PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rounin Hashima (ranked 2662 p4p, 2207 weight class) and Archy Banoffee (ranked 266 p4p, 221 weight class). Banoffee is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bad Reputation. On his way into the cage it seems that Rounin Hashima has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Rounin Hashima seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hashima
vs
Banoffee

170 cm
20
146
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
156
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rounin Hashima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Archy Banoffee!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banoffee missing with a left hand there. Hashima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Banoffee checks a low kick from Hashima.

Banoffee moves into the clinch.
Hashima blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Hashima scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hashima tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banoffee's elbow.
Banoffee taking a breather.
Hashima misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banoffee digs a right hand underneath Hashima's ribcage. Hashima let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Banoffee lands a hook that snaps the head of Hashima backwards.
Banoffee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Banoffee lands with a light punch inside.
Hashima definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Banoffee blocking some punches.
Hashima misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Hashima on the inside.
Hashima swings wildly with an uppercut but Banoffee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banoffee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hashima throws a punch but it's blocked by Banoffee.
Hashima tries to stall but Banoffee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Banoffee blocks a body shot from Hashima.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashima stalling.
Hashima working aggressively here.
Hashima misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hashima holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Banoffee trying to stall but Hashima improves his position.
Banoffee tries to land knees in the clinch but Hashima avoids the damage to the body.
Banoffee lands with a light punch inside.
Hashima lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banoffee backwards.
Banoffee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hashima backwards.
Hashima misses with some punches.

Banoffee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hashima misses with a hook.
Banoffee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hashima thows a left - swing and a miss!
Banoffee looks to land a right hand but Hashima moved out of range.
Banoffee throws an off balance right hand
enabling Hashima to counter with a crisp jab.

Banoffee pushes Hashima up against the cage in a clinch.
Hashima misses with some punches.
Hashima lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashima lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Banoffee lands with a light punch inside.
Banoffee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banoffee working aggressively here.
Hashima throws a punch but it's blocked by Banoffee.
Hashima swings wildly with an uppercut but Banoffee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banoffee misses with a punch on the inside.
Banoffee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hashima misses with some punches.
Hashima will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Banoffee up against the cage.
Banoffee leaning his opponent against the cage.
Banoffee misses with some punches.
Banoffee throws a head punch that misses.
Hashima lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hashima fails to land.
Hashima lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banoffee looking to stall.
Hashima blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Hashima.
Hashima misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hashima misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hashima.
Banoffee swings wildly with an uppercut but Hashima uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hashima misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Banoffee.
Banoffee tries to break free but Hashima pushes him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hashima takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Banoffee as Hashima tries to tie him up.
Banoffee crunches a lovely knee into Hashima's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banoffee.
Banoffee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banoffee lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hashima tries to work over Banoffee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hashima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hashima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Banoffee misses with a punch on the inside.
Banoffee lands a hook that snaps the head of Hashima backwards.
Banoffee lands a left hand.

Hashima is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banoffee working aggressively here.
Oh Hashima is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Banoffee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banoffee throws a head kick but Hashima moves out of range.
Hashima throws a jab but it's blocked by Banoffee.
Hashima blocks a head kick by Banoffee.
Banoffee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Banoffee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hashima.
Hashima walks straight into a right hand from Banoffee - that's dropped him! Banoffee jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Hashima from any more punishment! Hashima complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Archy Banoffee!
A very excited looking Archy Banoffee made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.