PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Eubanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bor Son (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Son's choice of entrance music: can't be touched. Brandon Eubanks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eubanks
vs
Son

180 cm
18
192 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brandon Eubanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bor Son!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eubanks misses with a straight left.
Eubanks misses with a straight left.
Eubanks loads up on a big right hand but Son slips the punch.
Son fails in his attempt to clinch.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch but Eubanks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eubanks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eubanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eubanks lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Son has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch but Eubanks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eubanks stuffs the takedown attempt from Son. Son gets slowly back to his feet.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eubanks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Son avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Son wants to clinch.
Son tries to clinch there but Eubanks circles away.
Eubanks keeps the fight on the outside.
Son tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eubanks misses with a wild combination.
Eubanks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Son is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Son gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Eubanks can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Son keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eubanks's efforts to push away.
Eubanks definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Eubanks wants to get back to striking at distance but Son won't allow it.
Son with a knee to the head.

It looks like Brandon Eubanks has been cut.
Eubanks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eubanks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Son jumps guard but Eubanks turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Eubanks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Son - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Son with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Son with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Eubanks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Son pulls guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Eubanks stands up from Son's guard - Eubanks perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bor Son seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eubanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Son looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Bor Son has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice takedown defense from Eubanks. No joy for Son on that attempt.
Brandon Eubanks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bor Son.
Eubanks throws a looping overhand right but Son ducks down to avoid it.
Eubanks misses with a straight left.
Son is looking to clinch.
Son tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eubanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Eubanks sends Son crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Eubanks is motioning to the referee to let Son up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Son is rocked!
Eubanks throws a jab when Son was well out of range.
Son is still on wobbly legs! Can Eubanks finish him?
Eubanks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Son misses with a takedown attempt - Eubanks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Eubanks keeps the fight on the outside.
Son seems to have recovered his senses.
Eubanks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Son moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eubanks scores with a punch to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A swing and a miss from Eubanks.
Eubanks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Son.
Son is looking to clinch.
Eubanks lands with a right and another and another! Son is in big trouble! Eubanks lands again and this time it's lights out for Son! A quality knockout there for Eubanks.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Brandon Eubanks!
After winning the bout, Brandon Eubanks thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.