PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Bobin (ranked 6454 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiu BangYou (ranked 6910 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobin comes to the cage accompanied by Htid. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bobin
vs
BangYou

180 cm
24
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

209 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Bobin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Aiu BangYou!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BangYou stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and BangYou wants it to stay on the feet.
BangYou wants to counter with a clinch but Bobin pushes him away.

Bobin moves into range and clinches up with BangYou.
Bobin stalling.
Bobin could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobin avoids the damage to the body.
Bobin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
BangYou unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bobin jumps guard but BangYou turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobin is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Bobin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
BangYou landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
BangYou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
BangYou blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bobin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables BangYou to keep the fight standing.
BangYou using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
BangYou stops a takedown attempt from Bobin.
Bobin tries to pull guard but BangYou forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bobin managing to block the knees to the body from BangYou.
Bobin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bobin fails to pull guard.
BangYou putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bobin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
BangYou with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bobin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BangYou using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bobin is breathing heavily.
BangYou scores a nice knee to the body.
Bobin managing to block the knees to the body from BangYou.
Bobin takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Dave Bobin has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bobin wants to take the fight to the mat but BangYou manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Bobin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

BangYou closes the distance and clinches.
BangYou landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
BangYou crunches a lovely knee into Bobin's ribcage.
Bobin presses BangYou against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bobin tries to work over BangYou's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
BangYou landing knees to the body.
BangYou working Bobin over with knees to the body.
BangYou putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bobin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
BangYou utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bobin takes a knee to the side of the body.
BangYou tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bobin avoids it.
BangYou lands a good knee to the midsection. Bobin won't want to take too many of those.
BangYou putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bobin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BangYou lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BangYou unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for BangYou.
BangYou lands a knee to the body.
BangYou landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
BangYou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bobin.
BangYou scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for BangYou.
BangYou lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobin avoids the damage to the body.
BangYou landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiu BangYou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Bobin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

BangYou fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bobin misses with an attempted mid kick.
BangYou tries to counter with a clinch but Bobin shakes him off and moves away.
Bobin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and BangYou counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by BangYou.
Bobin tries for a takedown. No joy.
BangYou is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
BangYou landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BangYou working Bobin over with knees to the body.
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobin avoids the damage to the body.
BangYou utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for BangYou.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
BangYou lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bobin takes a knee to the side of the body.
BangYou working Bobin over with knees to the body.

BangYou drops Bobin with a big knee straight up the middle! Bobin is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Bobin is rocked!
Bobin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oh Bobin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

BangYou takes the fight into the clinch.
Bobin tries for a takedown but BangYou manages to get underhooks.
Bobin seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Bobin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
BangYou scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BangYou landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
BangYou lands a nice knee to the body.
Bobin tries to pull guard but BangYou forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
BangYou with a knee to the head.
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobin avoids the damage to the body.
BangYou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bobin.
BangYou has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
BangYou scores with a knee to the head.
Bobin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by BangYou.
Bobin throws a punch but it's blocked by BangYou.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangYou tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bobin avoids it.
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobin avoids the damage to the body.
BangYou tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobin avoids the damage to the body.
Aiu BangYou seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

BangYou drops Bobin with a big knee straight up the middle! Bobin is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

BangYou rushes Bobin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. BangYou obliges.
BangYou using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
BangYou has Bobin pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Bobin is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from BangYou - that's hurt Bobin badly! Oh, another knee lands and Bobin is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Bobin doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Aiu BangYou!