PBP Commentary

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

Alves
vs
Banner

190 cm
26
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
32
218 lbs
15 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tigo Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lamont Banner!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner dodges the punch combination from Alves.

Banner bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Banner wants to stand but Alves is controlling his arm.
Alves has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alves is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Banner has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Alves trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Banner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Alves is pushing Banner's head away, looking to escape. Banner manages to hold on to the position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Banner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Alves is trying to buck Banner off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banner tries for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
Alves tries to escape but Banner is in control.

Banner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Alves is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Banner has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Banner wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Alves, who protects the arm well.

Banner is trying to get an arm triangle but Alves is defending well.
Alves is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Banner is controlling him well.

Banner is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Banner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alves is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Banner is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alves has escaped the position, nice work there.
Alves is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Banner has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Banner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Banner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Alves is trying to buck Banner off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alves throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alves.
Banner throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Banner shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Banner is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Alves doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Banner.

Banner wants to work for an arm triangle but Alves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves pushes Banner off looking to stand but Banner dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alves is defending against the submission attempts here by Banner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Banner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Alves wants to get back to his feet.

Banner seems to be looking for submissions.
Alves is trying to stand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamont Banner dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Banner circles away quickly and effectively.
And Banner tries to counter it with a takedown but Alves pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Alves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Banner. Banner obviously looking to wear him down.

Banner shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Alves looks like he's trying to stand up.

Banner is looking for a kimura here.

Banner is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves is looking to escape.

Banner is trying to work for a kimura but Alves is defending well.

Banner is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Alves defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banner is working for a submission of some sort.

Banner is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Alves doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Banner.
Banner stops Alves from getting back to his feet.

Alves is defending against the submission attempts here by Banner.
Alves is trying to stand.

Banner seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Alves is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Lamont Banner!
A relieved looking Lamont Banner thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.