PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toshi Antos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Storm
vs
Antos

182 cm
25
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Storm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshi Antos!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm misses with a leg kick.
Storm throws a leg kick but Antos checks it.
Storm throws a looping overhand right but Antos ducks down to avoid it.
Storm scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Antos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Storm misses with a hook.
Storm cracks Antos with a good jab.
Johnny Storm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Storm defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Antos.
Storm throws a series of punches but Antos moves out of range.
Storm swings for the body but Antos moves out of range.
Antos swinging wildly here.
Antos blocks a head kick by Storm.
Antos swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Storm.
Antos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Storm throws a shot to the body.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Antos.
Storm misses with a few strikes there.
Antos drops his hands momentarily and Storm takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Antos throws out a loose jab but Storm uses good head movement to avoid it.

Antos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Storm to the mat! Storm manages to get full guard.
Storm looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Antos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Antos slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Storm is trying to control Antos's posture but Antos avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm is not content to let Antos control the position.

Antos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Antos cracks Storm with a big right hand but Storm just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Antos wants to control but Storm is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antos connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Storm some visible discomfort.

Antos stands up.
Storm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antos.
Storm stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Storm wants it to stay on the feet.
Antos looks gassed!
Storm doesn't manage to clinch there - Antos circles away.
Antos staying out of range there.
Johnny Storm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Antos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Storm throws out a loose jab but Antos uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm throws the left hand but Antos avoids the punch easily.
Storm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Storm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Antos.
Storm throws a hook to the side of Antos's head but Antos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Storm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Antos.
A combination from Storm does no damage.
Antos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Storm looks to throw the jab but Antos is out of range.
Storm lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Storm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antos.
Storm scores with a crisp jab that stopped Antos in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Storm will probably get the nod.
That's time! Storm's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Storm fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Antos.
Storm loads up on a big right hand but Antos slips the punch.
Storm fails with an attempt to clinch.
Antos needs to keep his hands up - Storm had a free shot at his head there.
Antos ducks under a wild hook from Storm.
Storm throws the left hand but Antos avoids the punch easily.
Storm misses with a looping left.
Storm moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Storm with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Antos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Storm moves away.
Storm waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Antos.
Johnny Storm is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Antos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm throws a hook but Antos blocks it.
Antos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Storm lands a nice looking body shot.
Antos is breathing heavily.
Antos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Antos blocks the leg kick.
Antos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Storm circles away quickly and effectively.
Antos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Storm connects with a jab.
Storm takes a swing at Antos's ribcage but misses.
Antos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Antos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Antos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Storm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm throws the left hand but Antos avoids the punch easily.
Storm tries to close the distance and clinch but Antos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Storm does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Storm lunges at Antos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Antos's hand.
Storm throws a looping overhand right but Antos ducks down to avoid it.
Storm moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Storm throws a right and a left that Antos avoids nicely.
Antos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Storm. Those never looked like landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Storm scores with a four punch combination!
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Antos does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm misses with a body shot.
A big right from Antos misses.
Storm scores with a nice head shot.
Storm lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Storm fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Antos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Storm misses with a hook.
Antos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Storm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Storm connects with a single shot there.
Storm lands an overhand right.
Storm cracks the inside of Antos's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Storm connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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!
Storm lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Storm changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Storm loads up on a big right hand but Antos slips the punch.
Storm lands with a cross.
Storm misses with a hook.
Storm darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Storm throws a hook but Antos blocks it.
Antos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Storm just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Storm dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Storm bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Antos's head.
Storm attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Storm throws a low kick but it's checked well by Antos.
Antos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Storm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Storm misses with a double jab.
Antos is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Storm punishes Antos's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Storm darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Storm tries to clinch but Antos is having none of it.
Antos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Storm scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Storm throws a shot from downtown. Antos moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm throws out a loose jab but Antos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Storm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antos.
A telegraphed right hand from Antos misses the target.
Antos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Storm clobbers Antos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters circling - Storm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Storm connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Antos's hands.
Storm takes a swing at Antos's ribcage but misses.
Storm throws a jab but it's blocked by Antos.
Storm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Antos.
Storm throws out a powerful jab.
Storm missing with a left hand there. Antos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antos works Storm's body with a nice hook.
Antos fails with the takedown.
Antos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Storm.
Storm throws a big shot that misses.
Storm lands with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Storm, as that shot connected.
Storm lands with an uppercut that bounces Antos off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Storm tries to clinch but Antos is having none of it.
Storm scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Storm misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Storm looks to land a right hand but Antos moved out of range.
Storm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Storm finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Storm fakes the leg kick and cracks Antos in the body.
Antos moves out of range as Storm strikes.
Storm cracks a nice hook into Antos's ribs.
Antos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Antos shoots for a takedown but Storm saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toshi Antos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Storm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Antos can do to turn this around?
Storm throws the left hand but Antos avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Antos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Antos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Storm with a jab.
No joy there for Storm, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Antos dodges the punch combination from Storm.
Storm lands a head kick!
Storm attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnny Storm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Storm scores with a jab. Antos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Storm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Storm, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Storm!