PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Banyat Pu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Slate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pu
vs
Slate

166 cm
24
155 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

173 cm
24
155 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Banyat Pu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey Slate!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pu checks a leg kick nicely.

Slate closes the distance and pushes Pu back into the cage.
Slate misses with a knee strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slate.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Slate is blocking nicely.
Pu blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Slate's brow.
Slate lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Banyat Pu has been cut.
Good body shot from Slate.
Slate misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Pu.
A hook to the body from Pu.
A short left from Slate.
Slate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pu cracks Slate with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slate trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu misses with the head strike.
Slate has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Slate can turn it around.
Slate takes an elbow to the temple.
Slate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slate prevents a body shot from Pu.
Pu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slate.
Pu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pu lands an elbow just above Slate 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pu.
Pu can't find room to land a body shot as Slate controls the action.
Slate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pu.
Slate looking to throw knees to the head but Pu is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slate avoids a wild elbow strike from Pu.
Slate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pu throws an elbow but it misses.
Pu gets through Slate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Slate tries to land knees in the clinch but Pu avoids the damage to the body.
Slate throws a punch but it's blocked by Pu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pu.
Slate lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Pu.
Pu misses with a punch on the inside.
Slate dodges an elbow strike from Pu.
Pu swings wildly with an uppercut but Slate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slate misses with the head strike.
Pu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pu tries to land knees in the clinch but Slate avoids the damage to the body.
Slate tries to land knees in the clinch but Pu avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Slate on the inside.
Slate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pu has a couple of punches blocked by Slate.
Pu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Slate misses with a body punch.
Pu connects with a knee to the head.
Slate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Slate's defenses.
A short left from Slate.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pu's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slate backwards.
Slate blocks an elbow strike.
Pu has a couple of punches blocked by Slate.
Pu misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Slate - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Slate fails to land.
Pu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Slate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pu misses with a body punch.
Slate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pu struggles to land a body shot inside as Slate controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Banyat Pu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Banyat Pu's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice uppercut lands for Slate. That snapped Pu's head back.
Slate tries to clinch up.
Slate bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pu lands a glancing blow to the side of Slate's head.
Slate missing with a left hand there. Pu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pu throws a body shot but no joy.
Slate moves out of range as Pu throws a body kick.
Slate tries a head kick but it misses.

Slate has Pu up against the cage in a clinch.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slate tries a body shot but Pu blocks it.
Pu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slate.
Pu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slate blocks an elbow strike.
A right hand to the body from Pu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu tries to land a knee to the head but Slate blocks with his arms.
Pu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slate is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pu.
A short uppercut from Slate.
Pu lands with a light punch inside.
Slate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pu can't find room to land a body shot as Slate controls the action.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Slate is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Slate.
Pu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pu lands an elbow inside that Slate shrugs off.
Slate working Pu over with knees to the body.
Banyat Pu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Slate lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pu backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Slate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pu's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pu scores with a hook to the body.
Pu lands a right hand.
Pu scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Pu.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Slate's brow.
Pu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pus head.
Slate tries a body shot but Pu blocks it.
Pu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slate is defending well for now.
Slate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pu misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slate.
A short left from Slate.
Pu misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Slate.
Pu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pu.
Slate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slate blocking some punches.
Slate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slate pushes Pu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slate is defending well for now.
Slate avoids a wild elbow strike from Pu.
Slate avoids a wild elbow strike from Pu.
Slate blocks an elbow strike from Pu.
Slate blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slate working aggressively here.
Slate misses with a punch to the body.
Slate avoiding damage as Pu throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Slate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pu.
Slate misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Pu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slate tries a knee to the head but Pu blocks it.
Pu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slate avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Corey Slate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Banyat Pu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Slate misses with a knee to the head.
Slate lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Slate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pu's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Slate fails to land.
Pu tries a knee to the head but Slate blocks it.
Slate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Pu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slate avoids it.
Pu managing to block the knees to the body from Slate.
Slate trying to land knees to the body.
Pu lands a right hand.
A knee to the head by Slate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Slate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Slate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Slate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pu blocks a body shot from Slate.
Slate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Slate landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Pu pushes off an throws an elbow but Slate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slate misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pu lands with a light punch inside.
Pu avoiding damage as Slate throws knees to the body.
Slate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Slate managing to block the knees to the body from Pu.
Slate tries to land knees in the clinch but Pu avoids the damage to the body.
Slate tries to throw a body punch but Pu avoids it by throwing Slate back against the cage.
Pu lands a knee to the head.
Pu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slate.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Slate is blocking nicely.
Slate misses with a punch to the body.
Pu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Slate lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slate misses with the head strike.
Slate lands a nice knee to the body.
Pu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Slate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Slate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slate working aggressively here.
Slate dodges an elbow strike from Pu.
Slate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pu tries to land a knee to the head but Slate blocks with his arms.
Slate scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Slate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Slate misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Pu swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Slate misses with a punch to the body.
Slate tries a knee to the head but Pu blocks it.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Slate takes a shot to the head.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Slate is blocking nicely.
Pu pushes off an throws an elbow but Slate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slate takes a knee right on the jaw!
Slate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slate blocks an elbow strike.
Slate throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Banyat Pu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Banyat Pu!
An out of breath Banyat Pu thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.