PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Scott Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renan Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Powell
vs
Faber

165 cm
25
141 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

171 cm
25
138 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

M.O. Fight Wear

Versus

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renan Faber!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Powell moves into the clinch.
Powell pushes off an throws an elbow but Faber leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Powell lands a nice elbow.
Faber blocks an elbow strike.
Powell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Renan Faber has been cut.
Powell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Faber misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faber avoids a wild elbow strike from Powell.
Faber blocks an elbow strike.
Powell lands an elbow that stopped Faber in his tracks for a moment.
Faber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faber misses with a body punch.
Powell lands a nice elbow.
Powell lands an elbow inside that Faber shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Powell pushes off an throws an elbow but Faber leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Powell misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Powell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faber's brow.
Powell lands an elbow just above Faber 's eye.

Faber is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Powell throws an elbow but misses.
Faber is still on wobbly legs! Can Powell finish him?
Faber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Powell backwards.
Powell misses with an elbow strike.
A hook to the body from Faber.
Faber doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faber seems to have recovered his senses.
Powell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Powell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Powell.
Powell lands a damaging elbow.
Faber misses with a hook from the clinch.
Powell pushes off an throws an elbow but Faber leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Faber blocks an elbow strike.
Powell throws an elbow that misses.
Powell misses with an elbow strike.
Powell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Powell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Faber dodges an elbow strike from Powell.
Powell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Faber's defenses.
Powell misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Powell.
Faber doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faber avoids a wild elbow strike from Powell.
Faber lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters up against the cage, Powell throws an elbow but misses.
Powell pushes off an throws an elbow but Faber leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Powell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Powell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faber's brow.
Powell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Faber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Powell throws an elbow but misses.
Powell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Faber scores with a nice hook to the head.
Powell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Renan Faber's cut even more.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Powell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faber's brow.
Faber lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Powell backwards.
Faber avoids the elbow strike from Powell, against the cage.
Powell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Faber blocks the elbow strike.
Faber dodges an elbow strike from Powell.
With the fighters up against the cage, Powell throws an elbow but misses.
Powell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Faber dodges an elbow strike from Powell.
Faber pushes Powell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Powell lands a damaging elbow.
Faber misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Powell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faber's brow.
Powell lands an elbow inside that Faber shrugs off.
Powell throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber dodges an elbow strike from Powell.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Powell.
Powell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Powell throws an elbow but misses.
Powell throws an elbow that misses.
Powell throws an elbow that misses.
Powell throws an elbow but it misses.
Faber blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Powell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faber's brow.
Powell pushes off an throws an elbow but Faber leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Faber struggles to land a body shot inside as Powell controls his hands.
Powell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Faber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Powell's elbow.
Faber blocks an elbow strike from Powell.
Faber lands with a right to the head.
Faber blocks the elbow strike.
Faber lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Powell blocking some punches.
Faber avoids a wild elbow strike from Powell.
Powell misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell misses with an elbow strike.
Powell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Faber.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faber misses with a body punch.
Powell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Powell throws an elbow but misses.
Faber has a couple of punches blocked by Powell.
Powell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Powell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Powell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Faber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Faber blocks the elbow strike.
Faber misses with a body punch.
Powell lands an elbow that stopped Faber in his tracks for a moment.
Faber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Powell lands an elbow just above Faber 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faber.
Powell blocking some punches.
Faber takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Renan Faber's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Powell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Faber misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Powell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renan Faber's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Powell tries to clinch but Faber moves out of range.
Scott Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powell moves in looking to clinch but Faber pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Faber's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Powell tries to clinch but Faber moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Faber on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Powell fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Powell backs off Faber throws a huge counter combo but Powell manages to avoid it all.
Powell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Powell tries to clinch up.
Faber throws out a counter right but Powell avoids it with no problem.
Powell doesn't manage to clinch there - Faber circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Faber! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Powell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Faber on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Powell tries to clinch but Faber is having none of it.
It seemed like Faber was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Powell closes the distance looking to clinch
and Faber counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt
and Faber counters with a huge left! Powell is in big trouble! He's backing up but Faber isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Powell from any more damage. A dominating finish by Faber!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renan Faber!
A victorious Renan Faber thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.