PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tee Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Somebody's gonna get it. The crowd seem to be enjoying Banner's choice of entrance music: Pump Up The Jam. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bone
vs
Banner

180 cm
43
180 lbs
38 - 37 - 0

180 cm
35
175 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Tokyo United Fightwear

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 38 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tee Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Banner!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner swats away the attempt to clinch by Bone.
Tee Bone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banner keeps the fight on the outside.
Bone fails with a takedown attempt.

Bone darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Banner won't allow Bone to pass to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Banner trying to control from the bottom.
Bone sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Banner defending well though.
Banner tries to get to full guard but Bone has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Banner is pressing down on Bone's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bone stopping the sweep attempt from Banner.
Banner throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Banner wants to sweep but no luck.
Bone wants to control from the top but Banner keeps moving.
Bone stands up over Banner, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Banner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Banner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bone manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bone working for a triangle but Banner defends it easily.
Bone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Banner trying to control but Bone is working from the bottom.
Bone looking to control.
Bone is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Banner drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bone dives on top into guard.

Bone with a nice head shot there.
Bone landing with the ground and pound.

Banner escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bone gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bone throws a big right hand that misses.
Bone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banner keeping moving, preventing Bone from controlling successfully.
Banner trying to keep a closed guard but Bone is proving a slippery customer.
Bone passes into half guard.
Banner gets full guard.

Banner is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bone won't allow Banner to sweep him here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bone lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Bone postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Banner is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bone, into his guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tee Bone dominated that round.
That's time! Bone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Banner looks to land a combination but Bone avoids it well.

Bone drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bone trying to control the position but Banner is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bone is really struggling to control Banner but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Banner is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Banner regains half guard there - taking advantage of Bone's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Banner tries to roll over but Bone keeps him under control.

Bone is working for a submission of some sort.
Bone trying to control the action but Banner is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bone is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Banner is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Banner can do to turn this around?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've been hearing that Bone has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Banner works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bone trying to control but Banner is working from the bottom.
Bone throws a big right hand that misses.
Bone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Banner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bone changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Banner tries to avoid it but Bone manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Banner to the ground. Banner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Banner takes a swing at Bone's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bone manages to avoid it.
Bone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Banner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Banner keeps the fight on the outside.
Banner misses with a hook. Bone ducked under it nicely.
Bone throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Banner's waist but Banner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bone off to one side.
Banner looks to land a right hand but Bone moved out of range.
Banner throws out a powerful jab.

Bone shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Banner manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bone trying to control the position from guard on top but Banner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Banner had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bone defends it easily.
Bone trying to control the position from guard on top but Banner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bone working some strikes from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bone throws a big right hand that misses.

Bone is sitting in close to Banner's body. Banner has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Bone is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Bone is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Banner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bruce Banner!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Banner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.