PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Bowhime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bandit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bowhime comes to the cage accompanied by FFDP-Way Of The Fist. John Bowhime could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charles Bandit's chin.

Bowhime
vs
Bandit

185 cm
23
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

193 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Bowhime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Bandit!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowhime throws a body punch but Bandit moves out of range.
Bowhime is looking to clinch but Bandit is avoiding it.

Bandit decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bowhime is trying to maintain the position but Bandit is very close to passing his half guard.

Bowhime looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bowhime manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bandit wants to control from the top but Bowhime keeps moving.

Bowhime throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bandit escapes and throws Bowhime's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Bowhime is trying to control Bandit's posture but Bandit avoids it.
Bandit really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bowhime. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Bandit is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bowhime knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bowhime wants to control but Bandit postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowhime is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bowhime gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bandit tries to pass to full mount but Bowhime defends it.

Bowhime looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bowhime has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bandit is working away from the top position though.

Bowhime is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bandit pulls his head out easily.
Bowhime works his way to full guard. Good work.

Bowhime is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bowhime is breathing heavily.

Bowhime is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bandit drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bandit jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bowhime keeping moving, preventing Bandit from controlling successfully.
Bowhime looking to control.
Bandit trying to control but Bowhime is working from the bottom.
Bandit throws and elbow that misses. Bowhime uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bandit's guard. Nice move by Bowhime!
Bandit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bandit looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Bandit is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bowhime is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowhime scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bowhime trying to control but Bandit is working from the bottom.
Bowhime postures up and lands a big shot to Bandit's brow.
Bowhime thows a big elbow that misses.
Bowhime trying to control the position from guard on top but Bandit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bandit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bowhime throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bandit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bowhime scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bandit looking for a sweep. Not yet Bandit, not yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bowhime's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bandit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bowhime lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Bandit escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bowhime gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowhime lands a couple of digs.
Bowhime pushes down on Bandit's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bandit avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bowhime.
Bowhime prevents Bandit from improving his position.

Bowhime is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bandit sees it coming and defends easily.
Bandit has hold of Bowhime's hands but Bowhime slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bowhime has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Bowhime is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bowhime not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bowhime dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bowhime fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bowhime is looking to land body kicks.
Bandit blocks a head kick by Bowhime.
Bowhime tried to score with a low kick but Bandit checks it.
John Bowhime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowhime misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bowhime has Bandit pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bandit manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bowhime throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowhime is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bandit is keeping busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bowhime pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bandit gets underhooks to prevent Bowhime's takedown attempt.
Bowhime with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowhime tries a knee to the head but Bandit blocks it.
Bowhime tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bowhime tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bandit smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Bowhime. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bowhime tries to clinch there but Bandit circles away.

Bowhime gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bowhime jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bandit walks away with a smile on his face. Bowhime gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bowhime is looking to clinch but Bandit is avoiding it.
A big right from Bowhime misses.
Bandit shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bowhime defends it nicely.
John Bowhime is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bowhime looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bowhime tries to clinch up but Bandit circles away and keeps his distance.
Bandit fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bowhime avoids it really well and circles away.
No joy there for Bowhime, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bowhime fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowhime. Bandit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bowhime misses with the combination.
Bowhime is looking to clinch but Bandit is avoiding it.
Bowhime goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowhime tries to clinch there but Bandit circles away.
Bowhime misses with a double jab.
Bowhime wants to clinch.
Bowhime throws a body kick that misses.
Bowhime tries to clinch up but Bandit circles away and keeps his distance.
Bowhime wants to clinch up but Bandit keeps it at a distance.
Bandit shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bowhime sprawls well. Bowhime wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bandit gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bowhime looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bowhime defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bandit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bandit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bowhime tries to close the distance and clinch but Bandit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bowhime tries to clinch up.
Bowhime pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bandit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bandit shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bowhime pinned against the cage. Bowhime gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bandit swats away the attempt to clinch by Bowhime.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bowhime tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bowhime dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bandit shoots in for a takedown but Bowhime shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bandit keeps the fight on the outside.
Bandit will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bowhime throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowhime. Bandit does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Bowhime does no damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bowhime.
Bowhime connects with a looping right hand.

Bowhime shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Bandit looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bowhime seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bandit does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bandit can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bandit takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowhime winds up and cracks Bandit with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bandit tries to roll over but Bowhime keeps him under control.
Bowhime is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bowhime drops an elbow to the side of Bandit's head.

Bowhime has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Bandit defend it? Bowhime steps over the head and cranks it - Bandit is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Bowhime!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Bowhime!