PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bang Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon has chosen Dies Irae as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bang
vs
Damon

188 cm
22
220 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
222 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bang Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Damon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bang misses with an uppercut.
Damon throws the left hand but Bang avoids the punch easily.
Damon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damon throws a hook to the side of Bang's head but Bang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Damon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Damon throws out a loose jab but Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Damon.
Damon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bang throws a looping overhand right but Damon ducks down to avoid it.
Damon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bang at a distance.
Damon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bang throws a series of punches but Damon moves out of range.
Damon misses the shot to the body.
Damon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bang on the side of the head.
Damon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bang avoids the body shot from Damon.
Damon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Damon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bang misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang swinging wildly here.
Bang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bang misses with a looping left.
Damon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bang counters with an outside leg kick.
Damon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bang manages to avoid it.
Bang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damon.
Damon just misses with a punch to the body.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Damon is just out of range.
Bang tries to bum rush Damon with a series of wild strikes but Damon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from Damon.
Bang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Damon scores with a jab. Bang acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Damon throws a combination that misses
letting Bang counter with a right hand.
Bang blocks a jab.
Bang throws a leg kick but Damon sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Bang clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Damon working aggressively here.
Damon is working Bang over against the cage.

Bang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bang throws a looping overhand right but Damon ducks down to avoid it.
Damon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Damon blocks a low kick nicely.
Bang moves out of range of the strikes.
Damon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Damon.
Bang is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Damon.
A cross from Bang lands.
Damon misses with a looping right.
Bang doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Damon lands a nice looking body shot.
Damon scores with a punch to the head.
Damon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bang.
Damon scores with the left hand. Bang knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Damon.
Bang defending well as Damon loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the body from Damon misses
enabling Bang to counter with a crisp jab.
Bang blocks a jab.
Ron Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bang on the side of the head.
Bang motions for Damon to come forward. Bang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Damon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bang had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bang throws a series of punches but Damon avoids them all with ease.
Bang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Damon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Damon throws a body punch but Bang moves out of range.
Bang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damon.
Damon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damon. Bang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damon throws a one two combo.
Donk. Damon catches Bang right on the button with a cross.

Bang pushes Damon up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Damon as the two fighters clinch.
Damon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Damon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bang.
A short right from Bang on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Damon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damon throws a punch but it's blocked by Bang.
Bang is trying to push Damon away but Damon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Damon.
Bang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Damon looks gassed!
Bang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Damon is trying to maintain a safe position but Bang gets an underhook and turns Damon into the cage.
Bang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bang.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Damon taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Bang.
Bang lands with a right to the head.
Bang holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Damon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bang scores with a crisp jab that stopped Damon in his tracks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bang.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bang, right into the meat.
Bang fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Damon on the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Bang.
Bang scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bang lands a nice shot that snaps Damon's head back.
Bang throws a good cross that connects.
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damon slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damon. Bang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damon is breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Damon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damon looks to land a left hand but Bang moved out of range nicely.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Damon is just out of range.
Damon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damon circles away quickly and effectively.
Bang wants to slow Damon down by chopping away at his legs.
Bang Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bang digs a good body shot into Damon's ribs.
Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Damon misses with a double jab
and Bang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bang misses with a double jab.
Bang lands with a shot to the body.
Damon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bang.
Bang throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bang lands a jab to Damon's midsection.
Damon misses with a body punch
enabling Bang to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Damon throws a sloppy head kick and Bang moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Bang.
Damon loads up on a big right hand but Bang slips the punch.
Nice uppercut there from Bang.
Bang getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bang slips a jab and a cross from Damon.
Damon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good work by Damon as he checks the leg kick.
Bang tries to clinch up but Damon circles away and keeps his distance.
Damon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bang circles away quickly and effectively.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bang.

Bang takes the fight into the clinch.
Bang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Bang lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bang is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damon is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang lands with a left to the head.

Bang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bang lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bang, as that shot connected.
The crowd cheers as Bang lands an impressive looking overhand right. Damon doesn't seem phased though.
Bang swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
A jab from Damon misses.
Bang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bang throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Damon.
Bang misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as Damon blocks the leg kick.
Bang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bang looks to throw the jab but Damon is out of range.
Damon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bang moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang lands a two punch combo.
Bang misses with a body shot.
Bang feints and then cracks Damon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Damon down.
Damon misses with a looping right.
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bang's corner calls for a 1-2. Bang obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon throws a combination that misses
and Bang makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Damon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Damon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Damon just misses with a punch to the body.
Bang tests Damon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bang lands with an uppercut that bounces Damon off the cage and back into rage.
Bang scores with a decent looking hook.
Jab from Bang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bang Bang dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Bang.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
Bang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Damon can do to turn this around?
A jab from Damon does it's job there.
Damon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bang.
Damon stalling the fight.
Bang is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damon is keeping busy.
Damon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bang is keeping busy.
A right handed body shot lands from Bang.
Bang displaying some good clinch control by pressing Damon up against the cage.
Bang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bang lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bang lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Bang.
Bang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
A short left from Bang.
Bang lands a right hand.
Bang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damon backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bang lands an elbow that stopped Damon in his tracks for a moment.
Bang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bang Bang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bang lands a shoulder strike.
Bang lands a shoulder strike.

Bang breaks from the clinch.
Bang lands a right hook to the body.
Bang thumps Damon with a low kick.
Bang Bang is winning the standup battle so far.

Bang has managed to clinch.
Bang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Bang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bang gets through Damon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Bang.
Bang gets through Damon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bang pushes Damon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bang effectively controlling the action here.
Bang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Damon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bang stalling in the clinch.
Bang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damon backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang has Damon pressed against the cage, preventing Damon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bang lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bang lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bang.
Bang lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Damon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Damon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bang lands a hook that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Bang lands a left hand.
Bang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Still in the clinch, Damon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Damon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Bang.
A body shot lands from Bang.
Bang is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bang lands with a light punch inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bang - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bang lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Bang.

Bang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the body from Damon misses
and Bang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
Bang scores with a leg kick.
Damon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bang throws a nice inside leg kick.
Damon takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bang connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Damon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Damon misses the body punch
and Bang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bang tries to work over Damon's front leg with a kick but Damon checks it.
Bang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice defenses there by Bang.
Damon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Damon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
Bang connects with a body shot.
Bang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Damon.
A slow jab from Damon misses its intended target.
Bang throws a leg kick but Damon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Damon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bang backs up against the cage.
Bang blocks a head kick by Damon.
Bang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Damon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Damon just misses with a punch to the body.
Damon tries to move into range but Bang moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Damon throws a hook but Bang avoids it easily.
Bang chopping away at his opponent's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damon fails to land with a series of punches.
Bang throws a leg kick but Damon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Damon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bang Bang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bang 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:26

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