PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devon Crotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony comes into the arena with Holidae Inn blaring out of the sound system. Crotch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Seek and Destroy. This should be fireworks!

Anthony
vs
Crotch

193 cm
21
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
245 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devon Crotch !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crotch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crotch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anthony looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crotch is fending him off so far but Anthony persists. Nope, Crotch circles away and we're back to standing.
Crotch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crotch throws a combination. Anthony tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like William Anthony has been cut.
Devon Crotch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Anthony shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Crotch manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Anthony missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anthony distracts Crotch with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anthony throws a big elbow that misses.
Anthony postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crotch looks gassed!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anthony's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anthony throwing strikes from guard but Crotch blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anthony throwing strikes from guard but Crotch blocks nicely.
Anthony is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anthony in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anthony chips away with some ground and pound.
Anthony cracks Crotch with a solid left hand.
Anthony missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anthony with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anthony trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anthony is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anthony trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Anthony drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Anthony jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Anthony scoring with some ground and pound.
Anthony lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Anthony lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony landing some decent shots from guard.
Anthony landing with the ground and pound.
Anthony has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anthony content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Crotch has momentary wrist control but Anthony slips an elbow through the middle.
Anthony loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anthony's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anthony's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anthony keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crotch 's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony throwing strikes but missing.
Anthony postures up and lands a big shot to Crotch 's brow.
Anthony distracts Crotch with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anthony working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anthony lands a couple of digs.
Anthony with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anthony postures up and lands a big shot to Crotch 's brow.
Anthony lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Anthony dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Anthony's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crotch avoids the body shot from Anthony.
Crotch shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Anthony eats them both and turns towards Crotch to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Anthony shoots in and bounces Crotch off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Anthony scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Anthony lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crotch has momentary wrist control but Anthony slips an elbow through the middle.

Crotch is rocked!
Anthony working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Crotch is still in real trouble! Can Anthony finish him?
Anthony working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Crotch 's head.
Anthony scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony gets to his feet and stands over Crotch , holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Crotch felt that one! Anthony unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Crotch from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Anthony!
After winning the bout, William Anthony thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.