PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug Greenwoods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banks has chosen The Night by Kromestatik as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Greenwoods
vs
Banks

190 cm
23
179 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
27
193 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Doug Greenwoods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Banks!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Greenwoods sprawls well. Greenwoods wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Banks gets slowly back to his feet.
Greenwoods looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Banks lands with a kick to the temple. Greenwoods shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Doug Greenwoods has been cut.

Banks shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Banks was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Banks stands up.
Banks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Banks does no damage.
Banks shoots in for a double leg but Greenwoods sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greenwoods throws a right and a left that Banks avoids nicely.
Banks slaps away a takedown attempt from Greenwoods, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Banks misses with a few strikes there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Banks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Banks. Those never looked like landing.
A left and a right from Banks both land. Nice combination.

Oooooh!!! Banks has knocked Greenwoods down with a huge combo! Banks steps away and waves a wobbly Greenwoods back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Greenwoods is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banks throws a series of punches but Greenwoods avoids them all with ease.
Greenwoods avoids the head kick by Banks.

Banks shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Banks showed some decent athleticism there.

Banks decides to stand and escape the position.
Nice uppercut there from Banks.
Greenwoods throws a series of punches but Banks avoids them all with ease.
Banks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banks lands a big head kick that sends Greenwoods tumbling to the mat! Banks takes a step backwards and waves Greenwoods back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Greenwoods is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Doug Greenwoods's cut is getting worse.
Greenwoods takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Banks throws a front kick that sends Greenwoods stumbling back into the cage.
Greenwoods looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Banks throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Banks steps in with a hook that catches Greenwoods right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Banks follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Greenwoods looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Banks!
Brandon Banks was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
The defeated Doug Greenwoods had this to say: 'Guess his Better'.