PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikhailu Banister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dwayne James is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Banister
vs
James

193 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
217 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikhailu Banister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dwayne James!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James scores with the left hand. Banister knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Mikhailu Banister has been cut.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
Banister is looking to clinch.
James slips a jab from Banister.
James changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Banister tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and James counters with a nice double leg into side control. Banister won't be happy with that.
Banister dodges the ground and pound from James.
Banister parries the strikes from James easily there. James is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Banister to escape.
James throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Banister defending against the ground and pound.
James working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Banister is looking to regain half guard here but James keeps moving and retains side control.
James working the ground and pound but Banister is defending the strikes.
Banister regains half guard, as James was trying to land strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throwing shots but Banister is blocking nicely.
Banister wants to control but James is keeping busy.
James throws a strike but Banister avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
James throws a strike but Banister rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

James pulls Banister in close to prevent any damage.
James is continuing to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banister forces his way into half guard.
Banister is keen to just control but James is a slippery customer.
James is looking for a sweep. Banister is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
James keeps control of the position for the meantime.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
James looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Banister tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James ducks under a wild hook from Banister.
Banister throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Banister misses with a looping left.
Banister takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Banister uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from James.
Jab by James.
Banister staying out of range there.
Banister displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
Banister defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Banister.
Banister throws an off balance right hand

and James counters with a nice double leg into side control. Banister won't be happy with that.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
James throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Banister works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
James throws a strike but Banister avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikhailu Banister's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

James swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
James tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Banister throws an uppercut from half a mile away. James sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Banister takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

James darts in and clinches Banister up against the cage.
Banister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James lands a shoulder strike.
James lands with a right to the head.

James breaks from the clinch.
A jab from James misses.
Banister misses with a jab to the body

and James counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by James.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.
James lands an uppercut.

Banister is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oh Banister is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banister seems to have got his legs back now.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from James.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
James lands a hook that snaps the head of Banister backwards.
James just leaning against Banister, taking a breather.
James lands with a short shot to the head.
James stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
James blocking some punches.
Banister throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
Banister working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banister.
Banister throws a head punch that misses.
James lands with a right to the head.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
Banister misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Banister blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James lands with a short punch from the clinch.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Banister misses its intended target.
James steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Banister is out on his feet! James sets himself and nearly takes Banister's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dwayne James!
Dwayne James seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.