PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robin Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Achilles Anvil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hood comes to the cage accompanied by Whistle Robin. Achilles Anvil will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hood
vs
Anvil

183 cm
28
193 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

195 cm
26
190 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robin Hood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Achilles Anvil!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anvil throws a big shot that misses.
Hood avoids the body shot from Anvil.
Anvil lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Robin Hood has been cut.
Hood throws a head kick that misses.
Hood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anvil.
Anvil scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
A punch combination from Anvil misses.
Hood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Anvil catches Hood right on the button with a cross.

Robin Hood's cut is getting worse.
Anvil lands with a nice body punch.
Achilles Anvil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anvil connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hood's hands.
Hood tries to land a leg kick but Anvil saw it coming and moves away.

Anvil lands a big uppercut and Hood crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Hood looks OK. Anvil waves Hood back to his feet!

Hood is rocked!
Hood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anvil takes a swing at Hood's ribcage but misses.
Hood motions for Anvil to come forward. Hood throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anvil ducks under a wild hook from Hood.
Hood tries to clinch but Anvil is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Hood.
Hood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anvil swings for the body but Hood moves out of range.
Hood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anvil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hood moves away.
Anvil moves out of range of the body kick.
Anvil lands a lovely overhand right.

Robin Hood's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Anvil is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anvil. Hood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anvil works Hood's body with a nice hook.

Hood gets a clinch.
Anvil avoids the elbow strike from Hood, against the cage.
Hood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Anvil breaks from the clinch.
Anvil lands a two punch combo.
Anvil throws a hook but Hood avoids it easily.
Anvil misses with a looping left.
Anvil misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood misses with an uppercut.
Anvil throws a looping overhand right but Hood ducks down to avoid it.

Hood has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hood moves away from the strike by Anvil.
Some wild striking there from Anvil.
Anvil throws a hook to the side of Hood's head but Hood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anvil throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hood counters with a nice uppercut.
Hood moves out of range of the strikes.
Hood throws a head kick that misses.
Hood tries to bum rush Anvil with a series of wild strikes but Anvil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anvil.
Anvil misses with a body punch
and Hood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anvil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hood moves away from the strike by Anvil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood scores with a leg kick.
A big right from Anvil misses.
Anvil lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Jeez, Robin Hood's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anvil throws a lazy right hand but Hood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anvil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anvil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hood moves away.
Anvil misses the jab.
Anvil looks to throw a body kick

and Hood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Anvil is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hood gets through Anvil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Achilles Anvil has been cut.
Hood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anvil has him pressed against the cage.
Anvil tries a body shot but Hood blocks it.
Anvil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hood working hard to break the clinch.
Anvil lands a body shot.

Hood breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Hood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hood tries to clinch there but Anvil circles away.
Hood tries to clinch but Anvil moves out of range.
Anvil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anvil misses with a hook to the body
and Hood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Anvil keeps the fight on the outside.

Hood closes the distance and pushes Anvil back into the cage.
Anvil holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Anvil is trying to break the clinch but Hood is controlling him.
Anvil lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hood is looking to break free of the clinch but Anvil has double underhooks.
Anvil will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hood up against the cage.
Hood lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anvil stalling.

Anvil breaks the clinch.
Hood moves out of range of the body kick.
Hood throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Achilles Anvil dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters circling - Anvil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hood is looking to clinch but Anvil is avoiding it.
Anvil throws a jab but it's blocked by Hood.
Hood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hood tries to clinch up.
Anvil throws a body punch but Hood moves out of range.
Anvil changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anvil misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anvil falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Anvil thinking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hood.
A left and a right from Hood both land. Nice combination.
Anvil throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anvil throws a combination that misses

and Hood holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anvil.
A head punch on the inside from Hood fails to land.
Anvil tries to break the clinch but Hood is controlling the position.
Hood throws an elbow that misses.
Anvil misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anvil is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hood stalling the fight.
Hood blocks a body shot from Anvil.
Hood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anvil blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hood looking to slow down the pace here.
Hood displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anvil up against the cage.

Anvil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Achilles Anvil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hood lands a body shot.

Anvil tries to keep at a distance but Hood has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Hood's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Anvil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hood moves in looking to clinch but Anvil pushes him off.
Anvil throws the left hand but Hood avoids the punch easily.
Anvil looks to land a right hand but Hood moved out of range.
A combination from Anvil does no damage.
Hood throws a hook but Anvil avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Hood.
Anvil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anvil on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hood needs to keep his hands up - Anvil had a free shot at his head there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hood.
Hood scores with a jab. Anvil acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the body from Anvil misses
and Hood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A left lands for Anvil.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hood scores with a hook to the body. Anvil takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Anvil swats away the attempt to clinch by Hood.
Anvil misses with a double jab.
A big right from Anvil misses.
Anvil falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hood counters by clinching up.
Hood is working Anvil over against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anvil is looking to break free of the clinch but Hood has double underhooks.
Anvil is breathing heavily.
Hood misses with an elbow over the top.
Hood lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hood keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anvil's efforts to push away.
A short right from Hood.

Hood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robin Hood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hood is looking to clinch.
Hood scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anvil throws a leg kick
and Hood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Anvil looks to score with a jab to the body but Hood is just out of range.
Anvil swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hood counters with a thumping low kick.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch but Anvil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hood scores with a spinning back kick!
Anvil steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hood. That one must have hurt.
Nice body kick from Hood.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hood gets a clinch.
Hood tries to break the clinch but Anvil is controlling the position.

Hood breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot by Anvil.
Anvil falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hood counters with a one-two to the body.
Hood digs a good hook to Anvil's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Hood dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Hood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anvil scores with a sloppy right hand. Hood should have avoided that one.

Anvil tries to keep at a distance but Hood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hood is trying to force a seperation but Anvil has the dominant position.
Hood lands with a light punch inside.

Anvil breaks from the clinch.
Hood tries to bum rush Anvil with a series of wild strikes but Anvil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hood fails to land with a series of punches.
Anvil misses with a hook to the body
and Hood counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Anvil misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Anvil misses.
Hood checks a low kick from Anvil.
Hood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anvil swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anvil throws the left hand but Hood avoids the punch easily.
Hood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anvil. Hood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anvil takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Anvil throws a hook but Hood blocks it.
Hood lands a nice looking body shot.
Hood misses with a wild body shot.
Anvil looks to land a combination but Hood avoids it well.
Hood slips a straight right by Anvil.
Hood scores with a nice right hand.
Hood moves in looking to clinch but Anvil pushes him off.
Anvil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Anvil scores with a four punch combination!
Hood swinging wildly here.
Anvil swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hood takes the fight into the clinch.
Hood will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Anvil up against the cage.

Hood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anvil throws a lazy right hand but Hood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hood is looking to clinch.

Hood takes the fight into the clinch.
Anvil has Hood pressed against the cage, preventing Hood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Anvil breaks the clinch.
Anvil takes a swing at Hood's ribcage but misses.
Hood lands an overhand right.
Anvil throws out a loose jab but Hood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anvil misses with a jab to the body
and Hood makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Anvil really felt that one!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Anvil crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hood - the referee stops the clock and Anvil gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hood. Anvil manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hood.
Anvil throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anvil misses with a hook to the body
and Hood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anvil has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hood.
Hood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anvil dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anvil connects with a crisp jab.

Hood drives through and clinches with Anvil against the cage.
Anvil works on Hood's body with a couple of short punches.
Hood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anvil or not.
Hood lands an elbow that stopped Anvil in his tracks for a moment.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Anvil has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Hood on the inside.
Hood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anvil can't break the clinch.
Anvil prevents a body shot from Hood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anvil has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Anvil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hood lands a high kick!
Hood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Both fighters circling a little - Hood finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anvil. Hood does a little dance to reset his feet.

Hood clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hood breaks from the clinch.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hood.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hood throws a leg kick which misses Anvil's front leg but catches the back leg as Anvil tries to avoid it.
Anvil throws out a loose jab but Hood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anvil throws a leg kick

and Hood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Hood showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Hood!