PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davor Langerholc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siouxsie Banshees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banshees has chosen Cities in Dust as his entrance music. Siouxsie Banshees will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Langerholc
vs
Banshees

180 cm
27
208 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

192 cm
37
214 lbs
37 - 19 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Davor Langerholc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Siouxsie Banshees!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langerholc checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Banshees throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Langerholc sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Banshees lands an overhand right.
Banshees throws a jab but it's blocked by Langerholc.
Banshees waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Langerholc.
Banshees tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Langerholc was well out of range. Poor timing from Banshees.
Banshees thows a left - swing and a miss!
Banshees throws a leg kick that is checked

and Langerholc decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Banshees's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Langerholc tries to free his leg and advance position but Banshees is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langerholc pushes down on Banshees's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Langerholc is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Banshees is not content to let Langerholc control the position.
Langerholc not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc thows a huge punch but Banshees dodges it nicely.

Langerholc is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Langerholc has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Langerholc not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Langerholc not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Langerholc wants to work for an arm triangle but Banshees is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc trying to advance position but Banshees counters by regaining guard.
Langerholc trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Langerholc working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Banshees's head.
Banshees has control of Langerholc's left arm, preventing Langerholc from doing any damage.
Banshees looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc trying to control but Banshees is working from the bottom.

Langerholc drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Banshees manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Langerholc has Banshees in his guard.
Banshees trying to control the position from guard on top but Langerholc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Banshees wanted to stand there but Langerholc had control of the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banshees seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Banshees avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davor Langerholc dominated that round.
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.

A clash of legs there as Langerholc blocks the low kick.
Banshees misses with an attempted mid kick.
Banshees takes a swing at Langerholc's ribcage but misses.
Banshees misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banshees wants to land a leg kick but Langerholc is out of range.
Langerholc swats away the attempt to clinch by Banshees.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langerholc avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Banshees throws a lazy body kick

and Langerholc counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Langerholc.
Langerholc throws an elbow that misses. Banshees uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Langerholc's guard. Nice move by Banshees!

Langerholc throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Langerholc keeping moving, preventing Banshees from controlling successfully.
Banshees tries to stand but Langerholc is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Langerholc throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Banshees trying to stand up but can't free himself from Langerholc's guard.
Banshees is pushing down on Langerholc's leg trying to pass to half guard. Langerholc is fighting to maintain full guard but Banshees has managed to sneak the leg through.
Davor Langerholc overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banshees controlling the action here.
Langerholc tries to roll over but Banshees keeps him under control.
Banshees has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc is trying to escape the mount.

Banshees gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Langerholc takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Langerholc moves out of range as Banshees strikes.
Banshees pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Banshees is looking to clinch but Langerholc is avoiding it.
Langerholc drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Banshees throws a jab but it's blocked by Langerholc.
Banshees pivots, looking for a leg kick but Langerholc is out of range and Banshees settles back down.
Banshees misses with a low kick as Langerholc jumps back.
Banshees scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Banshees clinches.
Banshees tries to work over Langerholc's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banshees lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Banshees scores with a jab to the jaw.
Langerholc takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Banshees dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Banshees throws a body kick that misses.
Banshees throws a quick inside leg kick.
Banshees tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Langerholc checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Langerholc slips under a jab from Banshees.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Langerholc stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Banshees.
Banshees keeps Langerholc at a distance using the push kick.
Banshees shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Langerholc ducks under a wild hook from Banshees.
Banshees tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Langerholc is able to avoid easily.
Banshees throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Banshees throws a hook to the side of Langerholc's head but Langerholc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees scores with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Banshees.
Some wild striking there from Banshees.
Banshees swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Banshees finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Banshees digs a good body shot into Langerholc's ribs.
Banshees scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banshees scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Langerholc doesn't seem bothered though.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banshees lands a lovely overhand right.
Banshees throws a chopping leg kick but Langerholc manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Banshees throws a front kick aimed at Langerholc's knee but Langerholc avoids it well.
Banshees throws a leg kick

so Langerholc counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Langerholc pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Banshees is keeping the position for now.
Langerholc in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banshees keeping moving, preventing Langerholc from controlling successfully.
Langerholc throws a big elbow that misses.
Langerholc slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Langerholc sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Banshees defending well though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Siouxsie Banshees comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Banshees has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Siouxsie Banshees!
A relieved looking Siouxsie Banshees thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Davor Langerholc had this to say: 'My vengeance will be torture and murder.'.