PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bang The Hero of Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yve Braud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hero of Justice's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bang Install. The crowd seem to be enjoying Braud's choice of entrance music: "Here Comes the Hammer" by M.C. Hammer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Hero of Justice
vs
Braud

192 cm
22
231 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
239 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bang The Hero of Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yve Braud!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hero of Justice lands with a hook. Braud tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Yve Braud has been cut.
The Hero of Justice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braud takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Hero of Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Hero of Justice stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Hero of Justice wants it to stay on the feet.

Braud scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Braud throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Braud working over The Hero of Justice with some ground and pound. The Hero of Justice looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The Hero of Justice knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Braud on the ground.
Braud working the head and body with strikes.
Braud throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Hero of Justice wants to get back to his feet.
The Hero of Justice moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braud throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Hero of Justice works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Hero of Justice working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Braud.
Braud thows a big elbow that misses.
The Hero of Justice working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Braud.
The Hero of Justice preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Braud shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Hero of Justice defends it nicely.
Braud ducks right into an uppercut from The Hero of Justice.
Braud misses with an uppercut. The Hero of Justice saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braud fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bang The Hero of Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yve Braud.
The Hero of Justice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Hero of Justice misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Braud.
Braud slips a jab from The Hero of Justice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice misses with a series of wild punches.
Braud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Hero of Justice keeps the fight on the outside.
Braud shoots in looking for a takedown. The Hero of Justice tries to sprawl out of it but Braud keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Hero of Justice manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Braud wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Braud tries to clinch up.
Braud fails with an attempt to clinch.

Braud moves into range and clinches up with The Hero of Justice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Braud has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Hero of Justice is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bang The Hero of Justice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yve Braud's cut.
That's time! The Hero of Justice's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Braud slips under a jab.
Yve Braud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Hero of Justice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Braud circles away quickly and effectively.
The Hero of Justice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Braud uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Hero of Justice.
Braud tries to close the distance and clinch but The Hero of Justice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Braud closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Braud lands in his opponent's guard.
The Hero of Justice is looking to stand up but Braud isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The Hero of Justice tries to control but Braud wriggling away.
The Hero of Justice controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Hero of Justice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Braud is looking to escape.
Braud is desperately trying to improve his position but The Hero of Justice has a good base and remains in mount.
The Hero of Justice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Braud is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice controlling the pace for now.
Braud wants to control but The Hero of Justice is having none of it.
The Hero of Justice tries to control but Braud wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bang The Hero of Justice just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Braud throws a combination that misses
and The Hero of Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Hero of Justice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from The Hero of Justice.
The Hero of Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice takedown defense from The Hero of Justice. No joy for Braud on that attempt.
Braud has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Hero of Justice finds it's way round the side to connect with Braud's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braud is looking to clinch but The Hero of Justice is avoiding it.
Braud staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bang The Hero of Justice dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yve Braud's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Braud shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Braud uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Hero of Justice.
Braud dives in and grabs The Hero of Justice's left leg, looking for a takedown. The Hero of Justice pushes down on Braud's head and hops out.
The Hero of Justice cracks Braud with a right hand to the side of the head.
Braud wants to clinch up but The Hero of Justice keeps it at a distance.
Braud shoots in but The Hero of Justice avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bang The Hero of Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yve Braud.
Braud tries to close the distance and clinch but The Hero of Justice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Hero of Justice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Braud fails to land the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Braud or perhaps it was just good defense by The Hero of Justice which made him look bad.
Braud takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Braud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Hero of Justice.
Bang The Hero of Justice is winning the standup battle so far.

Braud shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice tries to roll over but Braud keeps him under control.
The Hero of Justice is working hard here to advance position.
The Hero of Justice tries to kick Braud off but Braud keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Braud throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braud thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Hero of Justice is trying to stand up here but Braud is controlling him well.
Braud has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Braud sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Hero of Justice defending well though.
Nice strikes from Braud there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice wants to get back to his feet.
Braud throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Braud throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Hero of Justice is trying to get back to full guard.
Braud is nestled in close to The Hero of Justice, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Braud not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Braud throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Braud thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Hero of Justice's head.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Hero of Justice throws out a loose jab but Braud uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The Hero of Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braud moves away.
Braud tries for a takedown but The Hero of Justice sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bang The Hero of Justice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Hero of Justice falls off balance throwing a combination
and Braud counters with a thumping low kick.
Yve Braud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Hero of Justice misses with an uppercut. Braud saw that one coming.
Braud takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from The Hero of Justice misses the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bang The Hero of Justice showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Hero of Justice, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bang The Hero of Justice!