PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rune Banchamek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shi Fu Tu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Banchamek
vs
Fu Tu

167 cm
24
146 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

172 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rune Banchamek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shi Fu Tu!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fu Tu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Banchamek has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Beast Cartel in the buildup to the fight.
Banchamek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fu Tu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banchamek defending well as Fu Tu loads up on a big left hand.
Fu Tu 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.
Banchamek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Banchamek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Banchamek.
Banchamek throws a shot from downtown. Fu Tu moves away and avoids it.
Banchamek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fu Tu.
Banchamek thumps Fu Tu with a low kick.
Fu Tu misses the jab.
Fu Tu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fu Tu! But no joy.
Shi Fu Tu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banchamek comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Banchamek fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fu Tu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Banchamek walks into a straight right hand from Fu Tu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banchamek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fu Tu throws an overhand right that lands on Banchamek's shoulder, as Banchamek tries to avoid the shot.
Banchamek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fu Tu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fu Tu connects with a looping right hand.
Fu Tu scores with a decent looking hook.
Banchamek misses with a body kick.
Fu Tu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banchamek manages to avoid it.
Banchamek appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fu Tu staying out of range there.
Fu Tu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fu Tu throws a body kick that misses
and Banchamek counters with a straight right hand.
Fu Tu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Banchamek lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Banchamek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fu Tu was well out of range. Poor timing from Banchamek.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fu Tu throws a head kick but Banchamek moves out of range.
Fu Tu throws a low kick, looking for Banchamek's leg but Banchamek calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu looks to land a body kick but Banchamek moved away.
Banchamek wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Banchamek blocks the body kick.
Fu Tu throws a low kick, looking for Banchamek's leg but Banchamek calmly moves out of range.
Banchamek is looking to wear down Fu Tu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fu Tu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Banchamek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu looks for the body kick but Banchamek saw that one coming.
Fu Tu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Banchamek under the eye.
Fu Tu cracks Banchamek with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fu Tu.
Fu Tu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Banchamek momentarily.
Banchamek blocks a leg kick.
Banchamek with a nice cross.
Good shot there by Banchamek.
Fu Tu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Banchamek.
Banchamek avoids the body shot from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Banchamek counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu misses with a straight left.
Fu Tu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Banchamek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fu Tu avoids a kick to the body.
Fu Tu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fu Tu delivers a nice body kick.
Fu Tu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fu Tu lands with a cross.
Banchamek throws a solid leg kick but Fu Tu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Banchamek.
Banchamek throws a leg kick which misses Fu Tu's front leg but catches the back leg as Fu Tu tries to avoid it.
Fu Tu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Banchamek counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Banchamek breaks the clinch.
Fu Tu throws a front kick aimed at Banchamek's knee but Banchamek avoids it well.

Banchamek has closed the distance and engaged Fu Tu in a clinch.
Banchamek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Banchamek lands a body shot.
Fu Tu has a couple of punches blocked by Banchamek.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left hand lands to the body for Fu Tu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banchamek scores with a shot to the side of Fu Tu's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Banchamek.
Banchamek misses with the head strike.

Fu Tu breaks from the clinch.
Fu Tu misses with a looping right.
Fu Tu scoring well with a low kick there.
Banchamek avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Banchamek.
Fu Tu throws a push kick but Banchamek slaps the foot to one side.

Fu Tu gets tackled into the cage by Banchamek. Banchamek maintains the clinch.
Fu Tu throws a punch but it's blocked by Banchamek.
Banchamek blocking some punches.

Fu Tu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Banchamek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fu Tu moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banchamek blocks a jab.
Fu Tu throws a series of punches but Banchamek moves out of range.
Banchamek takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Banchamek fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shi Fu Tu will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Banchamek connects with a jab.
Banchamek throws a jab but it's blocked by Fu Tu.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick but Banchamek sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fu Tu misses with a double jab.
A lazy left from Fu Tu finds it's target.
Fu Tu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fu Tu tries a head kick but it misses.
Fu Tu avoids the body shot from Banchamek.
A little jabbing left from Fu Tu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Banchamek moves out of range as Fu Tu strikes.
Banchamek tries to close the distance and clinch but Fu Tu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Banchamek finds it's way through Fu Tu's defenses.
Banchamek wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fu Tu checks a low kick from Banchamek.
Banchamek throws a sloppy body shot
letting Fu Tu counter with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Banchamek moves out of range as Fu Tu strikes.
Banchamek avoids the body shot from Fu Tu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fu Tu misses with a hook. Banchamek ducked under it nicely.
Banchamek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Banchamek throws a body punch but Fu Tu moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Banchamek.
Banchamek stuns Fu Tu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Banchamek scores with a jab. Fu Tu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fu Tu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fu Tu tries a head kick but it misses.
Fu Tu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fu Tu lands the left hand.
Fu Tu with a nice cross.
A low kick from Fu Tu is predictable there
and Fu Tu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Banchamek has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Banchamek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fu Tu moves away.
Fu Tu looks for the body kick but Banchamek saw that one coming.
Fu Tu misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A shot to the liver by Fu Tu. Beautiful body shot.
A swing and a miss from Banchamek.
Donk. Fu Tu catches Banchamek right on the button with a cross.
A big left from Banchamek misses.
Fu Tu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A big right from Fu Tu misses.
Banchamek scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Banchamek takes one on the button.
Fu Tu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A leg kick checked by Fu Tu.
Fu Tu unleashes a big counter combination but Banchamek bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Banchamek gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fu Tu.
Fu Tu lands with an uppercut that bounces Banchamek off the cage and back into range.
Banchamek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Banchamek checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu misses with a lunging right hand
and Banchamek counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fu Tu scores with the left hand. Banchamek knows he should have avoided that one.
Fu Tu scores with a push kick.
A jab from Fu Tu misses.
Banchamek looks for the body kick but Fu Tu saw that one coming.
Fu Tu was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fu Tu pushes Banchamek away with a front kick.
Fu Tu swings for the body but Banchamek moves out of range.
Fu Tu misses with an uppercut. Banchamek saw that one coming.
Banchamek checks the leg kick.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Banchamek looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fu Tu throws a hook but Banchamek avoids it easily.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick but Banchamek moved away.
Fu Tu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
It seemed like Fu Tu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Banchamek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fu Tu slips a jab from Banchamek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banchamek missing with a left hand there. Fu Tu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fu Tu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banchamek throws an overhand right that lands on Fu Tu's shoulder, as Fu Tu tries to avoid the shot.
A low kick from Banchamek is predictable there
and Fu Tu counters with a good low kick that Banchamek was not able to check.
Fu Tu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fu Tu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Banchamek misses with a wild body shot.
Fu Tu walks into a straight right hand from Banchamek.
Fu Tu throws a wild body kick that Banchamek sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from Banchamek on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fu Tu punishes Banchamek's body with a nice straight punch.
Fu Tu jabs at Banchamek's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Banchamek forces Fu Tu back against the cage and clinches.
Fu Tu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fu Tu has a couple of punches blocked by Banchamek.
Fu Tu looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Shi Fu Tu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Fu Tu swings widly with a right hand
and Banchamek makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fu Tu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Banchamek stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fu Tu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Banchamek closes the distance and pushes Fu Tu back into the cage.
Banchamek keeps control of Fu Tu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fu Tu is looking to break free of the clinch but Banchamek has double underhooks.
A short right from Banchamek on the inside.
Fu Tu misses with a short punch on the inside.

Fu Tu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fu Tu throws a right and a left that Banchamek avoids nicely.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick which misses Banchamek's front leg but catches the back leg as Banchamek tries to avoid it.
Banchamek tries to close the distance and clinch but Fu Tu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fu Tu throws a head kick that misses.
Banchamek checks a leg kick nicely.
As Fu Tu tries to get set, Banchamek tries to push him back and clinch up but Fu Tu manages to avoid the attempt.
Fu Tu misses with an uppercut.
Fu Tu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fu Tu scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banchamek explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A lazy left from Fu Tu finds it's target.
Fu Tu looks to land a body kick but Banchamek moved away.
Banchamek comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fu Tu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Banchamek drives through and clinches with Fu Tu against the cage.
Fu Tu swings wildly with an uppercut but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fu Tu tries a body shot but Banchamek blocks it.
Fu Tu lands with a light punch inside.
Banchamek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Banchamek lands a body shot in the clinch.
Banchamek throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fu Tu can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Banchamek.
Banchamek lands a right hand.
Banchamek blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Banchamek.
Rune Banchamek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fu Tu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fu Tu.

Fu Tu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banchamek moves into range and connects with a jab.
Banchamek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick
letting Banchamek counter with a right hand.
Banchamek is looking to land body kicks.
Fu Tu appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fu Tu moves out of range of the body kick.
Fu Tu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Banchamek.
Banchamek scores with a jab.
Fu Tu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch lands to the side of Fu Tu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fu Tu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fu Tu avoids a kick to the body.
Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fu Tu.
A low kick from Banchamek is predictable there
and Fu Tu counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Banchamek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Banchamek misses with a low kick.
Fu Tu scores with a jab to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Banchamek.
Banchamek cracks Fu Tu with a good jab.
Fu Tu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Banchamek punishes Fu Tu's body with a nice straight punch.
Banchamek misses with an uppercut
and Fu Tu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Banchamek lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fu Tu's sensitive parts.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick but Banchamek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fu Tu throws a wild body kick that Banchamek sees coming a mile off.
Fu Tu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Banchamek misses the target.
An inside leg kick from Fu Tu misses.
Banchamek thinks about countering with a body kick.
Banchamek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fu Tu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banchamek with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fu Tu misses with an uppercut.
Fu Tu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Banchamek momentarily.
Banchamek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fu Tu lands with a kick to the ribs.
Banchamek misses with a low kick.
Fu Tu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fu Tu throws a series of punches but Banchamek moves out of range.
Fu Tu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shi Fu Tu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Banchamek defending well as Fu Tu loads up on a big left hand.
Banchamek is looking to counter punch.
Banchamek stuns Fu Tu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Banchamek lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fu Tu will feel that in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Fu Tu gets tackled into the cage by Banchamek. Banchamek maintains the clinch.
Fu Tu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shi Fu Tu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fu Tu blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rune Banchamek showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fu Tu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!