PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Pinaglabanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinaglabanan comes to the cage accompanied by Flume - Some Minds (XVII Flip). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Pinaglabanan
vs
Small

171 cm
30
144 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

160 cm
30
132 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Machiavelli Boutique
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pinaglabanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Small!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small lunges at Pinaglabanan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pinaglabanan's hand.
A combination from Pinaglabanan does no damage.
Pinaglabanan misses with a two punch combination.
Small feints the counter takedown.
Pinaglabanan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Small moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Small drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Pinaglabanan defends it well.
Pinaglabanan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pinaglabanan lands a right hook to the body.
Pinaglabanan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pinaglabanan looks to land a right hand but Small moved out of range.
Small drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Pinaglabanan defends it well.
Pinaglabanan misses with an uppercut.
Small with the counter takedown but Pinaglabanan avoids it easily.
Pinaglabanan misses with a hook.
Pinaglabanan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Pinaglabanan.
Small throws a body punch but Pinaglabanan moves out of range.
Pinaglabanan is looking to counter punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinaglabanan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Small decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pinaglabanan's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan has Small pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pinaglabanan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Small trying to control but Pinaglabanan is working from the bottom.
Pinaglabanan wants to sweep but no luck.
Small advances position into side control!
Pinaglabanan is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Small tries for a kimura but Pinaglabanan is defending well.
Pinaglabanan is trying to improve his position.
Pinaglabanan can't do much from the bottom here.
Pinaglabanan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Pinaglabanan is thwarting Small's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Pinaglabanan seems content to control.
Pinaglabanan has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Small?
Small is bucking up trying to escape but Pinaglabanan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Small is trying to escape the mount.
Pinaglabanan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Small?
Pinaglabanan controlling from the full mount.
Small really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Small is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pinaglabanan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Small is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Small is trying desperately to improve position.
Pinaglabanan unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Small tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pinaglabanan tries to control but Small wriggling away.
Small is desperately trying to improve his position but Pinaglabanan has a good base and remains in mount.
Pinaglabanan unloading with bombs!
Pinaglabanan content just to control the position here.
Pinaglabanan landing shots from mount.

Small is rocked!
Small tries to hold on but Pinaglabanan pushes him away.
Small tries to reverse the position but Pinaglabanan maintains control.
Pinaglabanan controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Pinaglabanan dominated that round.
That's time! Pinaglabanan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pinaglabanan rushes Small and presses him up against the cage.
Pinaglabanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Small uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinaglabanan lands a right hand.
Small blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Pinaglabanan.
Small looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinaglabanan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Small.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinaglabanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinaglabanan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Pinaglabanan misses with some punches.
Small blocks an uppercut.
Small is trying to stall.
Small blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pinaglabanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pinaglabanan working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pinaglabanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Small's elbow.
Small blocks an uppercut.
Pinaglabanan tries to work over Small's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinaglabanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Small.
A short left from Pinaglabanan.
Pinaglabanan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pinaglabanan misses with a punch to the body.
Pinaglabanan working aggressively here.
Pinaglabanan lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Small is still on wobbly legs! Can Pinaglabanan finish him?
Pinaglabanan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Small seems to have recovered his senses.
Pinaglabanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Small is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pinaglabanan is keeping busy.
Pinaglabanan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pinaglabanan misses with a body punch.
Pinaglabanan lands a right hand.
John Pinaglabanan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Small blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinaglabanan works on Small's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pinaglabanan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pinaglabanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Small takes a shot to the head.
Pinaglabanan gets through Small's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pinaglabanan unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Small! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Pinaglabanan is unloading with more strikes now! Small drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Pinaglabanan!
John Pinaglabanan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.