PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Date (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alistair Date has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Date
vs
Bang

191 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Date!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lenny Bang!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Alistair Date has been cut.
A nice combination there by Bang.
Bang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bang throws a lazy right hand but Date sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Date!

It looks like Lenny Bang has been cut.
Bang misses with a double jab
and Date counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Date counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Bang.
A head kick by Bang misses
and Date counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Date bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bang misses with a combination
and Date counters with a stiff right hand.

Bang is rocked!

Date has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bang is trying to break free.

Date manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Date uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bang.
Bang misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Date was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alistair Date is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Date scores with a nice right hand.
Date's corner calls for a 1-2. Date obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab from Date.
Date misses the jab.
Bang with a poor takedown
and Bang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bang is still on wobbly legs! Can Date finish him?
Bang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Date.
Bang seems to have recovered his senses.
Date missing with a left hand there. Bang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Date misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang throws a head kick that misses
and Date counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Date misses with a hook.

Date lands a big right hand that sends Bang crashing to the mat! Date stays standing though and waves Bang back to his feet!
Date throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bang stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bang throws a nice head kick!
Bang moves away from the strike by Date.
Date stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Date showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bang.
Bang throws a left and a right that both miss
and Date counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bang throws a combination that misses
and Date counters with a huge left! Bang is in big trouble! He's backing up but Date isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Bang from any more damage. A dominating finish by Date!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Date!