PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between The Prophet (ranked 837 p4p, 42 weight class) and Desmond Fairbanks (ranked 1203 p4p, 60 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Prophet
vs
Fairbanks

170 cm
24
140 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

173 cm
23
142 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

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World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Prophet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Desmond Fairbanks!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prophet tries a low kick but Fairbanks avoids it.
Prophet walks into a jab.
Fairbanks swings widly with a right hand
and Prophet counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prophet walks into a stiff left hand from Fairbanks.
Fairbanks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Prophet counters with a right hand to the body.
Fairbanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prophet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Prophet lands a nice looking body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fairbanks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Prophet lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fairbanks doesn't seem phased though.
Fairbanks misses with a hook.
Prophet defending well as Fairbanks loads up on a big left hand.
Fairbanks takes one to the side of the head.
Prophet swinging wildly here.
Prophet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fairbanks.
Fairbanks closes the distance and clinches up with Prophet, looking for a takedown. Fairbanks pushes Prophet against the cage but Prophet circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fairbanks digs a good body shot into Prophet's ribs.
Fairbanks jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Prophet moves out of range as Fairbanks strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairbanks has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Prophet.
Prophet has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Alpha Midget in the buildup to the fight.
Fairbanks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Prophet counters with an inside leg kick.
Fairbanks lands with a nice body punch.
Prophet looks to throw the jab but Fairbanks is out of range.
Desmond Fairbanks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fairbanks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Prophet counters with a nice body shot.
Fairbanks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prophet throws out the jab.
Fairbanks scores with the left hand. Prophet knows he should have avoided that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prophet.
Prophet takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Prophet takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fairbanks misses with a hook. Prophet ducked under it nicely.
Prophet scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prophet lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The Prophet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prophet lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Prophet scores with a decent looking hook.
Fairbanks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fairbanks misses with a double jab
and Prophet counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prophet scores with a jab to the body.
Fairbanks lands with a cross.
Fairbanks's coach down at Tōshi was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Fairbanks's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Fairbanks lands with a hook. Prophet tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Prophet is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fairbanks misses with an uppercut

and Prophet moves into the clinch.
Fairbanks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Prophet misses with a punch to the body.
Fairbanks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prophet lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Prophet.
Prophet misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prophet.
Prophet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prophet gets through Fairbanks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Prophet looking to slow down the pace here.
Prophet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prophet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairbanks lands with a short shot to the head.
Prophet scores with a shot to the side of Fairbanks's head.
Fairbanks misses with a punch on the inside.

Prophet breaks from the clinch.
Prophet lands a body shot.
Prophet dips to his left and cracks Fairbanks with an uppercut!
Fairbanks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fairbanks misses with a straight right.
Fairbanks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fairbanks blocks a low kick nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Fairbanks misses.
Prophet wants to clinch.
Fairbanks looks to land a left hand but Prophet moved out of range nicely.
Fairbanks looks to land a right hand but Prophet moved out of range.
Fairbanks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fairbanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Prophet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fairbanks shoots in looking for a takedown. Prophet tries to sprawl out of it but Fairbanks keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Prophet manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Prophet tried to counter with a leg kick but Fairbanks avoided it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairbanks walks into a stiff left hand from Prophet.
Fairbanks slips under a jab.
Fairbanks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prophet.
It seemed like Fairbanks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jab from Prophet.
Fairbanks needs to keep his hands up - Prophet had a free shot at his head there.
Fairbanks misses the shot to the body.
Fairbanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Prophet jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Fairbanks scores with a nice strike.
Fairbanks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prophet.
Fairbanks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fairbanks cracks Prophet with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Prophet connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fairbanks. Fairbanks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fairbanks throws a shot from downtown. Prophet moves away and avoids it.
Fairbanks takes a swing at Prophet's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Prophet dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fairbanks throws out a powerful jab.
Prophet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fairbanks.
Prophet misses the jab.
Fairbanks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fairbanks looks to land a left hand but Prophet moved out of range nicely.
Fairbanks throws a right hand that misses
and Fairbanks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fairbanks scores with a sloppy right hand. Prophet should have avoided that one.
Prophet slips under a jab from Fairbanks.
Fairbanks throws a big shot that misses.
Fairbanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fairbanks misses with a looping left.
Prophet throws a solid leg kick but Fairbanks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Prophet.
Fairbanks throws a jab when Prophet was well out of range.
The Prophet is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prophet misses with a hook.
Fairbanks misses with a straight left.
Fairbanks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Prophet lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fairbanks missing with a left hand there. Prophet was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fairbanks takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairbanks takes a swing at Prophet's ribcage but misses.
Prophet turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Prophet misses with a hook to the body
and Fairbanks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Prophet is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Prophet ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Prophet on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheers as Prophet lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fairbanks doesn't seem phased though.
Fairbanks misses with an uppercut.
Prophet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fairbanks throws a looping overhand right but Prophet ducks down to avoid it.
Fairbanks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fairbanks throws a right and a left that Prophet avoids nicely.
Prophet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Prophet misses with a low kick as Fairbanks jumps back.
Prophet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fairbanks.
Fairbanks takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prophet rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fairbanks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Prophet misses with a straight left.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairbanks lands with a straight right. Prophet didn't see that one coming.
Fairbanks moves out of range of the body kick.
Prophet cracks Fairbanks with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fairbanks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fairbanks throws a hook but Prophet blocks it.
Prophet swings for the body but Fairbanks moves out of range.
Fairbanks throws out a counter right but Prophet avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Fairbanks misses its intended target.
Fairbanks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prophet manages to avoid it.
Fairbanks has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab, jab by Fairbanks - just one landing.
Fairbanks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fairbanks misses with a hook.
Prophet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Prophet misses its intended target.
Prophet comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fairbanks misses with an uppercut
and Prophet counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Prophet blocks a jab.
Fairbanks might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Prophet moves out of range of the strikes.
Fairbanks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prophet throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairbanks takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fairbanks misses with a right hand
and Prophet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fairbanks connects with a looping right hand.
Prophet slips under a jab from Fairbanks.
Prophet bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Prophet throws a hook to the side of Fairbanks's head but Fairbanks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prophet scores with a kick to the body.
Prophet ducks under a wild hook from Fairbanks.
Jab by Fairbanks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Prophet.
Fairbanks takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prophet scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fairbanks misses with a hook. Prophet ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Fairbanks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Prophet throws out a powerful jab.
Fairbanks misses with a jab to the body
and Prophet counters with a solid body kick.
Fairbanks with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prophet lands a right hook to the body.
Prophet lands with a shot to the body.
Prophet lands a body shot.
Prophet takes one on the button.
Fairbanks misses with a few strikes there.
Fairbanks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fairbanks scores with a jab to the head.
Prophet scores with a jab to the head.
Fairbanks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prophet throws a good cross that connects.
Fairbanks connects with a single shot there.
Prophet connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fairbanks throws a poor cross that misses
and Prophet counters with a lovely straight right hand!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prophet looks to score with a jab to the body but Fairbanks is just out of range.
Prophet scores with a body shot.
Fairbanks takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Prophet throws a predictable looking body shot
and Prophet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that The Prophet will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Fairbanks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Prophet lands with a good body shot.
Fairbanks walks into a jab.
Fairbanks walks into a left hand.

Fairbanks is rocked!
Fairbanks tries to move into range but Prophet moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fairbanks is still on wobbly legs! Can Prophet finish him?
Fairbanks throws a hook to the side of Prophet's head but Prophet sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prophet works Fairbanks's body with a nice hook.
Prophet circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Fairbanks to the canvas! Fairbanks doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Prophet keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Prophet!