PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Les Bananas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Naz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Les Bananas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Anderson Naz's chin.

Bananas
vs
Naz

188 cm
20
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Les Bananas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Naz!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bananas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bananas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Naz tries to close the distance and clinch but Bananas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Naz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bananas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Naz wants to clinch up but Bananas keeps it at a distance.
Naz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Naz tries to clinch but Bananas is having none of it.
Bananas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Naz tries to clinch but Bananas moves out of range.
Bananas throws a solid leg kick but Naz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bananas.
Bananas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bananas has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bananas keeps the fight on the outside.
Bananas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bananas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naz tries to close the distance and clinch but Bananas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bananas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Naz tries to close the distance and clinch but Bananas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Naz wants to clinch.

Naz clinches.
A knee to the head by Naz.
Naz lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Les Bananas has been cut.
Bananas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Naz.
Naz lands an elbow inside that Bananas shrugs off.
Naz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bananas is working for takedown but Naz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bananas is breathing heavily.
Bananas has Naz pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Naz manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Les Bananas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Naz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Naz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bananas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Naz.
Naz throws an elbow that misses.
Naz landing knees to the body.
Naz landing knees to the body.
Naz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Naz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bananas blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bananas takes an elbow to the temple.
Bananas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Naz smiles and moves away.
Bananas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Naz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Naz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bananas keeps the fight on the outside.
Naz is looking to clinch.
Naz tries to clinch but Bananas is having none of it.
Naz tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naz tries to clinch there but Bananas circles away.
Bananas shoots in for a double leg but Naz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Naz is looking to clinch but Bananas is avoiding it.
Naz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bananas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Naz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Naz is looking to clinch.

Naz has closed the distance and engaged Bananas in a clinch.
Naz blocks a body shot from Bananas.
Bananas fails to pull guard.
Naz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bananas.
Bananas jumps guard but Naz stands there with Bananas around his waist. Bananas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Naz lands a nice knee to the body.
Naz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Naz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bananas's face.

Bananas jumps into guard, dragging Naz to the mat.

Bananas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Naz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Naz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Naz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bananas is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bananas has escaped and now he's on top!
Bananas wants to control from the top but Naz keeps moving.
Bananas postures up.
Bananas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Naz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Les Bananas's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Naz tries to clinch but Bananas is having none of it.
Bananas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Naz wants to clinch up but Bananas keeps it at a distance.

Bananas drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bananas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Naz tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bananas presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Bananas controlling from mount.
Bananas throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bananas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Naz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Naz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bananas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Naz can't escape the position.
Naz is in a horrible position here. Bananas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bananas wants to control the pace but Naz is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bananas is going olschool here, as he tries to force Naz to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Naz shrugs it off.
Bananas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Naz is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Bananas looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Naz is looking to get to half guard.
Bananas looking to ground and pound but Naz is blocking nicely.
Bananas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bananas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Naz is looking to improve his position but Bananas isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bananas looking to control but Naz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Naz is trying to escape the mount.

Bananas working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Bananas stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Bananas is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bananas throws a solid leg kick but Naz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bananas.
Naz looks to clinch

and Bananas counters with a single leg into guard. Naz didn't expect that.
Naz working a defensive guard here.
Bananas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Bananas has hold of Naz's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Naz tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Bananas cranks the arm and Naz screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Naz, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Les Bananas!