PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles O Banion (ranked 6502 p4p, 3678 weight class) and Guillaume De Smet (ranked 591 p4p, 429 weight class). De Smet has chosen Gangster's Paradise as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Banion
vs
De Smet

220 cm
19
270
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
230
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles O Banion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guillaume De Smet!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from De Smet.
O Banion jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A shot to the body from O Banion misses
and De Smet counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Smet lands a jab-cross combination.
O Banion walks forward, straight into a front kick from De Smet.
O Banion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Smet.
O Banion connects with a right hand. De Smet shakes it off.

It looks like Guillaume De Smet has been cut.
Charles O Banion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Banion misses with a right hand

and De Smet counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Smet lands a few punches from side control.
De Smet is working O Banion over with some ground and pound from side control.
O Banion avoids any damage from the ground and pound of De Smet.

De Smet is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but O Banion is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
O Banion taking a bit of punishment here - De Smet scoring with strikes.
O Banion is not content to let De Smet control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Smet throws an elbow but O Banion slips to the side and avoids it well.
De Smet happy to just control the position for now.
O Banion taking a bit of punishment here - De Smet scoring with strikes.
De Smet scores with punches from side control.
De Smet misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
De Smet throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

De Smet wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by O Banion, who protects the arm well.
De Smet looks up at the clock and then as O Banion takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, De Smet smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Smet cracks O Banion with an elbow. That is naaassty.
O Banion being controlled for a moment.
De Smet in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
De Smet in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Smet trying to control the position but O Banion is working away.
De Smet cracks O Banion with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Banion is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
De Smet is staying tight to O Banion's torso, preventing him from escaping.
O Banion is looking to reverse the position.
De Smet connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused O Banion some visible discomfort.
O Banion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if O Banion tries to get out of the position.
De Smet working the ground and pound.
De Smet just content to control the position.
De Smet misses with the ground and pound.
De Smet controls the position.
Sloppy strikes there by De Smet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Smet taking a breather here.
De Smet looks up at the clock and then as O Banion takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, De Smet smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
De Smet misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
O Banion is not content to let De Smet control the position.

De Smet tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no De Smet has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
De Smet cracks O Banion with an elbow. That is naaassty.
De Smet scoring with punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Guillaume De Smet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guillaume De Smet's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Smet throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Smet lands a body shot.
O Banion jabs De Smet to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Smet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Smet digs a good body shot into O Banion's ribs.
De Smet paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

O Banion is rocked!
O Banion shoots for a takedown but De Smet saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
De Smet drops O Banion with a huge uppercut! O Banion drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. De Smet is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Guillaume De Smet!
A relieved looking Guillaume De Smet thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.