PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mads Nordskov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Banger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nordskov comes to the cage accompanied by Fugle. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nordskov
vs
Banger

171 cm
21
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
28
135 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mads Nordskov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Brent Banger!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nordskov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nordskov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Banger.
Banger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brent Banger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banger throws a series of punches but Nordskov avoids them all with ease.
Nordskov throwing a counter right hand but Banger manages to avoid it.
Banger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nordskov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bangers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nordskov feints and then cracks Banger's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Banger down.
Nordskov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nordskov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nordskov misses the shot to the body.
Banger swinging wildly here.
Banger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nordskov counters with a nice kick to the body.
Banger looks winded!
Banger throws a right hand that Nordskov ducks under and follows up with a left that Nordskov also avoids with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nordskov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Banger throws a combination that misses

and Nordskov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nordskov lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nordskov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nordskov is leaning against Banger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Nordskov.
Nordskov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nordskov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nordskov presses Banger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nordskov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nordskov.
Nordskov digs a right hand underneath Banger's ribcage. Banger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nordskov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nordskov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Nordskov.
A right hand to the body from Nordskov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nordskov.
Nordskov presses Banger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nordskov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nordskov lands a right hook to the body.
Nordskov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nordskov cracks Banger with a left hook right on the temple and Banger goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Nordskov lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Banger is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mads Nordskov!
Our winner, Mads Nordskov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.