PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ari Antenni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Pynchon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Pynchon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Antenni
vs
Pynchon

190 cm
26
211 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

177 cm
26
270 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Antenni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Pynchon!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pynchon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Antenni.
Pynchon looks for a takedown but Antenni sprawls well.
A swing and a miss from Antenni.

Antenni closes the distance and clinches.
Pynchon tries to stall but Antenni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Antenni lands an elbow inside that Pynchon shrugs off.

It looks like Thomas Pynchon has been cut.
Antenni avoiding damage as Pynchon throws knees to the body.
Pynchon has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Antenni is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Antenni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Antenni.
Antenni tries to land knees in the clinch but Pynchon avoids the damage to the body.
Antenni trying to land knees to the body.
Antenni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antenni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pynchon is defending well for now.
Pynchon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Antenni avoids it.
Antenni lands a damaging elbow.
Pynchon takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Thomas Pynchon's cut even more.
Pynchon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pynchon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Antenni tries a knee to the head but Pynchon blocks it.
Antenni pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Antenni lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Thomas Pynchon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pynchon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Antenni lands an elbow that stopped Pynchon in his tracks for a moment.
Pynchon stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antenni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Thomas Pynchon's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Antenni blocks an uppercut.

Pynchon gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pynchon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pynchon stopping the sweep attempt from Antenni.
Pynchon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

It looks like Ari Antenni has been cut.
Antenni knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pynchon on the ground.
Antenni looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pynchon is one step ahead there.
Antenni keeping moving, preventing Pynchon from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pynchon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ari Antenni.
I think Antenni 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Ari Antenni!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Ari Antenni!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Ari Antenni!

Ari Antenni wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Ari Antenni made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.