PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bing Bang (ranked 1818 p4p, 1380 weight class) and Mason Love (ranked 124 p4p, 94 weight class). Love is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: HonestKey- Music. Mason Love has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bing Bang's chin.

Bang
vs
Love

165 cm
20
141
7 - 3 - 0

165 cm
22
141
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bing Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Love!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love misses with an uppercut. Bang saw that one coming.
Love misses with a straight right.
Bang misses with a leg kick.
Love fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bang thumps Love with a low kick.
Bang scores with a leg kick.
Bang throws a leg kick that misses.
Love now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
Bang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Bang backs off Love throws a huge counter combo but Bang manages to avoid it all.
Bang has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love cracks Bang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Love looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Love thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bang throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Love's waist but Love gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bang off to one side.

Bang shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bang showed some decent athleticism there.
Love avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bang.

Love manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love lands a jab to the nose.
Love dips to his left and cracks Bang with an uppercut!
Mason Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bang shoots in but no luck this time.
Love looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bing Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good work by Love as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a body punch but Bang moves out of range.
Love throws a body punch but Bang moves out of range.
Love scores with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bang.
A leg kick checked by Love.
Sloppy strikes from Bang. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Bang does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Love backs away, Bang returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bang slips a jab from Love.
Bang appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Love throws a right hand that misses
and Bang counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang avoids the body shot from Love.
Bang swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Love jabs Bang right on the nose. Bang blinks but takes it well.
Bang wants to slow Love down by chopping away at his legs.
Bang tries to land a front kick but Love steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Bang looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Love!

Love sneaks out the side door and pushes Bang away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Bang misses the shot to the body.
Bang scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love lands with a shot to the body.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bang.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Bang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Bang throws a leg kick but Love sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bang or perhaps it was just good defense by Love, which made it look bad.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Love! But no joy.
Love's corner calls for a 1-2. Love obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Love takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bang has his takedown stuffed
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a right hand
and Bang counters with a thumping low kick.
Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Love does no damage.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Love.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bang slips a jab from Love.
Love comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bang tries to score with a low kick but Love moves his leg out of the way.
Bang throws a lazy uppercut
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Bang fails with a takedown attempt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Love there.
Love lands a right hook to the body.
Bang looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Love swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Bang was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bang drops his hands momentarily and Love takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bang with a hook.
Bang throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
Love throws a body punch but Bang moves out of range.
Bang takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Love connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bang scrambles back to his feet.
Bang misses with a low kick.
A big left from Love misses.
Mason Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love misses with a body punch
and Bang counters with an inside leg kick.
Bang throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Love looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Love throws a hook but Bang avoids it easily.
It looked like Bang was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Love.
Love looks to land a combination but Bang avoids it well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bang appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Love scores with a sloppy right hand. Bang should have avoided that one.
Love connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Bang.
A quick step to the side and Bang tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Love coming out on top.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Bang counters with a three punch combo that has Love backing up. Love nods at Bang to acknowledge the strikes.
Love connects with a body shot.
Love throws a shot to the body.
Bang avoids the body shot from Love.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Bang rushes Love and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bang drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Love gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Love prevents a body shot from Bang.
Love prevents a takedown attempt there.
The referee is keeping an eye on Love - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Love misses with a looping left.
Bang tries to counter with a takedown but Love is quick to defend against it.
Bang ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Bang tries to counter with a takedown but Love is quick to defend against it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Love dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Love lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Love misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Love throws a hook but Bang blocks it.
Love moves out of range of the leg kick from Bang.
Bang takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Love takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bang tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Bang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bang.
Bang is looking for a counter combo.
Bang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bang takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Love throws the left hand but Bang avoids the punch easily.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Bang has managed to clinch.
Love goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Love breaks the clinch.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Bang's shoulder, as Bang tries to avoid the shot.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bang has his takedown stuffed
and Love counters with a two punch combo.
A jab from Love misses.
Bang is looking to wear down Love with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Bang slips the punch.
Love works the jab nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.

Bang closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bang working the body and head with strikes.
Bang tries to move to mount but Love blocks the move with his legs.
Bang trying to control the position but Love is working away.
Love tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Love avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bang.
Love is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Love because Bang loaded up on that one.

Bang jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Love is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Love and Bang has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Bang wants to control but Love is keeping him busy.

Love sneaks out the side door and pushes Bang away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Mason Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bang takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Love misses with a looping right.
Bang shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Love defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a nice head shot.
Love uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Bang is rocked!
Love checks a low kick from Bang.
Oh Bang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bang is aggressively charging in as Love backs up avoiding any damage. Love tosses out a jab and Bang runs right into it face first! Bang is out cold! Love dropped down on all fours and is barking in Bang's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mason Love!
A very excited looking Mason Love made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.