PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Plant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shannon Bannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plant comes to the ring accompanied by Au innebunit salcamii. 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.

Plant
vs
Bannon

192 cm
25
240 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

195 cm
27
280 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcus Plant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shannon Bannon!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bannon misses with an uppercut. Plant saw that one coming.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Plant lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Plant is trying to control. Bannon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Plant passes to side control.
Bannon dodges the ground and pound from Plant.
Plant working the ground and pound but Bannon is defending the strikes.
Bannon is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Plant has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Plant has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Plant scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bannon to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bannon sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Plant working the ground and pound from side control.
The strikes coming from Plant are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Plant creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bannon sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Plant throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bannon avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Plant.
Plant trying to control the action but Bannon is working from the bottom.
Plant misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plant is chipping away with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plant trying to control the action but Bannon is working from the bottom.
Plant works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Plant.
Plant tries to advance to mount but can't.
Plant throwing shots but missing, from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bannon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Plant lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plant controls the position.

Plant decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Plant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bannon staying out of range there.
Plant moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Shannon Bannon has been cut.

Bannon gets caught napping as Plant dives in and scores a takedown. Bannon manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Plant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bannon keeping moving, preventing Plant from controlling successfully.
Bannon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plant controlling from the top position.
Plant passes into half guard.
Plant passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bannon!
Bannon is trying to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Plant with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Plant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shannon Bannon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Plant drives through with a takedown into Bannon's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bannon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Plant. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Plant pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bannon is keeping the position for now.
Plant passes into half guard.
Plant wants to control but Bannon is keeping him busy.
Plant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bannon defending well though.
Plant landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Plant seems to be working for a kimura but Bannon defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Plant is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant moves into full mount! Bannon won't be happy about that!
Plant misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Bannon blocking the ground and pound.
Plant connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marcus Plant overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plant lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Plant looking to finish Bannon with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bannon!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Plant trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Plant connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Plant cracks Bannon with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Plant!
Marcus Plant retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Marcus Plant thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.