PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Fresh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fresh
vs
Banner

185 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Fresh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Banner!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fresh throws a combination that misses

so Banner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Banner trying to control but Fresh is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fresh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Banner postures up.
Banner trying to control but Fresh is working from the bottom.

Banner has gone for a leg lock! Fresh slips out almost immediately though and dives into Banner's guard.

Fresh gets to his feet. Banner looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Fresh tries to sprawl but Banner drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fresh trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner unloads with some shots from mount but Fresh bucks and avoids them well.
Fresh is trying to escape the mount.

Banner looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Banner is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Fresh can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Fresh is looking to get to half guard.
Banner thowing shots but they're missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banner working for a submission but Fresh is keeping him at bay.
Fresh tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Banner wants to take Fresh's back but he can't do it this time.
Fresh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Banner looking for a guillotine from mount but Fresh is having none of it.

Fresh defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Banner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Banner goes for an armbar but Fresh turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Fresh.

Fresh stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fresh tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Banner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fresh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Banner.
Fresh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Bruce Banner has been cut.
Banner shoots for a takedown but Fresh saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Vlad Fresh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fresh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Fresh drops Banner with a beautiful combination! Banner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Fresh is looking for the KO!

Banner is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fresh.
Banner is still on wobbly legs! Can Fresh finish him?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fresh.
Fresh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Banner seems to have recovered his senses.
Banner moves out of range as Fresh throws a body kick.
Banner looks for a takedown but Fresh sprawls well.
Fresh tries to clinch but Banner is having none of it.
Fresh tries to clinch there but Banner circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fresh throws a combination that misses

and Banner decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fresh's guard.

Banner is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Fresh is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Fresh has escaped and now he's on top!

Banner looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Fresh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Banner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Banner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fresh.
Fresh looks to clinch
and Banner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Fresh.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Banner is defended easily by Fresh.
Vlad Fresh is winning the standup battle so far.

Fresh lands a left and a right that send Banner crashing to the mat, dazed. Fresh thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fresh cracks Banner with a good jab.

That has opened up Bruce Banner's cut even more.
Fresh lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Banner is looking to close the distance but Fresh sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Banner crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Banner is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Vlad Fresh!
Vlad Fresh was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.