PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Home Grown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Le Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Home Grown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grown
vs
Le Banner

205 cm
19
260 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

195 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Home Grown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Le Banner!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Grown misses.
Le Banner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grown throws out the jab.
Grown throws a right hand that Le Banner ducks under and follows up with a left that Le Banner also avoids with ease.
Le Banner looks to score with a jab to the body but Grown is just out of range.
Le Banner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Grown pinned against the cage. Grown gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grown looks to land a left hand but Le Banner moved out of range nicely.
Le Banner fails with a takedown attempt.
Le Banner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Banner swats away the attempt to clinch by Grown.
Le Banner fails with the takedown.
Home Grown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Le Banner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Banner fails with the takedown.
Le Banner wants to clinch.
Grown scores with a nice body kick.
Le Banner looks gassed!
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!
Le Banner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Grown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grown avoiding damage.
Grown misses with the head strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Home Grown.

Grown drops Le Banner with a big left hand and mounts him. Le Banner is in big trouble!

It looks like James Le Banner has been cut.
Grown is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grown postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Le Banner bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Grown and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Home Grown!