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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cj McGregor (ranked 3028 p4p, 353 weight class) and Jonathan Davis (ranked 5445 p4p, 542 weight class). Davis has chosen Imperial March (L.O.D. Rage Mix) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
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156 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
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142 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cj McGregor! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonathan Davis! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Davis cracks McGregor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McGregor's head backwards. McGregor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davis. McGregor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davis. McGregor needs to keep his hands up - Davis had a free shot at his head there. Davis moves into range and connects with a jab.
McGregor is rocked! McGregor misses with a looping left. McGregor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. McGregor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
McGregor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Davis misses the shot to the body. Davis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Davis ducks under a wild hook from McGregor. The crowd cheers as Davis lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGregor doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round. McGregor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McGregor ducks under a wild hook from Davis. Davis rushes McGregor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Davis lands with a right to the head. Davis is pushing McGregor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. McGregor can't break the clinch.
Davis prevents McGregor from breaking the clinch. McGregor blocks an uppercut.
Davis effectively controlling the action here. Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGregor backwards. McGregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. McGregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. McGregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Davis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McGregor on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Davis throws a series of punches but McGregor moves out of range. Davis moves into the clinch. I was talking to McGregor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Davis leaning his opponent against the cage. McGregor can't break the clinch.
Davis pressing his opponent against the cage. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. McGregor tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage. McGregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McGregor misses with a double jab.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGregor is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. McGregor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Davis clinches. Davis has McGregor pressed against the cage, preventing McGregor from circling away and getting back to striking at range. McGregor has had enough of the clinch but Davis keeps him there for the moment. McGregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks. Davis lands a hook to the side of the head. Davis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Davis stalls. Davis effectively controlling the action here. Davis lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGregor backwards. Davis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McGregor. McGregor blocking some punches.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGregor's elbow. Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGregor or not. McGregor wants to get back to striking at distance but Davis won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Davis lands with a right to the head. McGregor is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage. Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGregor's elbow. Davis leaning against his opponent.
McGregor breaks the clinch.
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McGregor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. McGregor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Davis looks to land a combination but McGregor avoids it well. Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body. McGregor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davis clinches. Davis lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGregor backwards. Davis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McGregor breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Davis dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Davis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. McGregor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Oh McGregor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Jab by Davis. The fight moves into the clinch position. A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Davis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Davis presses McGregor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Davis stalling in the clinch.
Davis keeps control of McGregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Davis leaning his opponent against the cage. Davis lands a hook to the side of the head. McGregor is trying to break the clinch but Davis has him pressed against the cage. Davis scores with a nice hook to the head. McGregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round. McGregor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. McGregor throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGregor. Jonathan Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. McGregor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McGregor moves out of range and avoids them all easily. McGregor misses with an uppercut
and Davis counters with a stiff right hand. Davis throws a nice looking combination but McGregor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Davis throws a shot to the body.
Davis scores with the left hand. McGregor knows he should have avoided that one. Cj McGregor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. McGregor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Davis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Davis throws an overhand right that drops McGregor like a sack of potatoes! Davis dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Davis! A less than humble Jonathan Davis misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
59% |
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