PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mandla Bangizwe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Fauatea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fauatea has chosen Aural Psynapse as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bangizwe
vs
Fauatea

194 cm
32
230 lbs
23 - 8 - 1

196 cm
26
275 lbs
22 - 6 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps
[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation
Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mandla Bangizwe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Fauatea !
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bangizwe looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Fauatea clinches up against the cage.
Bangizwe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bangizwe managing to block the knees to the body from Fauatea .
Fauatea tries a body shot but Bangizwe blocks it.
Fauatea has Bangizwe pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bangizwe.
Fauatea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fauatea misses with a knee strike.
Bangizwe is struggling to control the position.
Fauatea tries to land a knee to the head but Bangizwe blocks with his arms.
Fauatea goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fauatea scores with a hook to the body.
Bangizwe is looking to break free of the clinch but Fauatea has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fauatea tries to land knees in the clinch but Bangizwe avoids the damage to the body.
Fauatea throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bangizwe blocks it with crossed arms.
Bangizwe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bangizwe as Fauatea tries to tie him up.
Fauatea lands a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bangizwe as Fauatea tries to tie him up.
Fauatea has Bangizwe pushed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fauatea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bangizwe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fauatea throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fauatea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bangizwe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bangizwe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fauatea tries a body shot but Bangizwe blocks it.
Nice body punch from Fauatea .
Fauatea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fauatea misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fauatea is working Bangizwe over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fauatea is struggling to control the position.
Fauatea lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Fauatea scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fauatea misses with a body punch.
Fauatea lands a nice knee to the body.
Fauatea looking to throw knees to the head but Bangizwe is blocking nicely.
Bangizwe jumps guard but Fauatea stands there with Bangizwe around his waist. Bangizwe gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fauatea stalling against the cage.
Fauatea misses with the head strike.
Fauatea stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fauatea tries to throw a body punch but Bangizwe avoids it by throwing Fauatea back against the cage.
A short left from Fauatea .
Bangizwe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fauatea misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bangizwe.
Fauatea tries to land knees in the clinch but Bangizwe avoids the damage to the body.
Fauatea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bangizwe tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fauatea smiles and moves away.
Fauatea tries to bum rush Bangizwe with a series of wild strikes but Bangizwe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fauatea catches Bangizwe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bangizwe looks to score with a jab to the body but Fauatea is just out of range.
Fauatea scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bangizwe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fauatea misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Fauatea dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bangizwe throws a head kick that Fauatea semi-blocks.

It looks like Dominic Fauatea has been cut.
Fauatea tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bangizwe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bangizwe moves out of range of the body kick.
Fauatea misses with the combination.
A shot to the liver by Fauatea . Beautiful body shot.
Fauatea on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bangizwe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bangizwe checks a low kick from Fauatea .
Fauatea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Fauatea there.
A solid body kick from Bangizwe.
Fauatea takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fauatea throws a leg kick but Bangizwe sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fauatea is breathing heavily.
Fauatea takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bangizwe moves away from the strike by Fauatea .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fauatea tries a head kick but it misses.
Fauatea ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bangizwe lands a lovely overhand right.
Bangizwe throws a wild body kick that Fauatea sees coming a mile off.
Bangizwe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bangizwe throws a leg kick which misses Fauatea 's front leg but catches the back leg as Fauatea tries to avoid it.
Fauatea swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bangizwe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fauatea 's knee momentarily.
Bangizwe connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fauatea blocks the body kick.
Fauatea tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bangizwe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fauatea takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bangizwe connects with a body shot that sends Fauatea 's belly button to the back.
Bangizwe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fauatea 's sensitive parts.
Bangizwe chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bangizwe connects with the punch.

That has opened up Dominic Fauatea 's cut even more.
Bangizwe swings for the body but Fauatea moves out of range.
Bangizwe is looking to wear down Fauatea with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fauatea throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bangizwe feints and then cracks Fauatea 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fauatea down.
Bangizwe throws a head kick that misses.
Bangizwe lands an overhand right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bangizwe.
Bangizwe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

The cut above Dominic Fauatea 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bangizwe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bangizwe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Fauatea is rocked!
Bangizwe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fauatea is still on wobbly legs! Can Bangizwe finish him?
Fauatea tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bangizwe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bangizwe and Fauatea are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Bangizwe throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Fauatea into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Bangizwe knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mandla Bangizwe!
Mandla Bangizwe retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Mandla Bangizwe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.