PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Drone Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buakaw Banana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drone Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Dr. Dre - Kush ft. Snoop Dogg, Akon . Buakaw Banana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Drone Jr
vs
Banana

150 cm
18
146 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyson Drone Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buakaw Banana !
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banana keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Banana instigates a clinch.
Banana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drone Jr backwards.
Banana is pressed up against the cage. Drone Jr has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Banana down to the mat. Banana avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Drone Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Banana , looking for a takedown. Drone Jr pushes Banana against the cage but Banana circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Drone Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Banana enables Drone Jr to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Banana manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Banana had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drone Jr defends it easily.

Banana had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drone Jr defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Drone Jr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drone Jr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Banana is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Drone Jr rolls with it to try and escape but Banana cranks on the arm and Drone Jr is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Buakaw Banana !