PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bada Boom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Antonio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boom comes to the ring accompanied by Metallica - All Nightmare Long. Antonio has chosen I'm Coming as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Boom
vs
Antonio

170 cm
26
152 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
141 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bada Boom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorge Antonio!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antonio shoots in but no luck this time.
Antonio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Antonio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Boom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Antonio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Antonio misses with a jab, cross combination.

Antonio pushes Boom up against the ropes in a clinch.
Boom tries to pull guard but Antonio holds him up against the ropes and eventually Boom drops back down to his feet.
Boom wants to stall.
Boom fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bada Boom. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Antonio gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Boom looking for submissions off his back.
Boom is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Antonio's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Antonio's back!
Antonio is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Boom off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Boom is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Boom gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Boom gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Boom apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Boom feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Boom drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Antonio manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Boom has Antonio in his guard.

Boom working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Antonio doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Boom is tightening it up a little... Antonio has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Antonio reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Antonio taps out! nice BJJ there by Boom!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bada Boom!