PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jethro Walrustitty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siouxsie Banshees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walrustitty comes to the cage accompanied by The Fish Slapping Dance. Banshees comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cities in Dust kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walrustitty
vs
Banshees

180 cm
23
219 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

192 cm
24
220 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jethro Walrustitty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Siouxsie Banshees!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banshees tries to land a front kick but Walrustitty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walrustitty misses with a takedown attempt
and Banshees counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Walrustitty looks for a takedown but Banshees sprawls well.
Banshees misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walrustitty takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Banshees connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Walrustitty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banshees.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walrustitty shoots and misses
and Banshees counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jethro Walrustitty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banshees tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walrustitty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walrustitty doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Banshees counters with a left and a right that stings Walrustitty.
Banshees scores with a leg kick.
Siouxsie Banshees is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Banshees ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees scores with a jab to the head.
Walrustitty doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Banshees counters with a leg kick.
Walrustitty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Banshees.
Walrustitty doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Banshees counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walrustitty slips a jab and a cross from Banshees.
Banshees connects with a leg kick. Walrustitty looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Banshees tries to bum rush Walrustitty with a series of wild strikes but Walrustitty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Banshees throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Walrustitty stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Banshees changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Walrustitty is breathing heavily.
Banshees listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banshees scores with a jab.
Banshees is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banshees looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Banshees tries to clinch there but Walrustitty circles away.
Walrustitty tries for a takedown but Banshees circles away easily
and Banshees makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banshees missing with a left hand there. Walrustitty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walrustitty with a lazy takedown attempt
and Banshees counters with a left and a right that stings Walrustitty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Banshees misses with a head kick.
Jab by Banshees.
Siouxsie Banshees is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walrustitty with a lazy takedown attempt
and Banshees counters with a thumping low kick.
Banshees lands with a hook. Walrustitty tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Banshees tries to clinch up.
Walrustitty gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Banshees counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walrustitty blocks a jab.
Banshees misses with a series of wild punches.
Walrustitty misses with a takedown
and Banshees counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jethro Walrustitty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banshees throws a jab when Walrustitty was well out of range.
Banshees wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walrustitty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Walrustitty takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Banshees has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Banshees misses with a combination

and Walrustitty counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Banshees!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walrustitty has hold of Banshees's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Banshees manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Walrustitty misses with a head shot.
Banshees wants to control but Walrustitty is having none of it.
Walrustitty is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Banshees can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Walrustitty jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Banshees is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Banshees and Walrustitty has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Walrustitty advances nicely into full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walrustitty tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Banshees pushes Walrustitty away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Walrustitty gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Walrustitty tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Walrustitty has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Banshees explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Banshees throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Banshees throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Banshees throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Banshees misses with a leg kick

and Walrustitty counters with a shoot takedown. Banshees fights it but they end up in guard.
Walrustitty won't allow Banshees to get back to his feet.
Banshees keeping full guard, as Walrustitty tries to pass.

Walrustitty is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Walrustitty drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Walrustitty jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Banshees pulls Walrustitty in to control the position.
Walrustitty with a flurry of punches that miss.

Walrustitty drops back looking for a leg! Banshees is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Banshees manages to kick Walrustitty off! Walrustitty jumps back into Banshees's guard.
Walrustitty being controlled here momentarily.
Jethro Walrustitty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siouxsie Banshees is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Banshees avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walrustitty might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Banshees uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Walrustitty misses with a takedown attempt - Banshees sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Banshees misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banshees misses with a few strikes there.
Jab by Banshees.
Banshees slaps away a takedown attempt from Walrustitty, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Walrustitty gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Banshees counters with a three punch combo that has Walrustitty backing up. Walrustitty nods at Banshees to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jethro Walrustitty. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four 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.
Banshees lands with a right hand.
Walrustitty closes this distance looking for a takedown but Banshees circles away.
Walrustitty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banshees.
Walrustitty misses with a low kick.
Walrustitty has his takedown stuffed
and Banshees counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Siouxsie Banshees comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Banshees winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Siouxsie Banshees!