PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jihadi Joseph (ranked 26 p4p, 90 weight class) and Lemmy Bang (ranked 3 p4p, 10 weight class). Bang has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Joseph
vs
Bang

175 cm
30
145
20 - 7 - 1

169 cm
33
145
19 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jihadi Joseph!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lemmy Bang!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bang forces Joseph back against the cage and clinches.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bang.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bang jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Joseph walks away with a smile on his face. Bang gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Joseph lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jihadi Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph backing away here, and Bang unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Joseph throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bang counters with a nice leg kick.
Joseph throws a lazy uppercut
and Bang counters with a nice low kick that buckles Joseph's knee momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Bang blocks the leg kick.
Bang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bang throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Joseph finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Joseph ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Joseph.
Bang lands with a good body shot.
Joseph moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a hook.
Joseph lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph throws a lazy uppercut
and Bang counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Bang clinches.
Bang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Bang controls the action.
Joseph digs a right hand into Bang's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bang's gas tank.
Bang blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.

Joseph breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joseph with a nice calf kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joseph throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Joseph misses.
Bang steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bang walks into a left hand.
Bang moves to clinch but Joseph breaks away
and Joseph counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Joseph scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joseph lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bang has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bang and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joseph lands a right hook to the body.
Joseph lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph loads up on a big right hand but Bang slips the punch.
Bang counters with a body kick.
Bang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joseph.
Joseph chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bang blocks a head kick by Joseph.
Joseph attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bang closes the distance but Joseph moves to the side
and Joseph counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Joseph.
Joseph looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Joseph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bang manages to avoid it.
Joseph throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joseph scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang misses with an uppercut.
Joseph throws a wild body kick that Bang sees coming a mile off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bang! But no joy.
Joseph catches Bang with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph's corner calls for a 1-2. Joseph obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Joseph scores with a jab to the head.
A good leg kick by Joseph.
A thudding body kick lands there by Joseph!
Joseph lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joseph throws a lazy uppercut
and Bang counters with a straight right hand.
Bang cracks a nice hook into Joseph's ribs.
Joseph swings for the body but Bang moves out of range.
Joseph thows a leg kick but Bang checks it
and Bang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jihadi Joseph dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joseph cracks Bang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from Joseph.
Joseph fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bang on the side of the head.
A jab from Joseph misses.
Bang takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Joseph missing with a left hand there. Bang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bang appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph cracks Bang with an open hand slap.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joseph lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joseph throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bang on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a hook
and Bang counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Bang gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Joseph finds it's target.
Joseph scores with a decent looking hook.
Bang jabs Joseph to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bang is looking to clinch.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Bang.
Bang doesn't manage to clinch there - Joseph circles away.
Joseph connects with a solid leg kick.
Joseph lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bang tries to close the distance and clinch but Joseph swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joseph delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Joseph.
Good work by Bang as he checks the leg kick.
Joseph throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joseph buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bang keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bang! But no joy.
Joseph missing with a left hand there. Bang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Joseph misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Joseph misses.
Bang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bang ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
A little jabbing left from Bang on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jihadi Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joseph manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joseph misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bang tries to clinch up.
Joseph swinging wildly here.
Joseph swings widly with a right hand
and Bang counters with a left to the body.

Bang has taken the fight to the clinch.
Joseph is trying to push Bang away but Bang has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bang lands a hook that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Bang lands with a right to the head.

Joseph manages to break the clinch.
Joseph digs a good body shot into Bang's ribs.

Bang closes the distance and pushes Joseph back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang blocking some punches.
Lemmy Bang seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Bang's head.
Bang has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Bang lands with a short shot to the head.

Joseph breaks the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Bang finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A big right from Bang misses.
Bang chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joseph can pounce on him.

Bang rushes Joseph and presses him up against the cage.

Joseph breaks the clinch.
Joseph tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bang was well out of range. Poor timing from Joseph.
A shot to the liver by Joseph. Beautiful body shot.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bang can do to turn this around?
Joseph throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bang counters with a nice uppercut.
Joseph tries a low kick but Bang avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jihadi Joseph dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Joseph misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joseph.
Joseph tries to score with a low kick but Bang moves his leg out of the way.
Joseph misses with a low kick.
Bang throws a low kick but it's checked well by Joseph.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bang.
Joseph misses with a double jab
and Bang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Joseph connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bang scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Bang is just out of range.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph throws a hook but Bang blocks it.
Joseph tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bang was well out of range. Poor timing from Joseph.
Bang looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Bang misses its intended target.
Joseph scores with a head kick. Bang tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A big left from Joseph misses.
Bang swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joseph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bang. That did some damage!
Bang digs a good body shot into Joseph's ribs.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Joseph is just out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joseph, as that shot connected.

Bang rushes Joseph and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bang prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Bang is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Joseph to keep the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph blocking some punches.
Bang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bang pushes Joseph back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bang misses with a punch on the inside.
Bang misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.
Bang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bang has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Bang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bang swings wildly with an uppercut but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.

Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bang slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bang! But no joy.
Joseph slips a straight right by Bang.
Bang takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Bang misses.
Joseph throws a chopping leg kick but Bang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Joseph looks to land a left hand but Bang moved out of range nicely.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bang staying out of range there.
Bang swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joseph misses with an uppercut
and Bang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joseph finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Joseph looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Joseph lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bang needs to keep his hands up - Joseph had a free shot at his head there.
Joseph cracks Bang with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Joseph fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bang manages to avoid it.
Joseph pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Joseph misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
Despite the aggression on Bang's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Joseph wants to slow Bang down by chopping away at his legs.
Bang takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Joseph throws a right and a left that Bang avoids nicely.
Bang slips under a jab from Joseph.
Joseph misses with the body kick
and Bang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bang avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Bang is trying to counter with his kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jihadi Joseph clearly takes that round.
That's time! Joseph's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Joseph swings for the body but Bang moves out of range.
Joseph swings widly with a right hand
and Bang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joseph misses with a looping left.
Bang unleashes a big counter combination but Joseph bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Joseph checks a low kick from Bang.
Joseph thows a leg kick but Bang checks it
and Bang counters with a right hand to the body.
Joseph lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bang at a distance.
Joseph is looking to score with low kicks.
Bang unleashes a big counter combination but Joseph bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Joseph misses with a double jab
and Bang counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Bang checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Joseph misses with a hook
and Bang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bang has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Joseph misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands with a right hand.

Oooooh!!! Bang has knocked Joseph down with a huge combo! Bang steps away and waves a wobbly Joseph back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Joseph is rocked!
Joseph misses with a hook to the body
and Bang counters with a big left hand that crumples Joseph! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lemmy Bang!
Lemmy Bang is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Lemmy Bang, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.