PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Bangsit (ranked 759 p4p, 415 weight class) and Joost Van Buren (ranked 104 p4p, 61 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bangsit
vs
Van Buren

189 cm
40
212
31 - 28 - 2

188 cm
35
206
28 - 16 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hardcore Alchemy
Urban Fighter

Conviction

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 31 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Bangsit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joost Van Buren!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Bangsit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Buren throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Bangsit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bangsit blocks a jab.
Bangsit throwing a counter right hand but Van Buren manages to avoid it.
Van Buren scores with the left hand. Bangsit knows he should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Van Buren misses its intended target.
Bangsit is looking to counter punch.
Bangsit chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Buren can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Buren fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Van Buren moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Buren drops Bangsit with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bangsit looks back up at him and smiles so Van Buren waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Van Buren has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Van Buren ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Van Buren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bangsit.
Van Buren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bangsit takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Buren lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bangsit on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Van Buren fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Bangsit square on the jaw! Damn, Bangsit is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joost Van Buren!
Joost Van Buren decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.