PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilong Ranger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osana Bin Laden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ranger
vs
Bin Laden

190 cm
26
260 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
159 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ilong Ranger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Osana Bin Laden!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bin Laden throws a head kick that misses.
Bin Laden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bin Laden throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ranger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Osana Bin Laden has been cut.

Bin Laden closes the distance and pushes Ranger back into the cage.
Ranger prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bin Laden wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bin Laden is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ranger tries to pull guard but Bin Laden holds him up against the cage and eventually Ranger drops back down to his feet.
Ranger tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bin Laden stalling.
Bin Laden can't get the takedown.

Ranger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Ranger with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ilong Ranger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bin Laden scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ranger in his tracks.
Ranger throws a leg kick which misses Bin Laden's front leg but catches the back leg as Bin Laden tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bin Laden keeps the fight on the outside.
Ranger misses with a takedown attempt - Bin Laden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ranger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bin Laden as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranger wants to clinch.

Bin Laden rushes Ranger and presses him up against the cage.
Ranger tries to stall but Bin Laden uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Bin Laden manages to pull guard.
Bin Laden is trying to keep Ranger in close.
Bin Laden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bin Laden thows a huge punch but Ranger dodges it nicely.
Bin Laden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin Laden stalling.
Ranger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bin Laden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Bin Laden decides to stand up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bin Laden is defended easily by Ranger.
Bin Laden looks gassed!
Bin Laden will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ranger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bin Laden sprawls well. Bin Laden wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ranger gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck for Ranger with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Laden tries for a takedown but Ranger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bin Laden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ranger tries to avoid it but Bin Laden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ranger to the ground. Ranger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ranger moves in looking to clinch but Bin Laden pushes him off.
Bin Laden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Osana Bin Laden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ranger tries to close the distance and clinch but Bin Laden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ranger shoots in but no luck this time.
Ranger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bin Laden.
Ranger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bin Laden is fending him off so far but Ranger persists. Nope, Bin Laden circles away and we're back to standing.
Bin Laden shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Bin Laden closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ranger did well to prevent Bin Laden getting side control.
Ranger is trying to stand up here but Bin Laden is controlling him well.
Bin Laden is trying to control. Ranger wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ranger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bin Laden.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Laden sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ranger defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bin Laden throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ranger tries to get to full guard but Bin Laden has control of the leg.
Bin Laden working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bin Laden throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bin Laden moves into full mount! Ranger won't be happy about that!
Bin Laden landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bin Laden working for a submission but Ranger is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ilong Ranger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Osana Bin Laden's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bin Laden shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ranger but Ranger pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A head kick misses from Ranger.
Bin Laden fails to land the takedown.
Bin Laden tries for a takedown but Ranger circles away easily
and Ranger counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Bin Laden! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Ranger!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilong Ranger!