PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Alvarez Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Batson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banner comes to the cage accompanied by Raining Blood by Slayer. Bill Batson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Alvarez Banner
vs
Batson

180 cm
42
185 lbs
38 - 20 - 1

188 cm
36
186 lbs
36 - 15 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Alvarez Banner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bill Batson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batson.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Banner.
Batson misses with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Batson.
Banner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Banner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Batson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Batson, right into the meat.
Batson throws a hook but Banner blocks it.

Banner feints and as Batson raises his hands in defense, Banner changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Batson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Batson working a defensive guard here.
Banner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Banner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banner stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Banner moves in looking to clinch but Batson pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Banner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Batson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Banner tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Batson swivels and escapes.
Batson throws a big counter head kick but Banner avoids it with no problem.
Banner checks a leg kick nicely.
Batson lands a jab to Banner's midsection.
Banner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Batson.
Nice body kick from Batson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Banner throws out the jab.
Banner takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A jab lands there for Batson.
Batson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Banner is breathing heavily.
Banner walks into a left hand.
Batson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bill Batson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Banner misses with a hook.
Batson looks to throw the jab but Banner is out of range.
Batson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bill Batson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batson.
Batson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Banner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Batson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Banner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner shoots for a takedown but Batson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Alvarez Banner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banner lands a head shot.

Batson lands a big right hand that sends Banner crashing to the mat! Batson stays standing though and waves Banner back to his feet!

Banner is rocked!
Banner misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Banner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banner throws a body punch but Batson moves out of range.
Batson throws out a counter right but Banner avoids it with no problem.
Batson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Banner. That did some damage!
Batson misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Batson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banner.
Batson throws the left hand but Banner avoids the punch easily.
Batson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Batson.
Banner gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Batson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Batson!
A relieved looking Bill Batson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.