PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between DJ Bango (ranked 1969 p4p, 100 weight class) and The Prophet (ranked 1669 p4p, 83 weight class). The Prophet has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bango
vs
Prophet

179 cm
27
147 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

170 cm
27
140 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

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World class boxer
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Bango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Prophet!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prophet blocks a head kick by Bango.

Prophet rushes Bango and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bango tries to throw a body punch but Prophet avoids it by throwing Bango back against the cage.
Bango misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prophet misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bango.
Bango looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bango working aggressively here.
Prophet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prophet throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bangos head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bango.
Prophet avoids a wild elbow strike from Bango.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prophet.
Prophet misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bango blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bango.
Prophet is leaning against Bango and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prophet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bango.
Prophet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Prophet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bango misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Bango scores with a nice short uppercut.
Prophet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bango lands a hook that snaps the head of Prophet backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prophet.
A head punch on the inside from Bango fails to land.
Bango wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Prophet misses with a punch on the inside.
Bango throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Prophet dodges an elbow strike from Bango.
Prophet dodges an elbow strike from Bango.
Prophet throws a head punch that misses.
Bango blocks an uppercut.

Bango escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prophet scores with a jab. Bango acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Prophet scores with a nice right hand.
Bango connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bango has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Beast in the buildup to the fight.
Nice shot lands for Prophet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bango looks to land a right hand but Prophet moved out of range.
Prophet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bango was well out of range. Poor timing from Prophet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prophet jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Prophet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bango.
Prophet scores with a nice right hand.
Prophet throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bango sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bango is looking to counter punch.
A jab lands there for Prophet.
Prophet missing with a left hand there. Bango was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prophet moves out of range as Bango strikes.
Prophet uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bango.
Prophet loads up on a big right hand but Bango slips the punch.
A jab from Prophet finds it's way through Bango's defenses.
Prophet throws a lazy uppercut
and Bango counters with a stiff right hand.
Bango on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Bango is rocked!
Bango misses the jab.
Prophet swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oh Bango is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prophet fails to land with a series of punches.
Bango seems to have got his legs back now.
Bango slips a straight right by Prophet.
Bango on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Bango.
Prophet throws out a counter right but Bango avoids it with no problem.
Bango connects with a leg kick. Prophet looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prophet just misses with a punch to the body.
Bango throws a sloppy head kick and Prophet moves out of range easily.
Prophet shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bango throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Prophet counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prophet connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bango's hands.
Prophet fails to land with a series of punches.
Prophet misses with a hook. Bango ducked under it nicely.

Prophet moves into range and clinches up with Bango.
Bango tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Prophet's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Bango fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prophet.
Prophet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bango's efforts to push away.
Bango blocking some punches.
Prophet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bango stalling the fight.
Prophet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bango backwards.
Prophet throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bango has a couple of punches blocked by Prophet.
Bango has a couple of punches blocked by Prophet.
Prophet swings wildly with an uppercut but Bango uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prophet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bango backwards.
Prophet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prophet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Prophet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prophet misses with a punch to the body.
Bango blocks an uppercut.
Prophet lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bango.
Prophet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bango doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bango's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prophet working aggressively here.
Prophet has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bango seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Prophet can turn it around.
Bango lands a hook that snaps the head of Prophet backwards.
Bango swings wildly with an uppercut but Prophet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bango misses with some punches.
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 round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bango takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bango looks to land a left hand but Prophet moved out of range nicely.
Prophet lands a body shot.
Bango misses with a looping left.
Bango uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prophet.
Prophet with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bango to score with a decent uppercut.
Prophet moves out of range as Bango throws a body kick.
Prophet takes a swing at Bango's ribcage but misses.
Prophet throws a jab when Bango was well out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Prophet scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Prophet blocks a jab.
Bango lands a nice leg kick that just misses Prophet's sensitive parts.
Prophet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Prophet misses with a jab to the body
and Bango counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bango takes one on the button.
Bango misses with a straight right.
Bango clobbers Prophet with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Prophet lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prophet misses with an uppercut. Bango saw that one coming.
Prophet looks to throw the jab but Bango is out of range.
Bango lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Prophet is rocked!
Prophet 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 defending well as Bango loads up on a big left hand.
Prophet is still on wobbly legs! Can Bango finish him?
Prophet looks to land a left hand but Bango moved out of range nicely.
Bango appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Prophet seems to have recovered his senses.

Bango cracks Prophet with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Prophet looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bango finish him?
Prophet lands with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bango throws an off balance right hand
and Prophet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Prophet misses with a hook to the body
and Bango counters with a big right hand! Oh Prophet is in trouble here! Bango follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DJ Bango!
A relieved looking DJ Bango thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.