PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Le Grand Antonio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry The Third (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry The Third has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Grand Antonio
vs
The Third

169 cm
23
206 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

180 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Le Grand Antonio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry The Third!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Third closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Antonio quickly recovers to half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Antonio is looking to control The Third's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Antonio avoid being mounted?
The Third works his way into side control.
Antonio is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The Third scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Antonio to see if he's OK.
The Third has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Antonio is wriggling around trying to escape.
Antonio might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The Third landing strikes from the mount and Antonio is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Third can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Antonio is looking to escape.
The Third with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Third lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Antonio tries to lock up and control but The Third gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Antonio regains half guard.
The Third takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Third missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Still in half guard, The Third seems content to control.

Antonio actively working from the bottom here.

Antonio actively working from the bottom here.
The Third prevents Antonio from improving his position.
The Third tries to pass to full mount but Antonio defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Antonio looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Antonio tries to get to full guard but The Third has control of the leg.
Antonio pushes The Third off but The Third dives into side control.

The Third stands up and we're back to a striking position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antonio throws a hook but The Third blocks it.
The Third throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Antonio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Antonio shoots in but The Third avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The Third moves out of range of the body kick from Antonio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antonio throws a body kick that misses

and The Third counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

The Third decides to return to a standing position.
Nice sprawl there from The Third as Antonio shoots in.
A head kick misses from Antonio.
Antonio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Le Grand Antonio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Antonio is breathing heavily.
The Third avoids the head kick by Antonio.
The Third uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Antonio has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The Third pushes Antonio up against the cage in a clinch.

The Third pulls Antonio into guard.
The Third is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Third is on top in guard.
The Third sitting in guard here, content to control.
The Third must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Antonio throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Antonio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. The Third doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. The Third manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Antonio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Antonio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The Third got a little sloppy there for a moment and Antonio has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Third has managed to get both his arms back between Antonio's legs - danger averted.
The Third controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry The Third dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Third moves in looking to clinch but Antonio pushes him off.
Antonio throws a leg kick but The Third sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Antonio tries for a takedown but The Third circles away easily

and The Third counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Antonio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Third seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Antonio does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The Third is working for a kimura but Antonio is defending it quite comfortably.
Antonio wants to improve his position but The Third is controlling well.
Antonio is not content to let The Third control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antonio is looking to control The Third's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Antonio avoid being mounted?
The Third trying to mount his opponent but Antonio defends it.
Antonio blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Third.
Antonio trying to control from the bottom.
Antonio is staying active underneath The Third, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Antonio gets full guard.
Antonio keeping moving, preventing The Third from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Henry The Third was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Antonio - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Antonio enables The Third to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Antonio manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antonio wants to sweep but no luck.

Antonio pushes a forearm under The Third's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, The Third is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Le Grand Antonio!