PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Pasha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Banner
vs
Pasha

165 cm
31
145 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

162 cm
29
131 lbs
16 - 9 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce Banner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ali Pasha!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner misses with a double jab.
Pasha gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Banner counters with a nice body kick.
Banner ducks under a wild hook from Pasha.
Banner moves in looking to clinch but Pasha pushes him off.
Banner cracks Pasha with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pasha is looking to chop away at Banner's legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pasha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pasha has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A hook to the body from Pasha.
Pasha blocks the elbow strike.
Pasha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Banner's efforts to push away.
Banner throws a punch but it's blocked by Pasha.
A frustrated look appears on Banner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pasha tries to throw a body punch but Banner avoids it by throwing Pasha back against the cage.
Pasha working aggressively here.

Banner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Banner scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pasha's corner calls for a 1-2. Pasha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Banner instigates a clinch.

Banner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pasha clinches up with Banner and pushes him back against the cage.
Pasha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Banner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Banner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pasha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Banner blocking some punches.
Banner connects with a knee to the head.
Pasha tries to throw a body punch but Banner avoids it by throwing Pasha back against the cage.
Pasha tries to work over Banner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banner throws an elbow that misses.
Pasha avoids the elbow strike from Banner, against the cage.
Pasha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Banners head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pasha misses with some punches.
Pasha avoids a wild elbow strike from Banner.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pasha.
Pasha misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banner manages to break the clinch.
A jab lands there for Pasha.

Banner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pasha, pushing him back against the cage.
Pasha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Banner or not.
Pasha blocks an elbow strike from Banner.
Banner throws an elbow that misses.

Banner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pasha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Banner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Banner tries to clinch but Pasha moves out of range.
Banner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pasha throws a head kick that misses.

Pasha has closed the distance and engaged Banner in a clinch.
Pasha lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pasha avoids the elbow strike from Banner, against the cage.
Pasha working aggressively here.
Pasha misses with a body punch.
Pasha dodges an elbow strike from Banner.

Banner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Banner looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasha misses the shot to the body.
Banner tries to move into range but Pasha moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Banner throws a hook to the side of Pasha's head but Pasha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Banner misses.
Pasha swats away the attempt to clinch by Banner.
Pasha slips a jab and a cross from Banner.
Pasha keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pasha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Banner closes the distance and clinches.
Banner is trying to push Pasha away but Pasha has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Banner lands an elbow just above Pasha 's eye.
Banner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Banner misses with an elbow over the top.
Pasha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banner's elbow.
Banner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banner throws an elbow but it misses.
Pasha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Banner fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasha misses with a punch to the body.
Pasha blocks the elbow strike.
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!
Banner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pasha is working for takedown but Banner is calmly controlling the position for now.
Banner misses with an elbow strike.
Pasha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pasha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasha has Banner pressed against the cage, preventing Banner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pasha drops down looking for an ankle pick but Banner pulls his leg out and moves away.

Pasha rushes Banner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pasha throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Pasha.

Pasha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Banner, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Pasha is rocked!
Pasha wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pasha is still on wobbly legs! Can Banner finish him?
Banner checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Banner dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Banner wants to clinch.
Pasha seems to have recovered his senses.
Banner misses with a wild combination.
Pasha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Banner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Banner misses with a knee to the head.

Banner breaks from the clinch.
Banner tries to clinch there but Pasha circles away.
Banner tries to clinch up but Pasha circles away and keeps his distance.
Pasha lands a body shot.
Pasha misses with a head kick.
Banner is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pasha.
Bruce Banner is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Pasha.
Pasha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pasha lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Banner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pasha paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Banner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pasha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pasha misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banner.
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
Banner lands a nice uppercut.
Pasha blocks the elbow strike.
Banner blocks a body shot from Pasha.
A short left from Pasha.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Banner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pasha's brow.
Pasha has a couple of punches blocked by Banner.
Pasha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Banner is defending well for now.

Banner breaks the clinch.
Banner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Banner tries to clinch up but Pasha circles away and keeps his distance.
Pasha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Banner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pasha.
Banner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasha counters with a nice low kick that buckles Banner's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banner throws a shot from downtown. Pasha moves away and avoids it.

Banner moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Banner throws an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pasha.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Pasha on the inside.
Pasha tries to land knees in the clinch but Banner avoids the damage to the body.
Pasha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pasha blocks the elbow strike.
Pasha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pasha tries to work over Banner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pasha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Banner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ali Pasha seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pasha tries to throw a body punch but Banner avoids it by throwing Pasha back against the cage.
Banner lands a damaging elbow.

Banner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pasha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pasha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pasha throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner looks to throw the jab but Pasha is out of range.
Pasha blocks a head kick by Banner.
Pasha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Banner is out of range and Pasha settles back down.
Banner is looking to counter punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pasha, right into the meat.
Pasha is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Banner rather than just go for the knockout.
Banner connects with a single shot there.
Pasha swats away the attempt to clinch by Banner.
Banner looks to land a right hand but Pasha moved out of range.
Banner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pasha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pasha shoots in but Banner avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pasha throws a body kick that misses

and Banner counters by moving into the clinch.

Banner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Banner is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pasha thuds a left hand into Banner's body.
Banner swings for the body but Pasha moves out of range.
Banner tries to close the distance and clinch but Pasha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bruce Banner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banner blocks a head kick by Pasha.
Bruce Banner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Pasha rushes Banner and presses him up against the cage.

Banner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pasha gets tackled into the cage by Banner. Banner maintains the clinch.
Pasha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pasha misses with a body punch.
Pasha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Banner blocking some punches.
Banner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pasha scores with a shot to the side of Banner's head.
Banner throws an elbow that misses.
Pasha swings wildly with an uppercut but Banner uses good head movement to avoid it.

Pasha manages to break the clinch.
Banner tries to clinch but Pasha is having none of it.
Banner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pasha. Banner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Banner tries to clinch up but Pasha circles away and keeps his distance.
Pasha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Pasha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pasha has Banner up against the cage in a clinch.
Pasha tries to score a body lock takedown but Banner shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Banner throws an elbow but it misses.

Banner breaks the clinch.
Pasha works Banner's body with a nice hook.
Banner stuffs the takedown attempt from Pasha. Pasha gets slowly back to his feet.
Pasha is looking to slow Banner down with leg kicks.
A low kick from Pasha is predictable there
and Banner counters with a straight right hand.
Pasha thumps Banner with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Pasha misses.
Pasha misses with a body kick.
Banner plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Pasha to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Pasha just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bruce Banner!
After the big win, Bruce Banner made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
The defeated Ali Pasha had this to say: 'He was the better fighter tonight. But I will be back'.