PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bhang Bhang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer has chosen Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive as his entrance music. Bhang Bhang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bhang
vs
Palmer

176 cm
22
184 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

173 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bhang Bhang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicholas Palmer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bhang scores with a jab to the body.
Bhang Bhang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bhang moves away.
Bhang lands a head shot.
Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Bhang.
Palmer connects with a nice looking jab.
Bhang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
Bhang tries to clinch there but Palmer circles away.
Bhang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
Palmer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Palmer misses.
Bhang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palmer.
Bhang cracks Palmer with a good jab.
Horrible takedown by Bhang or perhaps it was just good defense by Palmer which made him look bad.
Palmer slips a jab from Bhang.
Bhang throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Palmer on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nicholas Palmer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Palmer misses with an uppercut.
Bhang throws an overhand right that lands on Palmer's shoulder, as Palmer tries to avoid the shot.
Bhang misses with an uppercut.
Palmer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bhang on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Palmer digs a good body shot into Bhang's ribs.
Bhang defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
Bhang tries to clinch but Palmer moves out of range.
Bhang misses with a few strikes there.
Palmer takes a swing at Bhang's ribcage but misses.
Bhang throws an overhand right that lands on Palmer's shoulder, as Palmer tries to avoid the shot.
Bhang works Palmer's body with a nice hook.
Bhang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bhang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bhang blocks a jab.
Palmer slips under a jab from Bhang.
Bhang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bhang thows a body shot but no joy.
Palmer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bhang scores with a sloppy right hand. Palmer should have avoided that one.
Palmer slips a jab and a cross from Bhang.
Bhang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palmer.
Bhang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palmer.
Palmer misses the body punch
and Bhang makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Palmer really felt that one!
Bhang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Palmer misses with a combination
and Bhang counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer missing with a left hand there. Bhang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bhang throws the kick towards the body but Palmer avoids it.
Palmer misses with a series of wild punches.
Bhang tries to clinch up but Palmer circles away and keeps his distance.
Bhang throws a shot from downtown. Palmer moves away and avoids it.
Bhang tries to clinch there but Palmer circles away.
Good exchange - Palmer coming out on top.
Bhang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palmer loads up on a big right hand but Bhang slips the punch.
Nice shot by Palmer.
Bhang misses with the combination.
Palmer scores with a jab. Bhang acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

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.
Bhang misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palmer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bhang counters with an outside leg kick.
Bhang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Palmer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Palmer.
Palmer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bhang throws a leg kick but Palmer moved away.
Bhang slips under a jab.
Bhang scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bhang throws a wild body kick that Palmer sees coming a mile off.

Bhang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Bhang on the inside.
Bhang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Palmer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bhang.
Still in the clinch, Bhang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Palmer struggles to land a body shot inside as Bhang controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bhang Bhang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bhang wants to clinch.
Palmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bhang tries to score a power double leg takedown but Palmer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bhang somewhat.
Palmer misses with a wild body shot.

Bhang shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Palmer napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Palmer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bhang misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhang in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Bhang creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Palmer sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bhang in side control, throwing shots but Palmer defends.
Bhang trying to control the action but Palmer is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Palmer regains half guard, as Bhang was trying to land strikes.
Bhang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Palmer's head.
Bhang wants to advance to full mount but Palmer doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Bhang throwing strikes but missing.
Bhang looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bhang accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palmer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bhang stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Palmer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bhang wants to control from the top but Palmer keeps moving.
Bhang throws a strike but Palmer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bhang is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Palmer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bhang.
Bhang not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bhang is controlling the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bhang trying to pass the guard but Palmer defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bhang Bhang dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Bhang needs to keep his hands up - Palmer had a free shot at his head there.
Bhang is trying hard to land a takedown here. Palmer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bhang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palmer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bhang.
Bhang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmer.
Palmer blocks a jab.
Bhang tried to score with a low kick but Palmer checks it.
Palmer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bhang tries to score a power double leg takedown but Palmer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bhang somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer looks to land a right hand but Bhang moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer scores with a one two! Bhang had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Palmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bhang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good exchange - Palmer coming out on top.
Bhang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palmer.
Nice jab there from Bhang.
Bhang throws a body punch but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer tests Bhang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palmer tries to bum rush Bhang with a series of wild strikes but Bhang uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed right hand from Palmer misses the target.
Bhang loads up on a big right hand but Palmer slips the punch.
Bhang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhang lands an overhand right.
Bhang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big left from Palmer misses.
Palmer throws a right and a left that Bhang avoids nicely.
Palmer looks to land a left hand but Bhang moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Palmer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palmer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Palmer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bhang.
Bhang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palmer.
Good exchange - Palmer coming out on top.
Bhang Bhang is winning the standup battle so far.
Palmer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bhang's head backwards.
Palmer takes a swing at Bhang's ribcage but misses.
Bhang with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhang throws out a loose jab but Palmer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bhang fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Palmer prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bhang Bhang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bhang lands a nice elbow.

Palmer is fighting off a takedown attempt but Bhang is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Palmer to the mat. Palmer regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Palmer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bhang thows a big elbow that misses.
Bhang slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bhang wants to control for a moment but Palmer uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Nicholas Palmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhang wants to lay and pray for a moment but Palmer keeps working.
Bhang Bhang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bhang is taking a breather. Palmer says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bhang throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bhang Bhang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bhang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bhang Bhang!