PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stand Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Az Anubis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bang might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mike Tyson clip from Hangover. 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.

Bang
vs
Anubis

225 cm
25
300 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

181 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stand Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Az Anubis!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bang shoots in for a double leg but Anubis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Anubis has managed to clinch.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.
Bang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Bang manages to break the clinch.
Stand Bang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Anubis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Anubis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bang or not.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis scores with a shot to the side of Bang's head.
Anubis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Anubis scores with a shoulder strike.
Anubis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.
Anubis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anubis leaning against his opponent.
Bang wants to get back to striking at distance but Anubis won't allow it.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.
Anubis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bang is trying to push Anubis away but Anubis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Anubis scores a nice knee to the body.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but Bang blocks with his arms.
Anubis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bang is breathing heavily.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anubis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Anubis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anubis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Anubis.
Bang is trying to push Anubis away but Anubis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Anubis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bang's face.
Anubis looking to throw knees to the head but Bang is blocking nicely.
Anubis with a knee to the head.
Bang wants to break free but Anubis has control.
Anubis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anubis landing knees to the head.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anubis slowing the pace effectively.
Anubis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anubis is stalling here.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bang.
Anubis just leaning against Bang, taking a breather.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.
Bang working hard to break the clinch.
Anubis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.
Bang avoids the elbow strike from Anubis, against the cage.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anubis lands a good knee to the midsection. Bang won't want to take too many of those.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anubis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anubis wants to stall.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.
Anubis keeps control of Bang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anubis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Bang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bang lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Az Anubis has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anubis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Az Anubis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot lands for Bang.
Bang throws a series of punches but Anubis avoids them all with ease.
Bang tries for a takedown but Anubis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Anubis lunges at Bang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bang's hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Anubis.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anubis.

Anubis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anubis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anubis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anubis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bang's face.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anubis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anubis looking to throw knees to the head but Bang is blocking nicely.
Bang being controlled against the cage.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bang is trying to break the clinch but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Bang working hard to break the clinch.
Bang is trying to break the clinch but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Anubis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anubis.
Knees to the body from Anubis.
Anubis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anubis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A left hand lands to the body for Anubis.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.
Anubis tries to land knees in the clinch but Bang avoids the damage to the body.

Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bang shoots in looking for a takedown. Anubis tries to sprawl out of it but Bang keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Anubis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stand Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anubis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bang avoids the head kick by Anubis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang avoids a kick to the body.
Bang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anubis punishes Bang's body with a nice straight punch.
Bang slips a jab and a cross from Anubis.
Anubis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bang misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anubis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Anubis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bang has time to react.
Anubis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bang looks to land a combination but Anubis avoids it well.
Donk. Anubis catches Bang right on the button with a cross.
Anubis cracks Bang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Anubis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anubis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anubis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bang.

Anubis drives through and clinches with Bang against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anubis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Az Anubis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Az Anubis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anubis clinches with his opponent.
Anubis scores with a knee to the head.
Anubis looking to throw knees to the head but Bang is blocking nicely.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but Bang blocks with his arms.

Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bang takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Anubis closes the distance and clinches.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.
Bang working hard to break the clinch.
Bang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anubis lands a good knee to the midsection. Bang won't want to take too many of those.
Anubis with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Bang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anubis counters with a nice leg kick.
Anubis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Anubis in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bang tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anubis counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Anubis moves into range and clinches up with Bang.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anubis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anubis lands a knee to the head.
Anubis slowing the pace effectively.
Anubis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis is struggling to control the position.
Anubis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bang takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anubis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but Bang blocks with his arms.
Bang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anubis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Anubis is trying to stall.
Anubis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anubis prevents Bang from breaking the clinch.
Anubis scores with a knee to the head.
Bang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anubis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anubis prevents Bang from breaking the clinch.
Bang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.
Anubis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anubis missing with knees to the body.
Bang wants to get back to striking at distance but Anubis won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Bang is trying to break the clinch but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Anubis throws an elbow that misses.
Anubis prevents Bang from breaking the clinch.
Anubis tries to stall but Bang uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.
Bang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anubis has Bang pressed against the cage, preventing Bang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anubis looking to throw knees to the head but Bang is blocking nicely.
Anubis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bang wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anubis looking to throw knees to the head but Bang is blocking nicely.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anubis obliges.
Az Anubis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anubis connects with a knee to the head.
Anubis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anubis obliges.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anubis is trying to maintain a safe position but Bang gets an underhook and turns Anubis into the cage.
Bang wants to break free but Anubis has control.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.

Bang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bang misses with a combination
and Anubis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anubis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Anubis connects with a high kick.
Anubis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anubis misses with a straight left.
Bang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Anubis to counter with a crisp jab.
Anubis is looking to slow Bang down with leg kicks.

Anubis moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Anubis.
Bang is trying to break the clinch but Anubis is controlling him.
Anubis crunches a lovely knee into Bang's ribcage.
Bang is trying to push Anubis away but Anubis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Come on Anubis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Anubis crunches a lovely knee into Bang's ribcage.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but Bang blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anubis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anubis keeps control of Bang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anubis has Bang pressed against the cage.
Anubis trying to stall but Bang improves his position.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bang can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bang breaks the clinch.
Anubis dodges the punch combination from Bang.
Bang thows a body shot but no joy.

Bang gets tackled into the cage by Anubis. Anubis maintains the clinch.
Anubis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anubis lands with a short shot to the head.
Anubis working Bang over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Anubis.
Anubis slows down the pace here.

Bang breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Az Anubis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Az Anubis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

An inside leg kick lands from Anubis.
Anubis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bang gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Anubis counters with a thumping low kick.

Anubis closes the distance and clinches.
Anubis lands a knee to the head.
Anubis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bang backwards.
Nice body punch from Anubis.
Bang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anubis lands an uppercut.
Anubis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bang tries to break the clinch but Anubis is controlling the position.
Anubis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bang tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.
Anubis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bang tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but Bang blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anubis has Bang pressed against the cage, preventing Bang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anubis tries to stall but Bang uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bang misses with a combination
and Anubis counters with a left and a right that stings Bang.
Bang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anubis as he jumps to the side.
Anubis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anubis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anubis lands a really nice looking cross but Bang seems unphased.
Bang lands with a nice combination. Anubis backs away looking to recover.
Bang with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anubis to score with a decent uppercut.

Anubis clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bang is trying to push Anubis away but Anubis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A knee to the head by Anubis.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bang is trying to break the clinch but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Anubis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anubis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anubis.
Stand Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bang blocks a jab.
Anubis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bang misses with a double jab

and Anubis counters by moving into the clinch.
Anubis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bang is looking to break free of the clinch but Anubis has double underhooks.
Good body shot from Anubis.
Anubis effectively controlling the action here.
Anubis landing knees to the body.
Anubis lands a nice elbow.
Anubis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bang blocks it with crossed arms.

Bang breaks from the clinch.
Anubis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Anubis lands a leg kick that knocks Bang off balance momentarily.
Bang takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bang misses the jab.

Anubis has closed the distance and engaged Bang in a clinch.
Anubis lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anubis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anubis scores with a head kick.
Anubis misses with a hook.
Bang throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Anubis's waist but Anubis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bang off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stand Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Anubis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anubis lands a nice knee to the body.
Anubis lands a knee to the head.
Anubis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anubis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anubis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anubis trying to stall but Bang improves his position.

Bang breaks the clinch.
Anubis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anubis lands with an uppercut that bounces Bang off the cage and back into rage.
Anubis misses with a few strikes there.
Bang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bang gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bang's face.
Bang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bang wants to break free but Anubis has control.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Bang takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right from Anubis.
Anubis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bang wants to get back to striking at distance but Anubis won't allow it.
Anubis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Anubis lands a nice shot to the body.
Anubis lands a good knee to the midsection. Bang won't want to take too many of those.
Anubis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bang's face.
Bang is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Anubis lands a nice knee to the body.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but Bang blocks with his arms.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anubis scores with a knee to the head.
Bang tries to break the clinch but Anubis is controlling the position.

Bang breaks from the clinch.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
Anubis lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Az Anubis really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Az Anubis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bang looks to clinch
and Anubis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Bang.

Anubis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anubis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bang wants to get back to striking at distance but Anubis won't allow it.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anubis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bang is trying to push Anubis away but Anubis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis stalls.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Anubis.
Anubis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bang blocks it with crossed arms.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Anubis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bang scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Anubis ducks under a wild hook from Bang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anubis counters with a low kick, right behind Bang 's knee.

Anubis closes the distance and clinches.
Anubis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bang blocks it with crossed arms.
Anubis keeps control of Bang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Anubis missing with knees to the body.
Anubis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.
Bang can't break the clinch.
Anubis looking to slow down the pace here.
Anubis looking to throw knees to the head but Bang is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bang wants to break free but Anubis has control.
Bang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anubis effectively controlling the action here.

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

Anubis has Bang up against the cage in a clinch.
Anubis lands an elbow just above Bang 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bang tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.
Bang tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Anubis has the dominant position.
Anubis is pushing Bang up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Anubis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Bang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bang misses with a few strikes there.
Anubis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anubis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Bang counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anubis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bang is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bang will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Anubis kicks Bang off and gets to his feet.
Bang lands with a nice combination. Anubis backs away looking to recover.
Bang misses with a double jab
and Anubis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anubis throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anubis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bang is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Anubis with a hook.
A head kick misses from Anubis.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anubis.
Bang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Anubis misses with a looping right.
Bang throws a hook to the side of Anubis's head but Anubis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anubis cracks Bang with an open hand slap.
Anubis slaps away a takedown attempt from Bang, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Anubis moves into the clinch.
Anubis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anubis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Anubis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Anubis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bang's defenses.
Anubis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bang's face.
Anubis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anubis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anubis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anubis obliges.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Anubis is trying to stall.
Bang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bang is trying to break the clinch but Anubis is controlling him.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anubis pushes off an throws an elbow but Bang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bang is trying to push Anubis away but Anubis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Bang wants to get back to striking at distance but Anubis won't allow it.
A short right from Anubis.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anubis obliges.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Anubis has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Anubis.
Anubis has Bang pressed against the cage, preventing Bang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anubis lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anubis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anubis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bang or not.
Anubis lands a knee to the head.
Anubis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.
Bang takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Az Anubis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Az Anubis's cut.
That's time! Bang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bang fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stand Bang is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Anubis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Anubis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bang, pushing him back against the cage.
Anubis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anubis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bang tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.
Bang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anubis scores with a knee to the head.
Come on Anubis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Anubis landing knees to the head.
Anubis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Anubis stalls.
Anubis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bang is looking to break free of the clinch but Anubis has double underhooks.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Bang breaks from the clinch.
Anubis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bang.
Anubis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bang.
Bang tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis throws a right and a left that Bang avoids nicely.
Bang misses with a combination
and Anubis counters with a right hand to the body.

Anubis closes the distance and clinches.
Anubis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bang is trying to break free.
Anubis misses with a knee strike.
Anubis landing knees to the head.
Anubis has Bang pushed against the cage.

Bang manages to break the clinch.
Bang throws a lazy right hand but Anubis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Anubis darts in and clinches Bang up against the cage.
Anubis connects with a knee to the head.
Anubis misses with an elbow over the top.
Anubis has Bang pressed against the cage, preventing Bang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Anubis has the dominant position.
Anubis stalling the fight.
Anubis connects with a knee to the head.
Bang wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Anubis.
Anubis effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anubis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Anubis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anubis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.
A knee to the head by Anubis.
Bang has had enough of the clinch but Anubis keeps him there for the moment.
Anubis scores with a knee to the head.
Bang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bang blocking some punches.
Anubis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bang's efforts to push away.
Bang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Bang manages to break the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Anubis!
Bang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anubis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bang's knee momentarily.
Anubis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Anubis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sloppy strikes from Bang. Those never looked like landing.
Anubis scores with a hook to the body. Bang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Anubis moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anubis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bang being controlled against the cage.
Anubis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bang's defenses.
Anubis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bang blocks it with crossed arms.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Anubis has the dominant position.
Bang can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anubis scores with a knee to the head.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bang working hard to break the clinch.
Anubis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anubis lands a knee to the body.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.
Anubis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Anubis lands a good knee to the midsection. Bang won't want to take too many of those.
Anubis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bang blocks it with crossed arms.
Bang wants to break free but Anubis has control.
Anubis has Bang pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bang is trying to break free.
Anubis prevents Bang from breaking the clinch.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Anubis has the dominant position.
Bang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anubis has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anubis.
Anubis landing knees to the body.
Bang has had enough of the clinch but Anubis keeps him there for the moment.
Anubis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anubis obliges.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Bang blocks it.
Az Anubis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bang tries to circle away but Anubis has him pinned against the cage.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anubis looking to slow down the pace here.
Bang is looking to break free of the clinch but Anubis has double underhooks.
Anubis misses with a knee to the head.

Bang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed right hand from Anubis misses the target.
Bang shoots for a takedown but Anubis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stand Bang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stand Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anubis cracks Bang with a right hand to the side of the head.

Anubis has managed to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Az Anubis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Anubis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Az Anubis!