PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trololo Trololo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Trololo
vs
Banks

200 cm
19
275 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

191 cm
24
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trololo Trololo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eric Banks!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trololo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Banks to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Banks postures up.
Banks postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Banks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Banks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Banks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Banks landing some decent shots from guard.
Banks wants to control from the top but Trololo keeps moving.
Banks is looking to work some ground and pound but Trololo has wrist control.
Trololo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Banks must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Banks's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Banks is working Trololo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Banks not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Trololo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Trololo is breathing heavily.
Banks wants to pass the guard but Trololo is keeping the position.
Trololo controls Banks momentarily but Banks frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Banks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Banks scoring with punches to the head and body.
Banks with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Banks landing some decent shots from guard.
Banks connects with a couple of short punches.
Banks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Banks trying to control but Trololo is working from the bottom.
Banks throwing strikes but missing.
Banks passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Banks scores with a couple of short elbows.
Banks scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks wants to control but Trololo is keeping him busy.
Banks just content to control the position.
Trololo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Banks landing a few strikes.
Banks lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Trololo down.
Banks scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Trololo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Trololo taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks lands a few punches from side control.
Banks landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Trololo is rocked!
Banks cracks Trololo with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Banks immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Trololo is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Banks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Banks!