PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bane Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mikhail Van Kirkland was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Price
vs
Van Kirkland

198 cm
25
238 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
29
285 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bane Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikhail Van Kirkland!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Kirkland drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Van Kirkland is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Price is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Van Kirkland taking a breather here.
Van Kirkland's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Price looks to move to half guard but instead Van Kirkland has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kirkland tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Van Kirkland dominating with strikes here.
Van Kirkland takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Van Kirkland pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland working the ground and pound effectively.
Van Kirkland controlling his opponent.
Van Kirkland with good strikes from the mount here!
Van Kirkland sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Price's face.
Van Kirkland fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Van Kirkland controlling the position easily from mount.
Van Kirkland is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Price can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Price wants to control but Van Kirkland is having none of it.
Price looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Price takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland content just to control the position here.
Van Kirkland has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Price is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Van Kirkland has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at London MMA Fight Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Van Kirkland fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Van Kirkland connects with a bit shot that sees Price covering up! More strikes from Van Kirkland and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Van Kirkland is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikhail Van Kirkland!
Bane Price was interviewed post fight and said 'I would like to say sorry but it just dosent cut how bad my perfomance was tonight and I'm saying sorry for that, what else can I do? '.