PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rex Bannion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian O Driscoll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying O Driscoll's choice of entrance music: Space Olympics - The Lonely Island. Rex Bannion could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brian O Driscoll's chin.

Bannion
vs
O Driscoll

175 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rex Bannion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian O Driscoll!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bannion tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but O Driscoll paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bannion tries a head kick but it misses.
Bannion wants to clinch.

O Driscoll tries to keep at a distance but Bannion has taken the fight into the clinch.
O Driscoll stalling against the ropes.
Bannion misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Driscoll.
Bannion connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Driscoll's face.
Bannion misses with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll looking to slow down the pace here.

O Driscoll manages to break the clinch.
O Driscoll avoids the head kick by Bannion.
O Driscoll swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Driscoll throws a nice head kick!
O Driscoll bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bannion's head backwards.
Bannion wants to clinch up but O Driscoll keeps it at a distance.
Bannion is looking to clinch but O Driscoll is avoiding it.

O Driscoll has Bannion up against the ropes in a clinch.
Bannion tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bannion landing knees to the head.
Bannion tries to land a knee to the head but O Driscoll blocks with his arms.
Bannion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Driscoll wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bannion with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bannion throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Driscoll tries to land knees in the clinch but Bannion avoids the damage to the body.
Bannion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Driscoll looking to throw knees to the head but Bannion is blocking nicely.
O Driscoll tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bannion tries to land knees in the clinch but O Driscoll avoids the damage to the body.
Bannion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bannion is breathing heavily.
O Driscoll manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
O Driscoll tries a knee to the head but Bannion blocks it.
Bannion lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

O Driscoll breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rex Bannion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Driscoll moves out of range as Bannion throws a body kick.
Bannion throws a head kick that misses

and O Driscoll counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by O Driscoll.
O Driscoll with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll trying to stall but Bannion improves his position.
O Driscoll cracks Bannion with a nice body shot.
A knee to the head by O Driscoll.
Bannion landing knees to the body.
O Driscoll tries a knee to the head but Bannion blocks it.
Bannion takes a knee right on the jaw!
O Driscoll with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

O Driscoll manages to break the clinch.
Bannion throws a head kick that misses
and O Driscoll counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

O Driscoll has Bannion up against the ropes in a clinch.
Bannion landing knees to the body.
Bannion looking to throw knees to the head but O Driscoll is blocking nicely.
O Driscoll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bannion tries to land knees in the clinch but O Driscoll avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bannion misses with a knee strike.
Bannion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Bannion.
Bannion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Driscoll looking to throw knees to the head but Bannion is blocking nicely.
Bannion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Driscoll tries to land a knee to the head but Bannion blocks with his arms.

O Driscoll escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bannion tries to clinch but O Driscoll moves away
and O Driscoll counters with a nice uppercut.
Bannion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from O Driscoll.
Bannion looks to clinch
enabling O Driscoll to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Driscoll throws a combination. Bannion tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bannion closes the distance looking to clinch

and O Driscoll counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by O Driscoll.
Bannion trying to land knees to the body.
Bannion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bannion misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Driscoll.
O Driscoll tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Driscoll managing to block the knees to the body from Bannion.
Bannion scores with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll scores a nice knee to the body.
O Driscoll unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bannion lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bannion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Driscoll lands a nice knee to the body.

O Driscoll escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bannion walks into a jab.
Bannion tries to clinch but O Driscoll moves away
and O Driscoll counters with a one-two to the body.
Bannion throws a head kick that misses
and O Driscoll counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bannion connects with a solid leg kick.
Bannion tries to clinch but fails miserably

and O Driscoll moves into the clinch.
O Driscoll takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bannion prevents O Driscoll from breaking the clinch.
O Driscoll missing with knees to the body.
Bannion missing with knees to the body.
Bannion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bannion misses with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bannion connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Driscoll's face.
Bannion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Driscoll blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bannion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bannion tries to land knees in the clinch but O Driscoll avoids the damage to the body.
O Driscoll landing knees to the head.
Bannion managing to block the knees to the body from O Driscoll.
O Driscoll tries a knee to the head but Bannion blocks it.
Bannion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Driscoll has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Driscoll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bannion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Driscoll blocks it with crossed arms.
Bannion tries to land a knee to the head but O Driscoll blocks with his arms.
O Driscoll tries to land a knee to the head but Bannion blocks with his arms.
Bannion lands a knee to the head.
Bannion lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
O Driscoll tries a knee to the head but Bannion blocks it.
with the fighters clinched against the ropes, O Driscoll creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

O Driscoll rushes Bannion and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Bannion tries to land a knee to the head but O Driscoll blocks with his arms.
Bannion tries to land a knee to the head but O Driscoll blocks with his arms.
O Driscoll using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bannion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bannion tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bannion using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bannion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Driscoll looking to throw knees to the head but Bannion is blocking nicely.
Bannion trying to land knees to the body.
Bannion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Driscoll blocks it with crossed arms.

O Driscoll breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bannion throws a leg kick but O Driscoll moved away.
O Driscoll with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bannion wants to clinch but O Driscoll slips to the side
and O Driscoll counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left and a right from O Driscoll both land. Nice combination.
Bannion throws a head kick but O Driscoll moves out of range.
Bannion showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Driscoll.
Bannion throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Driscoll throws a leg kick
and Bannion counters with a nice body kick.
Bannion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Driscoll. O Driscoll obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick by Bannion misses
and O Driscoll counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Driscoll misses with a series of wild punches.
Bannion darts in trying to clinch

and O Driscoll counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by O Driscoll.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Driscoll avoiding damage as Bannion throws knees to the body.
Bannion avoiding damage as O Driscoll throws knees to the body.
Bannion landing some nice looking knees to the body.

O Driscoll breaks the clinch.
O Driscoll misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian O Driscoll dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

O Driscoll pushes Bannion up against the ropes in a clinch.
O Driscoll stalling in the clinch.
O Driscoll using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bannion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

O Driscoll breaks from the clinch.

O Driscoll fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bannion, pushing him back against the ropes.
O Driscoll throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Driscoll misses with a knee to the head.
Bannion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bannion trying to land knees to the body.
O Driscoll with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Driscoll landing knees to the body.
Bannion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Driscoll blocks it with crossed arms.
O Driscoll tries to land a knee to the head but Bannion blocks with his arms.
Bannion misses with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll tries a knee to the head but Bannion blocks it.

O Driscoll breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Driscoll's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and O Driscoll duly obliges.
Bannion clinches but O Driscoll breaks the clinch
and O Driscoll counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bannion is lucky that one didn't land flush.
O Driscoll fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bannion on the side of the head.

O Driscoll rushes Bannion and presses him up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Driscoll throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bannion blocks it with crossed arms.
O Driscoll using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bannion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bannion tries to land knees in the clinch but O Driscoll avoids the damage to the body.
Brian O Driscoll seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
O Driscoll with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bannion with a knee to the head.
O Driscoll throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bannion blocks it with crossed arms.
O Driscoll is looking to break free of the clinch but Bannion has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bannion tries a knee to the head but O Driscoll blocks it.
Bannion landing knees to the head.

O Driscoll breaks the clinch.
Bannion tries to clinch
and O Driscoll connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

O Driscoll clinches up with Bannion and pushes him back against the ropes.
O Driscoll unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bannion lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bannion tries a knee to the head but O Driscoll blocks it.
Bannion lands a knee to the head.
Bannion lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

O Driscoll breaks the clinch.
Bannion clinches but O Driscoll breaks the clinch
and O Driscoll counters with a straight right hand.

O Driscoll gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
O Driscoll looking to stall.
Bannion lands a knee to the body.
Bannion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Driscoll will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bannion up against the ropes.
O Driscoll managing to block the knees to the body from Bannion.
O Driscoll throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bannion blocks it with crossed arms.
Bannion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but O Driscoll blocks it with crossed arms.

O Driscoll breaks the clinch.
Bannion looks to clinch
and O Driscoll counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bannion misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bannion tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and O Driscoll counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bannion.
Bannion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by O Driscoll!
Bannion darts in trying to clinch

and O Driscoll counters by clinching up.
Bannion unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Driscoll lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bannion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Driscoll managing to block the knees to the body from Bannion.
A knee to the head by Bannion.

O Driscoll is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bannion connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked O Driscoll badly! O Driscoll tumbles to the floor and Bannion stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rex Bannion!