PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Rameau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Banan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Rameau
vs
Banan

190 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nicolas Rameau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Banan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banan closes the distance but Rameau moves to the side
and Rameau counters with a nice leg kick.
Banan wants to clinch
and Rameau counters with an inside leg kick.
Rameau fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rameau throws a sloppy head kick and Banan moves out of range easily.
Banan tries to clinch
and Rameau counters with an outside leg kick.
Banan looks to clinch
and Rameau counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Banan is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Rameau gets tackled into the cage by Banan. Banan maintains the clinch.
Rameau goes for a takedown in the clinch but Banan prevents it.
Banan taking a breather.
Banan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rameau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rameau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Banan lands a good knee to the midsection. Rameau won't want to take too many of those.
Banan is trying to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Banan obliges.
Banan taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jan Banan.
Banan looks to clinch

and Rameau decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Banan's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rameau landing with the ground and pound.
Rameau 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.
Banan wants to get back to his feet but Rameau is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rameau is stalling in the full guard.
Rameau forces his way into half guard.
Rameau controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rameau has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Nicolas Rameau has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Rameau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rameau throws a sloppy head kick and Banan moves out of range easily.

Rameau shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rameau passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Banan!
Rameau controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Banan wants to clinch
and Rameau counters with a thumping low kick.
Banan tries to clinch
and Rameau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rameau looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Banan is fending him off so far but Rameau persists. Nope, Banan circles away and we're back to standing.
Rameau scores with a head kick. Banan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Banan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rameau circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rameau counters with a leg kick.
Rameau circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rameau counters with a head kick. That will keep Banan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Banan wants to clinch
and Rameau counters with a slapping leg kick.
Banan tries to clinch but Rameau moves away
and Rameau counters with a low kick, right behind Banan 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banan tries to clinch up

and Rameau counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rameau stalling.
Rameau throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rameau is taking a breather. Banan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Banan is looking to escape.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nicolas Rameau wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rameau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banan is looking to clinch but Rameau is avoiding it.
Banan wants to clinch but Rameau slips to the side
and Rameau counters with a low kick, right behind Banan 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rameau.
Banan wants to clinch but Rameau slips to the side
and Rameau counters with a big head kick but Banan shrugs it off.
Banan moves to clinch but Rameau breaks away

and Rameau counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Rameau looking to finish!

Banan is rocked!
Rameau seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Banan is still in real trouble! Can Rameau finish him?

Rameau drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Rameau seems to have locked his on tight now - Banan screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Rameau, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Nicolas Rameau!