PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anupo Anubis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roozevelt Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Anubis
vs
Jr

180 cm
25
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anupo Anubis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roozevelt Jr!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anubis scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anubis is landing with some decent strikes but Jr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jr wants to control but Anubis is having none of it.
Jr is bucking up trying to escape but Anubis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Anubis lands a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jr is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anubis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jr?
Anubis lands a heavy elbow.

Anubis looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
A nice elbow there by Anubis.

Anubis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Jr is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jr wants to control but Anubis is having none of it.
Anubis content just to control the position here.
Jr is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Anubis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anubis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Anubis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jr?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anubis cracks Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Anubis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jr is working to get back to half guard.
Anubis lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anubis controlling the pace for now.
Anubis lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Anubis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anubis controlling his opponent.
Anubis dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr wants to control but Anubis is having none of it.
Jr looks gassed!
Anubis with good strikes from the mount here!
Jr tries to reverse the position but Anubis maintains control.
Anubis raining down shots from the mount!
Anubis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Anubis controlling from mount.
Jr can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Anubis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jr hang on?
Anubis unloading with bombs!
Anubis with the ground and pound from mount.
Anubis breaks from Jr's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Anubis breaks from Jr's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Anubis with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anubis content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jr clinches.
Anubis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jr is trying to break free.
Jr tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.
Jr is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Anubis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Anubis gets underhooks to prevent Jr's takedown attempt.

Jr is fighting off a takedown attempt but Anubis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jr to the mat. Jr regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Anubis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jr working a defensive guard here.
Anubis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jr is breathing heavily.
Anubis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jr's guard.
Anubis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis content to control rather than advance.
Jr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Anubis maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Jr could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Anubis has cracked it and Jr is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Anubis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anupo Anubis!