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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ewen Davis (ranked 387 p4p, 63 weight class) and Ulrik Meyer (ranked 638 p4p, 103 weight class). Davis comes to the cage accompanied by Atreyu-Ex's and oh's. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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175 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ewen Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulrik Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Francis DeMontford and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis lands a head shot.
Meyer misses with a wild body shot.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Davis tries to clinch but Meyer moves out of range.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Meyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis scores with a hook.
Davis is looking to clinch but Meyer is avoiding it.
Davis throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Meyer lands with a left to the head.
Meyer misses with some punches.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Meyers head.
Meyer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Davis is looking for a takedown.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Meyer avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Meyer tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Meyer back against the cage.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Davis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meyer can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Meyer misses with a body punch.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer can't find room to land a body shot as Davis controls the action.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis takes a shot to the head.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Meyer avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Davis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Meyer avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
Meyer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meyer lands with a short shot to the head.
Davis blocking some punches.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.
Meyer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've been informed that Meyer has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Davis is working Meyer over against the cage.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Davis tries a body shot but Meyer blocks it.
Meyer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Davis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Davis working aggressively here.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Davis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Davis lands a right hand.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Meyer.
Meyer lands with a short shot to the head.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Davis manages to end up in side control.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Meyer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
An elbow from Davis crashes against the mat.
Davis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Meyer rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Davis's guard! Nice work there by Meyer!
Davis controlling the position.
Davis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meyer is one step ahead there.
Meyer looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Meyer puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Davis is looking to improve his position.
Davis is trying to maintain the position but Meyer is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ulrik Meyer will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Meyer throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Davis lands the left hand.
Davis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Meyer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meyer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Meyer cracks Davis with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Meyer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davis shoots in but Meyer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Davis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throws a head kick but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Davis takes the fight into the clinch.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Meyer back against the cage.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meyer prevents a body shot from Davis.
Meyer lands a hook that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
A short uppercut from Meyer.
Meyer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Davis.
Davis lands a right hand.
A short left from Davis.
Davis scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis scores with a shot to the side of Meyer's head.
Meyer working aggressively here.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis blocking some punches.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Meyer.
Meyer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Meyer avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meyer.
Meyer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meyer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meyer digs a right hand into Davis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Davis's gas tank.
A short right from Meyer.
Davis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meyer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Davis pushes Meyer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meyer prevents a body shot from Davis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Meyer back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Davis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meyer prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ewen Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meyer scores with a shoulder strike.
Davis is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Davis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meyer working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Meyer.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Meyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Meyer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meyer cracks Davis with a nice body shot.
Davis scores with a shot to the side of Meyer's head.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
Davis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer trying to stall but Davis improves his position.
Good body shot from Meyer.
Meyer gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davis.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer misses with the head strike.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Davis tries to score a body lock takedown but Meyer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Meyer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Davis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Davis pushes Meyer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Davis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Meyer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meyer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Meyer lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrik Meyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Meyer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Meyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Davis misses the target.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Meyer misses with a straight right.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Meyer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davis slips a jab from Meyer.
Davis connects with a nice looking jab.
Ewen Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oh Davis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Meyer closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Davis! Meyer dives in looking to finish! Davis is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulrik Meyer!
Ulrik Meyer looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Stunned, thought he would kick my butt again.'.
Ewen Davis spoke after the fight, saying 'Ill be back and next time ill be ready.'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
73% |
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