PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marquis Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Ban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bo Ban has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williams
vs
Ban

194 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

180 cm
33
205 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Zipp Zapp

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 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marquis Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bo Ban!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ban circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams misses with the combination.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ban tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Ban.
Ban throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Ban pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ban throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams throws a right and a left that Ban avoids nicely.

Ban fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Williams, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ban comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Marquis Williams has been cut.

Ban breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ban fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Ban tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a right hand that Ban ducks under and follows up with a left that Ban also avoids with ease.
Marquis Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ban throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Ban.
Ban throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Williams.

Ban darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ban takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ban passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Williams looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ban content just to control the position here.
It looks like Ban might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Ban looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Williams covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Ban!
Bo Ban very nearly forgot to thank Namunamu Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.