PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Sturd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siouxsie Banshees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sturd comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - We In Here. Banshees has chosen Cities in Dust as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sturd
vs
Banshees

190 cm
28
208 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

192 cm
28
214 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Resistance
Next Level Nutrition

160! - Sale!

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sturd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Siouxsie Banshees!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Banshees closes the distance and clinches.

Sturd breaks the clinch.
Banshees's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sturd under the eye.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Banshees moves out of range as Sturd strikes.
Sturd tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Banshees stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sturd.
Sturd misses with a body shot.
Banshees thows a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Sturd there.
Banshees uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Banshees. That's going to slow Sturd down.
Sturd swings for the body but Banshees moves out of range.
Sturd looks to score with a jab to the body but Banshees is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banshees scores with a push kick.
Sturd just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturd misses with a series of wild punches.
Banshees just misses with a punch to the body.
Banshees wants to clinch up but Sturd keeps it at a distance.
Banshees ducks under a wild hook from Sturd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Banshees uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturd.
Crunch! Banshees slams his shin into Sturd's torso.
Banshees takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Banshees connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sturd swings for the body but Banshees moves out of range.
Sturd looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sturd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Banshees lands a right hook to the body.
Sturd looks to score with a jab to the body but Banshees is just out of range.
Sturd misses with a hook. Banshees ducked under it nicely.
Sturd thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Banshees.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sturd thows a leg kick but Banshees checks it
and Banshees counters with an outside leg kick.
Sturd just misses with a punch to the body.
Banshees keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Banshees throws a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Banshees. That's going to slow Sturd down.
Sturd throws a sloppy head kick and Banshees moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturd lands a head shot.
Sturd misses with a hook
and Banshees counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sturd checks the leg kick nicely there.
Banshees uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturd.
Banshees scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sturd misses with a low kick as Banshees jumps back.
Banshees digs a good hook to Sturd's body.
Sturd is looking to wear down Banshees with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sturd takes one on the button.
Sturd throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Banshees counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sturd tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sturd motions for Banshees to come forward. Sturd throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Banshees misses with a body kick.
Sturd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Banshees fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sturd.
Banshees jabs at Sturd's body.
Some bone on bone action there as Banshees checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Banshees lands a leg kick that knocks Sturd off balance momentarily.
Banshees tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sturd swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Banshees sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sturd throws a head kick but Banshees moves out of range.
Sturd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Banshees.
Banshees scores with a spinning back kick!
Banshees with a hook.
Banshees connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sturd scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sturd throws a head kick that Banshees semi-blocks.
Sturd swings for the body but Banshees moves out of range.
Sturd takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Banshees feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sturd's calf.
Sturd walks into a stiff left hand from Banshees.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banshees throws a hook but Sturd blocks it.
Banshees is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sturd had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Banshees fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sturd checks it well.
Banshees does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sturd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice straight punches there by Banshees. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Banshees.
Sturd throws the left hand but Banshees avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banshees lands with a thumping leg kick.
Banshees lands with a hook. Sturd tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sturd lands a nice looking body shot.
Sturd lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sturd.
Sturd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sturd misses with a head kick.
A solid body kick from Sturd.
Sturd throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Banshees.
Banshees looks to land a combination but Sturd avoids it well.
Banshees dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Banshees lands the left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banshees thuds a left hand into Sturd's body.
Sturd throws an overhand right that lands on Banshees's shoulder, as Banshees tries to avoid the shot.
Sturd keeps the fight on the outside.
Banshees connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sturd momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Banshees fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Banshees looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sturd throws a head kick that misses.
Banshees throws a head kick that half lands.
Sturd throws a hook to the side of Banshees's head but Banshees sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sturd needs to keep his hands up - Banshees had a free shot at his head there.
Banshees scores with a body shot.
Sturd throws a chopping leg kick but Banshees manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Banshees keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Banshees. That snapped Sturd's head back.
Sturd throws a head kick that misses.
Sturd is looking to slow Banshees down with leg kicks.
Banshees lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sturd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Banshees, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banshees ducks under a wild hook from Sturd.
Sturd throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Banshees.
Banshees displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sturd throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees tries to land a front kick but Sturd steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sturd. Banshees shrugs it off though.
A bone on bone clash there as Banshees blocks the leg kick.
Sturd throws a head kick but Banshees moves out of range.
Banshees feints and then cracks Sturd's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sturd down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banshees looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sturd tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Banshees with a nice cross.
Sturd throws a sloppy body shot
and Banshees counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sturd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Banshees circles away quickly and effectively.
Sturd misses with a wild body shot.
Sturd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Banshees uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturd.

Banshees closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Banshees scores with a nice short uppercut.
Banshees lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banshees lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sturd backwards.
Sturd has had enough of the clinch but Banshees keeps him there for the moment.
Sturd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sturd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sturd avoids the elbow strike from Banshees, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Banshees lands with a left to the head.

Sturd is rocked!
Banshees digs a right hand into Sturd's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sturd's gas tank.
Oh Sturd is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banshees lands a nice uppercut.
Sturd wants to get back to striking at distance but Banshees won't allow it.
Banshees utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Banshees lands an elbow inside that Sturd shrugs off.

It looks like Jason Sturd has been cut.
Banshees lands with a left to the head.
Sturd wants to break free but Banshees has control.
Sturd is pressed against the cage. Banshees pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Sturd! Two more big strikes from Banshees and Sturd crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Siouxsie Banshees!
Siouxsie Banshees seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.