PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Fournier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fournier has chosen L.L.Cool J - Mama said knock you out as his entrance music. John Banks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Banks
vs
Fournier

174 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
19
160 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Superior Ki Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Fournier!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fournier backs up against the cage.
Fournier drops Banks with a nice combination! Fournier dives into Banks's guard, looking to finish!

Banks is rocked!

It looks like John Banks has been cut.
Banks is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banks wants to control but Fournier passes easily into half guard.
Oh Banks is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fournier controlling the action here.
Fournier works his way into side control.
Banks seems to have got his legs back now.
Fournier advances to full mount.
Fournier controlling the position easily from mount.
Banks squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fournier sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Banks is trying desperately to improve position.
Fournier looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fournier lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fournier working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fournier controlling his opponent.
Banks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Banks is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fournier takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Banks is in a horrible position here. Fournier smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Banks keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fournier takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks taking shots to the head.
Fournier looking to control and managing it successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jacques Fournier just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fournier drops Banks with a nice combination! Fournier dives into Banks's guard, looking to finish!
Banks on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Banks tries to get out of the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fournier loads up on a big left hand. Banks felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Fournier looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Banks can't hide his disappointment, as Fournier celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Fournier!