PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dolly Llama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ajax Anstice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Llama
vs
Anstice

225 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dolly Llama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ajax Anstice!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anstice tries to bum rush Llama with a series of wild strikes but Llama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Llama goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Ajax Anstice has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Llama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anstice misses with a jab, cross combination.
Llama tries to clinch there but Anstice circles away.
Anstice swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Llama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anstice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Llama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Llama showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anstice.
Anstice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Llama clinches.
Anstice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Llama just leaning against Anstice, taking a breather.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Llama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Llama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Llama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anstice's defenses.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Anstice is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Llama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Anstice looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Llama.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Anstice goes for a takedown in the clinch but Llama prevents it.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Llama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Llama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Llama is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama gets underhooks to prevent Anstice's takedown attempt.
Dolly Llama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ajax Anstice.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Llama.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Llama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anstice's brow.
Llama tries to stall but Anstice uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Anstice tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Llama really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Llama lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Llama.
Llama tries to land knees in the clinch but Anstice avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Llama lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Llama stalling the fight.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Anstice throws a punch but it's blocked by Llama.
Anstice wants to break free but Llama has control.
Llama has Anstice pushed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Llama.
Llama misses with a knee to the head.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama lands a knee to the body.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama keeps control of Anstice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Knees to the body from Llama.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstice looking for a takedown.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama keeps control of Anstice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Llama.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama lands an elbow that stopped Anstice in his tracks for a moment.
Llama lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Anstice working aggressively here.
Anstice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Llama.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Llama.
Anstice has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Llama is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Llama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anstice being controlled against the cage.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.

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.
Llama lands a nice elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Anstice fails to land.
Llama is looking to control Anstice's arms but Anstice gets an underhook and turns him. Now Llama has his back to the cage.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anstice can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Llama.
Anstice is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Llama.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Llama displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anstice up against the cage.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Llama.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dolly Llama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ajax Anstice's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Anstice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anstice misses with a jab, cross combination.
Llama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anstice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anstice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anstice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Llama moves into the clinch.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Anstice looking for a takedown.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Llama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anstice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Llama landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anstice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Llama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice elbow from Llama.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Llama lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anstice jumps guard but Llama stands there with Anstice around his waist. Anstice gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Llama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Llama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Llama.
Llama is trying to maintain a safe position but Anstice gets an underhook and turns Llama into the cage.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Llama.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
Llama misses with a knee to the head.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Llama lands an elbow inside.
Llama keeps control of Anstice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Llama.
Anstice can't break the clinch.
Llama scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Llama lands an elbow just above Anstice 's eye.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Llama holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Anstice tries to pull guard but Llama holds him up against the cage and eventually Anstice drops back down to his feet.
Dolly Llama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ajax Anstice.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anstice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Llama stalling in the clinch.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anstice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Llama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anstice wants to break free but Llama has control.
Anstice looking for a takedown.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Anstice wants to break free but Llama has control.
Llama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anstice's defenses.
Llama stalling.
Llama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Llama scores a nice knee to the body.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Llama lands an elbow just above Anstice 's eye.
Llama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anstice's defenses.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Llama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Llama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anstice.
Anstice can't get the takedown.
Llama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Llama leaning his opponent against the cage.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama landing knees to the head.
Llama lands an elbow just above Anstice 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Llama.
Llama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anstice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Llama keeps control of Anstice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Llama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Llama lands a nice knee to the body.
Anstice fails to pull guard.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.
Llama landing knees to the head.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Anstice is trying to stall.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anstice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Llama.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Llama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Llama has Anstice pushed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Llama gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Anstice.
Llama stalling in the clinch.
Llama lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dolly Llama dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ajax Anstice's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Anstice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Llama lands with a slapping head kick.
Anstice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anstice lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Llama gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anstice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Llama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anstice's defenses.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anstice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Llama tries to land a knee to the head but Anstice blocks with his arms.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anstice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Llama is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Llama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Llama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstice can't break the clinch.
Llama has Anstice pressed against the cage.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.
Llama lands a knee to the head.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Anstice is looking to break free of the clinch but Llama has double underhooks.
Llama holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Anstice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anstice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anstice can't break the clinch.
Llama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Llama lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Llama with a knee to the head.
Llama unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anstice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama lands an elbow inside that Anstice shrugs off.
Llama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anstice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
Anstice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.
Anstice is looking to break free of the clinch but Llama has double underhooks.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Llama lands a knee to the head.

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.
Llama stalling in the clinch.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anstice.
Llama lands an elbow just above Anstice 's eye.
Llama scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Llama.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Llama scores a nice knee to the body.
Anstice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Llama lands an elbow that stopped Anstice in his tracks for a moment.
Anstice is looking to break free of the clinch but Llama has double underhooks.
Anstice is looking to break free of the clinch but Llama has double underhooks.
Llama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Llama stalling the fight.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Llama leaning against his opponent.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Llama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Llama.
Anstice throws a punch but it's blocked by Llama.
Llama landing knees to the head.
Anstice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstice tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Llama just stands there and leans against the cage.
Llama landing knees to the body.
Anstice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anstice is looking to break free of the clinch but Llama has double underhooks.
Anstice is trying to break the clinch but Llama has him pressed against the cage.
Llama landing knees to the head.
Come on Llama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Llama prevents Anstice from breaking the clinch.
Llama stalling.
Llama lands a damaging elbow.
Llama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anstice tries to break the clinch but Llama is controlling the position.
Llama is struggling to control the position.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama with a knee to the head.
Anstice can't break the clinch.
Anstice wants to break free but Llama has control.
Llama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anstice's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Llama.
Anstice has had enough of the clinch but Llama keeps him there for the moment.
Llama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Llama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anstice is trying to break free.
Llama landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Llama with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Llama lands an elbow inside.
Anstice wants to get back to striking at distance but Llama won't allow it.
Llama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Llama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anstice drops down looking for an ankle pick but Llama pulls his leg out and moves away.
Llama fails with an attempt to clinch.

Anstice tries to keep at a distance but Llama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anstice takes an elbow to the temple.
Anstice is looking to break free of the clinch but Llama has double underhooks.
Anstice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Llama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anstice tries to stall but Llama uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Llama landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anstice wants to break free but Llama has control.
Llama connects with a knee to the head.
Llama scores a nice knee to the body.
Llama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ajax Anstice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dolly Llama is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anstice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anstice is looking to control Llama's arms but Llama gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anstice has his back to the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dolly Llama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Llama has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dolly Llama!