Davis vs. Tate

Alexis Davis looks at the ground while she does her calming exercises. She knows she can not fail this night.
Miesha Tate looks like she's feeling the pressure.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Alexis Davis is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if she loses today.
The referee of the bout is Marc Goddard.

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Round 1
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Alexis Davis and Miesha Tate touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Miesha Tate tries to bring the fight to the ground
Davis goes down.
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Davis tries to close her guard around Tate
She succeeds!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Davis
Tate tries to escape from the closed guard
Miesha Tate any adventage in the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Alexis Davis looks to counter!
Alexis Davis slides her legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Miesha Tate cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Miesha Tate looks to pass to mount...
Tate slides her knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Alexis Davis.
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and trap Miesha Tate in her guard...
Miesha Tate rolls her over and takes her back!
Tate is in rear mount over Davis
Davis has Tate controlling her back while on the ground. She tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills she transitions to a side mount.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Tate tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Miesha Tate is cooling the fight on the ground
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Miesha Tate tries to better her position on the ground...
Tate is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll on the ground...
She makes a reversal!
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Tate
Miesha Tate gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Davis spins out, but Miesha Tate was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Davis is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Marc Goddard halts the fight to stand up Miesha Tate. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Tate grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Davis tries to close her guard around Tate
She is not able to do it
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Davis tries to close her guard around Tate
She succeeds!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Davis
Tate tries to escape from the closed guard
Tate succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Tate breaths deeply while on the ground
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Tate tries to move to full mount
Tate's ground game is not enough to provide her any advantage
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Tate tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Miesha Tate is in half guard over Davis
Miesha Tate isolates Alexis Davis's left arm looking for an armbar...
Tate is locking that armbar...
Alexis Davis manages to sit up and pull her arm out of danger! Miesha Tate lost her dominant position.
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Tate
Tate tries to close her guard around Davis
She succeeds!
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Tate
Davis tries to escape from the closed guard
Davis succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Tate
Davis moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Tate
Alexis Davis pushes Tate's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Tate wraps her legs while she holds Alexis Davis's head... Tight guard!
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Tate
Davis launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Miesha Tate rolls over herself and stands up while Alexis Davis rolls on her back.
Marc Goddard halts the fight to stand up Alexis Davis. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alexis Davis goes with a looping right hand while Miesha Tate jumps back and jabs
Davis seems staggered and Miesha Tate runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Davis throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
Hard blow to Tate's mid-section, she seems hurt
Alexis Davis has seen better days.
Alexis Davis attempts a sweep single...
Miesha Tate was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Alexis Davis gets sloppy and Miesha Tate tries to take advantage...
Miesha Tate tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Miesha Tate who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Miesha Tate tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Tate circles out and slips free of Alexis Davis's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Miesha Tate tries to bring the fight to the ground
Davis goes down.
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Tate moves on the ground
Miesha Tate moves to side mount
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I don't think either fighter got the better of their opponent that round.



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Round 2
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These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Miesha Tate fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Tate decides to launch some tentative punches
Davis launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Tate with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Tate looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Alexis Davis's punches
Tate measures the resilience of Davis's chin with an uppercut while Davis lands some great crosses.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Tate is holding Alexis Davis's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Alexis Davis loses balance and goes to the ground.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Deep breaths from Alexis Davis who tries a hammer punch to Tate's ribs.
That hit Tate who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Deep breaths from Alexis Davis who tries a hammer punch to Tate's ribs.
That hit Tate who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Miesha Tate was tooling Alexis Davis for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Alexis Davis lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Miesha Tate looks to mount Alexis Davis...
Miesha Tate slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and trap Miesha Tate in her guard...
Miesha Tate keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Davis is using some of her ground skills to escape from this...
Miesha Tate pushes Alexis Davis down and prevents her attempts to escape
Poorly executed technique. Miesha Tate looks to counter!
Miesha Tate takes a deep breath as she passes her arm over Alexis Davis shoulder and pushes her left arm againts the mat!
That Americana looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That Americana from Miesha Tate appears to be unbreakable
Davis struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
Alexis Davis breaks that americana attempt!
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Davis tries to escape from the full mount...
Miesha Tate is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis attempts to trap Miesha Tate in her guard.
Miesha Tate keeps control and remains in side mount.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Miesha Tate looks to pass to mount...
Tate slides her knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Alexis Davis.
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis has seen better days.
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and trap Miesha Tate in her guard...
Alexis Davis gets her hip out and moves to full guard.
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Davis tries to close her guard around Tate
She is not able to do it
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Miesha Tate positions herself and launches a barrage of punches.
Miesha Tate is in full mount and her punches are hitting hard Davis's ribs
Miesha Tate is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Tate suddenly holds Alexis Davis's arm and tries an armbar!
Davis can break the lock and now she is in a closed guard over Miesha Tate!
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Tate
Tate is taking this opportunity to rest.
Marc Goddard has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Miesha Tate tries a hook to the body
and hits Davis's ribs hard
Crushing shot to Davis's body! She's holding her side
The two exchange wildly
Tate is connecting with a few punches
Miesha Tate was tooling Alexis Davis for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Alexis Davis lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Alexis Davis attempts a sweep single...
Miesha Tate was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Poorly executed technique. Miesha Tate looks to counter!
Miesha Tate tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Miesha Tate who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Miesha Tate pushes away Davis trying to keep the fight at striking range
Davis stumbles backwards and Miesha Tate circles to get the center of the cage
Tate and Davis circle around the center of the cage.
Davis fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Tate sprawls and remains on her feet.
Tate is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Tate studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Tate steps backwards away from Alexis Davis. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Tate pushes Alexis Davis and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
A solid combination from Miesha Tate
connects with Davis.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That was an even round for the most part.



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Round 3
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Davis fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Tate sprawls and remains on her feet.
Tate is trying to counter now!
Miesha Tate moves forward looking for some grappling action
Tate has her opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alexis Davis grapple with Miesha Tate and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Tate manage to maintain her balances and avoid going down
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Tate takes a break to breathe while holding Alexis Davis.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Davis has some bruises after a few exchanges with her opponent.
Alexis Davis fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Tate blocks that. It was easy!
Poorly executed technique. Miesha Tate looks to counter!
Tate tries to grapple
She puts Davis in a double underhook!
Miesha Tate tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Tate circles out and slips free of Alexis Davis's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Nice low kick from Tate
Loud pop!
The clock says 1:15 in the 3 round
Miesha Tate goes with a looping right hand while Alexis Davis jumps back and jabs
Davis seems staggered and Miesha Tate runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Alexis Davis fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Tate grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Davis
Tate moves on the ground
Miesha Tate moves to side mount
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Davis is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Alexis Davis attempts to trap Miesha Tate in her guard.
Miesha Tate keeps control and remains in side mount.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to turn away and scramble out. Miesha Tate takes her back and locks up a rear naked choke!
Crippling lock!
That rear naked choke looks tight...
Davis struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
That rear naked choke from Miesha Tate appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Davis's eyes...
Tate secures the lock while Alexis Davis refuses to tap... Marc Goddard jumps in and breaks the lock!

Winner is Miesha Tate by Submission (rear naked choke) at 2:11 Round 3

Statistics: Alexis Davis
Punches 3/10 (30%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/4 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/2 (100%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 419 s

Statistics: Miesha Tate
Punches 17/24 (71%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 5/5 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 419 s

Lots of work done by Tate. Less by Davis. Hence loss.