davis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drake tries to work over Davis's front leg with a kick but Davis checks it.
Drake throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Davis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.
Drake throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Drake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis tries to bum rush Drake with a series of wild strikes but Drake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Drake misses.
Drake misses with a leg kick.
Drake is looking to chop away at Davis's legs.
Obidiah Davis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Drake lands with an uppercut that bounces Davis off the cage and back into range.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Drake.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Davis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake swats away the attempt to clinch by Davis.
Davis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Davis looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis scores with a nice right hand.
Davis throws a series of punches but Drake avoids them all with ease.
Davis stalks Drake and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Drake's face. Drake staggers backwards, shaken.
Drake throws a leg kick but Davis checks it.
A punch combination from Drake misses.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drake.
Danga de danga de dang - Davis scores with a four punch combination!
Fury Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
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 Obidiah Davis.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Davis, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Obidiah Davis!
Obidiah Davis gave a mention to AnonymouS in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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