PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Assisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assisi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, In The Morning. Francis Assisi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Assisi
vs
Joseph

188 cm
22
224 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francis Assisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joseph shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Joseph showed some decent athleticism there.
Assisi gets full guard.
Joseph working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Assisi's head.

Assisi is looking for a triangle but Joseph pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Joseph accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Joseph keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Assisi's head.
Joseph throwing strikes from guard but Assisi blocks nicely.
Assisi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Assisi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Assisi has hold of Joseph's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Joseph manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Assisi wants to control the pace but Joseph is squirming around nicely.
Joseph wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Assisi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assisi throwing strikes here but Joseph is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Assisi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Joseph is surviving well by controlling Assisi's body position as best he can.
Joseph is wriggling around trying to escape.
Joseph sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Joseph is trying to control but can't.
Joseph tries to get to full guard but Assisi has control of the leg.
Joseph is pressing down on Assisi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Joseph keeping full guard, as Assisi tries to pass.
Joseph not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Assisi wants to pass the guard but Joseph is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph managing to control the position.
Joseph is trying to control the position but Assisi postures up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Anthony Joseph wasn't active enough on the ground.

Joseph shoots in and bounces Assisi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Assisi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Assisi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Joseph lands a couple of digs.
Joseph lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Joseph avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Joseph is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Assisi trying to strike off his back.
Joseph cracks Assisi with a solid left hand.
Assisi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Joseph postures up and lands a big shot to Assisi's brow.
Joseph cracks Assisi with a solid left hand.
Assisi lands an upkick as Joseph stands over him.
Joseph throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Assisi has his foot on Joseph's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Joseph works his way back into a safe position though.
Joseph distracts Assisi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Assisi keeping moving, preventing Joseph from controlling successfully.
Assisi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Joseph must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph looking to pass the guard.
Joseph cracks Assisi with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assisi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Assisi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Joseph defends well.

Assisi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joseph defends it easily.
Joseph with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Assisi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Assisi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Joseph can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Joseph decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Joseph there.
Joseph throwing shots but Assisi is blocking nicely.

Joseph has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Assisi defend it? Joseph steps over the head and cranks it - Assisi is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Joseph!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anthony Joseph!