PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Blahyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blahyi has chosen All Hail Liberia Hail !!!! as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Joshua Blahyi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Davidson
vs
Blahyi

171 cm
20
168 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

173 cm
25
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joshua Blahyi!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Davidson.
Blahyi throws out a counter right but Davidson avoids it with no problem.
Blahyi darts in looking for a takedown but Davidson gets double underhooks and turns Blahyi into the cage.

Blahyi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Davidson's guard.
Davidson seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Blahyi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Blahyi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davidson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blahyi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blahyi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davidson's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson tries to get to full guard but Blahyi has control of the leg.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Blahyi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davidson loads up on a big right hand but Blahyi slips the punch.
Blahyi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Davidson. That one must have hurt.
Davidson misses with an uppercut.
And Blahyi tries to counter it with a takedown but Davidson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davidson.
Mark Davidson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davidson throws a low kick, looking for Blahyi's leg but Blahyi calmly moves out of range.
Blahyi feints the counter takedown.
Davidson scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Davidson.
Davidson lands with a hook. Blahyi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Joshua Blahyi has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blahyi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice shot by Davidson.
Davidson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Blahyi looking to score a takedown here. Davidson is defending well but Blahyi drives through and ends up in Davidson's guard.
Davidson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blahyi manages to get himself to full guard.
Davidson postures up in Blahyi's guard and throws a big left but Blahyi blocks it.
Davidson stopping the sweep attempt from Blahyi.

Blahyi is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Davidson rolls with it to try and escape but Blahyi cranks on the arm and Davidson is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joshua Blahyi!
A victorious Joshua Blahyi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.