PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hand Banana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Sorensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sorensen's choice of entrance music: My baby takes the morning train. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Banana
vs
Sorensen

178 cm
22
176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
20
167 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Berserker Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hand Banana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Sorensen!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Banana as Sorensen shoots in.
Banana tries to clinch but Sorensen is having none of it.

Banana instigates a clinch.
Sorensen is trying to break the clinch but Banana has him pressed against the cage.
Banana gets underhooks to prevent Sorensen's takedown attempt.
Banana pressing his opponent against the cage.
Banana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sorensen tries to score a body lock takedown but Banana shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hand Banana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Sorensen.
Banana lands an elbow that stopped Sorensen in his tracks for a moment.
Sorensen can't get the takedown.
Sorensen tries to score a body lock takedown but Banana shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Banana connects with a knee to the head.

Sorensen pulls guard effortlessly.
Sorensen working a defensive guard here.
Banana has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sorensen is proving hard to escape from.
Banana knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sorensen on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Banana stuffs the takedown.
Sorensen looks gassed!

Banana clinches up with Sorensen and pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Banana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sorensen wants a takedown but no success here.
Banana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Banana looking to throw knees to the head but Sorensen is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Banana.
Sorensen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Banana prevents it.
Banana tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorensen avoids the damage to the body.
Banana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sorensen's face.
Sorensen wants a takedown but no success here.
Sorensen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Banana is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Banana tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorensen avoids the damage to the body.
Banana gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sorensen.

Sorensen lands a takedown into guard.
Sorensen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Banana swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sorensen wants to control from the top but Banana keeps moving.

Sorensen drops back looking for a leg! Banana is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Banana manages to kick Sorensen off! Sorensen jumps back into Banana's guard.
Sorensen advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorensen trying to control the position but Banana is working away.
Sorensen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Banana is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sorensen lands a few punches from side control.

Sorensen in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Banana is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jon Sorensen!