PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Finch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dj Banal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Finch
vs
Banal

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dj Banal!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banal throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Banal shoots for a double leg takedown but Finch sprawls well. He's pushed Banal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Finch throws a nice looking combination but Banal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Banal shoots in for a takedown but Finch shows good takedown defense.
Banal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Finch looks to land a right hand but Banal moved out of range.
Finch displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Banal closes the distance and clinches up with Finch, looking for a takedown. Banal pushes Finch against the cage but Finch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
John Finch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dj Banal.
Finch lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Banal misses with a body shot.
Finch defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Banal.

Banal looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Finch!
Banal looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

It looks like John Finch has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Banal is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Banal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dj Banal!