PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miroslav Maruska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Joey Banks has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Banks
vs
Maruska

181 cm
25
249 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
260 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joey Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miroslav Maruska!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maruska manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maruska scores with a nice head shot.
Maruska uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Maruska lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Banks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maruska.
Banks throws a body punch but Maruska moves out of range.
Banks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maruska lands with a hook. Banks tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Banks darts in and clinches Maruska up against the cage.
Banks misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Maruska scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maruska blocks an uppercut.
Banks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Maruska on the inside.
Maruska lands a left hand that snaps the head of Banks backwards.

It looks like Joey Banks has been cut.
Banks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maruska has a couple of punches blocked by Banks.
Banks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banks struggles to land a body shot inside as Maruska controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks looking to stall.
Maruska blocking some punches.
Maruska lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Banks or not.
Maruska lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Banks tries to work over Maruska's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maruska blocking some punches.
Banks throws a head punch that misses.
Banks has a couple of punches blocked by Maruska.
Maruska has Banks pushed against the cage.
Banks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maruska.
Banks throws a head punch that misses.
Banks lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banks blocking some punches.
Maruska stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Maruska fails to land.
Maruska has Banks pushed against the cage.
Maruska's coach down at Madz was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Maruska's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maruska working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maruska lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maruska.
Banks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maruska scores with a shoulder strike.
Banks taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maruska tries to work over Banks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maruska manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Maruska lands a left hand.
Maruska goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Banks swings wildly with an uppercut but Maruska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Banks.
Banks prevents a body shot from Maruska.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maruska's elbow.
Banks misses with a punch to the body.
Banks lands with a right to the head.
Banks misses with some punches.
Banks misses with the head strike.
Banks lands a hook that snaps the head of Maruska backwards.
Banks can't find room to land a body shot as Maruska controls the action.
Maruska lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Banks working aggressively here.
Banks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maruska swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maruska avoiding damage.
Maruska lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maruska throws a head punch that misses.
Maruska lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Banks throws a punch but it's blocked by Maruska.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maruska.
Banks prevents a body shot from Maruska.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maruska works on Banks's body with a couple of short punches.
Banks can't find room to land a body shot as Maruska controls the action.

Maruska breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Banks misses with a wild body shot.
Banks throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Maruska to counter with a crisp jab.
Maruska jabs at Banks's body.
Maruska lands a nice looking body shot.
Banks is breathing heavily.
Maruska works the jab nicely.
Maruska lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Banks throws a looping overhand right but Maruska ducks down to avoid it.
Maruska defending well as Banks loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maruska works Banks's body with a nice hook.
Maruska scores with a jab to the body.

Maruska gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maruska scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miroslav Maruska dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Banks's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Maruska has taken the fight to the clinch.

Banks is rocked!
A body shot lands from Maruska.
Oh Banks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maruska unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Banks! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Maruska is unloading with more strikes now! Banks drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miroslav Maruska!