PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Molly Banana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Bestarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banana comes to the cage accompanied by Banana Boat Song (Day O) - Harry Belafonte. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Banana
vs
Bestarsson

175 cm
29
170 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

179 cm
26
166 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Molly Banana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viktor Bestarsson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bestarsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bestarsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bestarsson looks to land a combination but Banana avoids it well.
Bestarsson scores with the left hand. Banana knows he should have avoided that one.
Banana misses with a body kick.
Banana doesn't manage to clinch there - Bestarsson circles away.
Banana backing away here, and Bestarsson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've been informed that Bestarsson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bestarsson walks into a stiff left hand from Banana.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bestarsson. That's going to slow Banana down.
Banana throws a head kick that misses

and Bestarsson counters by moving into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bestarsson.
A right handed body shot lands from Bestarsson.
Knees to the body from Bestarsson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bestarsson crunches a lovely knee into Banana's ribcage.
Bestarsson crunches a lovely knee into Banana's ribcage.
Banana is breathing heavily.
Bestarsson lands a left hand.
Bestarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bestarsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bestarsson.

Bestarsson manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bestarsson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bestarsson scores with a head kick.
Bestarsson scores with a sloppy right hand. Banana should have avoided that one.
Bestarsson throws out a powerful jab.
Banana throws a head kick that misses.
Banana throws a lazy head kick
and Bestarsson counters with a crisp right that sends Banana to the canvas! Bestarsson follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Bestarsson!
During a confident post fight interview, Viktor Bestarsson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Molly Banana was interviewed post fight and said 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.