PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bombs Away Bin Laden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Devil (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.

Away Bin Laden
vs
Devil

190 cm
25
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bombs Away Bin Laden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, The Devil!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bin Laden rushes Devil and presses him up against the cage.
Devil is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Devil takes a shot to the head.

Bin Laden works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Bin Laden is in close to Devil's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Devil controls Bin Laden momentarily but Bin Laden frees himself.
Bin Laden is working Devil over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Devil is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Devil trying to mount his opponent but Bin Laden defends it.
Bin Laden is looking for a sweep. Devil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bin Laden knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Devil on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Laden is working hard here to advance position.
Bin Laden is refusing to be controlled, as Devil sits in half guard.
Bin Laden is looking for a sweep. Devil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Devil missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bin Laden on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bin Laden tries to get out of the position.

Bin Laden is defending against the submission attempts here by Devil.
Bin Laden is looking to improve his position.
Devil not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bin Laden tries to get to full guard but Devil has control of the leg.
Bin Laden wants to control but Devil is keeping busy.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bin Laden dives in and scores a takedown into Devil's guard.
Devil looks winded!

Devil has his foot on Bin Laden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bin Laden works his way back into a safe position though.
Devil looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bin Laden not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bin Laden connects with a couple of short punches.
Bin Laden postures up and lands a big shot to Devil's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Devil can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bin Laden controls the pace.
Bin Laden cracks Devil with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Laden with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bin Laden's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bin Laden controlling from the top position.
Bin Laden lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bin Laden is stalling in the full guard.
Bin Laden prevents Devil from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bombs Away Bin Laden dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bin Laden has managed to clinch.
Devil is trying to break the clinch but Bin Laden is controlling him.
Bin Laden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bin Laden pushes Devil back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Bin Laden.
Bin Laden lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bin Laden lands a right hand.
Bin Laden lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Bin Laden gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Bin Laden lands strikes from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bin Laden lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Devil is breathing heavily.
Bin Laden working the head and body with strikes.
Bombs Away Bin Laden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bin Laden landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Devil on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Devil is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Laden lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Devil is still in real trouble! Can Bin Laden finish him?
Bin Laden slips a nice elbow through Devil's hands, connecting with Devil's forehead.
Bin Laden lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Devil quite badly. Devil pulls Bin Laden in close trying to recover. Bin Laden postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Devil on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Devil doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bombs Away Bin Laden!