PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stepan Baraban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamii Banana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baraban
vs
Banana

180 cm
23
164 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
179 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stepan Baraban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamii Banana!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banana connects with a right hand. Baraban shakes it off.
Banana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Banana lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Banana.
Baraban takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baraban on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Banana throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Baraban on the side of the head.
Baraban moves forwards but Banana connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baraban takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baraban looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Decent striking displayed by Banana there.
Banana lands with a right hand.
Jamii Banana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Banana - just one landing.
Baraban uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banana.
Baraban shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Banana scores with a jab.
Banana slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Baraban fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stepan Baraban. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baraban showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Banana.
Banana fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Baraban is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banana throws a right and a left that Baraban avoids nicely.
Baraban on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banana lands a nice shot to the body.
Banana might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Baraban slips a jab from Banana.
Banana jabs Baraban right on the nose. Baraban blinks but takes it well.
Banana lands a body shot.
Banana moves into range and connects with a jab.
Banana finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Banana throws the kick towards the body but Baraban avoids it.
Banana connects with a single shot there.

Baraban is rocked!
Banana scores with a nice head shot.
Oh Baraban is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banana flashes Baraban a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Baraban's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Baraban crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Banana punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jamii Banana!
A very excited looking Jamii Banana made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.