PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Banner Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BLACK HAWK DOWN kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bo
vs
Falcone

180 cm
25
227 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

183 cm
30
229 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Banner Bo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Falcone!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcone misses with a jab to the body
and Bo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Falcone instigates a clinch.
Falcone is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Falcone misses with a punch on the inside.
Falcone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bo wants a takedown but no success here.
Bo looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Banner Bo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Falcone working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Falcone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bo tries to circle away but Falcone has him pinned against the cage.
Falcone goes for a takedown attempt but Bo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Falcone misses the body punch
and Bo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Falcone throws a body punch but Bo moves out of range.
Falcone throws a body punch but Bo moves out of range.
Falcone misses with a hook to the body
and Bo counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Falcone checks it well.
Falcone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bo but Bo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Bo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Falcone doesn't seem phased though.
Falcone lands a lovely overhand right.
Falcone wants to clinch.
Bo defending well as Falcone loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone misses with a hook
and Bo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheers as Falcone lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bo doesn't seem phased though.
Bo defending well as Falcone loads up on a big left hand.
Bo moves out of range as Falcone strikes.
Nice body kick from Bo.
Falcone throws a sloppy body shot

and Bo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bo throws a big right hand that misses.
Falcone trying to control the position here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bo wants to control from the top but Falcone keeps moving.
Bo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Bo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Falcone wants to sweep here but Bo controlling him for the moment.
Bo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Falcone swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Bo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Falcone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bo.
Bo 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.
Falcone wants to sweep here but Bo controlling him for the moment.

Bo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bo throws a big right hand that misses.
Bo wants to control from the top but Falcone keeps moving.
Bo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Banner Bo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Falcone misses with a lunging right hand
and Bo counters with a two punch combo.
Falcone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bo!
Bo lands a jab.
Bo fails to land with a series of punches.

Falcone drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Falcone looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bo wants to control but Falcone postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Falcone is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bo can't do much from the bottom here.
Bo is looking to regain half guard here but Falcone keeps moving and retains side control.
Falcone cracks Bo with a big elbow.
Bo is looking for a sweep.
Bo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Banner Bo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Falcone looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ground and pound from Falcone.

Bo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Falcone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bo keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bo's head.

Falcone is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Falcone.
Bo regains full guard. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bo is looking for a triangle but Falcone pushes his legs off easily.

Bo is looking to sinch up a triangle. Falcone throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Bo's body to avoid the submission. Bo has instead reached around Falcone's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Bo arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Banner Bo!