PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semtex Daily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Banner
vs
Daily

200 cm
22
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Terrance Banner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Semtex Daily!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner shoots for a takedown but Daily saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Banner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Banner shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Banner was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Banner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daily keeps working.

Banner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Banner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Banner trying to control the position but Daily is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daily trying his best to control but Banner has mounted him.
Banner prevents Daily from getting the reversal.
Banner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Daily?
Banner wants to control the pace but Daily is squirming around nicely.
Daily can't escape the position.
Banner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Banner controlling the pace for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banner moves to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Daily is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Banner gets his way!
Banner struggling to land strikes to the head as Daily covers up.

Daily showing good submission defense here.

Daily fending off the submission attempt from Banner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Daily defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Banner's arms.
Banner is hanging on to Daily's back as he tries to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Banner has his arm under Daily's chin here. Game over son! Banner squeezes tightly and Daily is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Terrance Banner!