PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moe Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ambassador gKar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bang
vs
gKar

184 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
16
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Moe Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ambassador gKar!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang misses with a lunging right hand
and gKar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
gKar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
gKar delivers a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from gKar.
Bang on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
gKar throws a combination that misses

and Bang counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
gKar has momentary wrist control but Bang slips an elbow through the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bang's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bang postures up in gKar's guard and throws a big left but gKar blocks it.
Bang throws an elbow that misses. gKar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bang's guard. Nice move by gKar!

gKar tries to free his leg and advance position but Bang is retaining full guard.
gKar trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bang manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Bang with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang throwing strikes from guard but gKar blocks nicely.
Bang distracts gKar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bang slips nicely into half guard.
Bang winds up and cracks gKar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bang prevents gKar from improving his position.
Bang trying to control from half guard but gKar is working away.
gKar tries to get to full guard but Bang has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bang lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bang looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
gKar is trying to control but can't.

Bang is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bang is nestled in close to gKar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
gKar tries to get to full guard but Bang has control of the leg.

gKar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bang prevents gKar from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
gKar is staying active underneath Bang, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
gKar is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bang slows the pace down in half guard.
Bang looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks gKar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bang looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bang wants to take a breather but gKar is having none of it.

gKar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bang slips a nice elbow through gKar's hands, connecting with gKar's forehead.
Bang wants to pass to mount but gKar is defending the position.
Bang seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but gKar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
gKar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
gKar gets full guard.
Bang scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bang landing some decent shots from guard.
Bang is in close to gKar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Bang dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bang takes a swing at gKar's ribcage but misses.
gKar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bang.
gKar looks for the body kick but Bang saw that one coming.
gKar throws a lazy head kick

and Bang counters with a shoot takedown. gKar fights it but they end up in guard.
Bang passes easily into side control. Nice work.
gKar gets back to half guard.
Bang is nestled in close to gKar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bang seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bang seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
gKar wants to improve his position but Bang is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bang is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bang seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Moe Bang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Still in half guard, Bang seems content to control.
Bang looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks gKar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bang keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bang looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
gKar has hold of Bang's hands but Bang slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for gKar!
Bang lands with some strikes.
gKar is trying to escape the mount.
Bang putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bang controlling the pace for now.
Bang is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. gKar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that gKar can do to turn this around?
gKar is working to get back to half guard.

Bang jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but gKar manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bang has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bang scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at gKar to see if he's OK.
gKar takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bang cracks gKar with a big right hand but gKar just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bang advances to full mount.
gKar gets back to half guard.
gKar regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang lands a couple of digs.
gKar is trying to keep Bang in close.
Bang cracks gKar with a solid left hand.
Bang landing with the ground and pound.
Bang controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bang with a nice head shot there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bang is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bang is working gKar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Bang dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

gKar slips a straight right by Bang.
Bang misses the shot to the body.
gKar misses with a left hand

and Bang counters with a takedown into side control.
gKar takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bang working the head and body with strikes.
gKar tries to buck Bang off but Bang is having none of it.
Bang is putting a hurting on gKar here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
gKar is trying to get back to half guard.
gKar is trying to escape the position but Bang is controlling the position.
gKar takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
gKar tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Bang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bang postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. gKar looks a forlorn figure.
Bang takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Bang.
Bang trying to control but gKar is having none of it.
Bang looking to finish gKar with some ground and pound. This is bad for gKar!
Ambassador gKar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
gKar wants to control but Bang is having none of it.
gKar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
gKar is in a horrible position here. Bang smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Bang is going oldschool here, as he tries to force gKar to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so gKar shrugs it off.
Bang controlling his opponent.
Bang landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang scoring with strikes but gKar is staying in there.
gKar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bang working gKar over with strikes.

gKar looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Bang pushes past his half guard into mount!
Bang punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bang controlling the position easily from mount.
Bang breaks from gKar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
gKar is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bang landing punches.
gKar is looking to improve his position but Bang isn't that keen on the idea.
Bang scoring with strikes but gKar is staying in there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
gKar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bang wants to control the pace but gKar is squirming around nicely.
Bang controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Bang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bang, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moe Bang!