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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oakley Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bark's entrance music is Bring Um Out. A fine choice. David has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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175 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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182 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oakley Bark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than David was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bark wants to hold on but David pushes him away.
Bark is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
David controlling the position easily from mount.
Bark is trying desperately to improve position.
Bark is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bark is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because David is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
David takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bark really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bark is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bark is desperately trying to improve his position but David has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David controlling the position easily from mount.
Bark wants to hold on but David pushes him away.
Bark is in all sorts of trouble here.
David sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bark gets back to half guard.
David content to control rather than advance.
Bark actively working from the bottom here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bark actively working from the bottom here.
David is looking to advance position but Bark won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
David controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that David has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
David tries to control but Bark wriggling away.
Bark tries to hold on but David postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bark really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
David controlling the position easily from mount.
Bark really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
David controlling the position easily from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, Xavier David just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bark tries to close the distance and clinch up but David swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bark scores with a sloppy right hand. David should have avoided that one.
Bark misses with a looping left.
Bark wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
David drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bark has his foot on David's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. David works his way back into a safe position though.
David pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bark is keeping the position for now.
Bark working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. David doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. David manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
David trying to control but Bark is working from the bottom.
David looking to pass the guard.
Bark working for a triangle but David defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bark keeping full guard, as David tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier David dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bark scores a takedown into full mount!
David bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
David is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bark has his foot on David's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. David works his way back into a safe position though.
David controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
David looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bark has his foot on David's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. David works his way back into a safe position though.
Bark looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
David wants to control from the top but Bark keeps moving.
Bark looking for a guillotine here but David defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
David advances position into side control!
David remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bark struggling a bit here.
David is looking to take a break and control but Bark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bark manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
David is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
David is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
David keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Bark is sneakily working for an arm triangle but David sees it coming and defends easily.
David trying to control but Bark postures up.
David is trying is best to control the position here.
Bark is working for a submission of some sort.
David is trying is best to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Xavier David just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
David scores with a takedown into Bark's guard.
Bark keeping full guard, as David tries to pass.
Bark looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
David trying to control the position from guard on top but Bark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
David slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bark is looking for a triangle but David pushes his legs off easily.
Bark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
David controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bark has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but David can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bark working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. David doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. David manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bark working for a triangle but David defends it easily.
Bark being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Xavier David will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
David staying out of range there.
Bark misses the jab.
David closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bark actively working from the bottom here.
Bark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bark is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but David pulls his head out easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David slows the pace down in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bark actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bark actively working from the bottom here.
David sitting and controlling from the half guard.
David tries to pass to full mount but Bark defends it.
David works his way into full mount!
Bark can't escape the position.
David content just to control the position here.
Bark is wriggling around trying to escape.
Xavier David has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oakley Bark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
David controlling his opponent.
Despite being in the dominant position, Xavier David just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bark misses with an uppercut. David saw that one coming.
Bark scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
David slips a jab from Bark.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but David moves away.
Bark fails with the takedown
and David counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
David pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bark is keeping the position for now.
Bark looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bark looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
David controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bark is looking for a triangle but David pushes his legs off easily.
Bark working for a triangle but David defends it easily.
Bark can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as David controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bark looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
David avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
David controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bark working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. David doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. David manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Xavier David is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
David passes into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier David comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got David winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier David!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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