PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anton Chigurh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Chigurh might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kvelertak-Mjod. Esposito has chosen Sukh Knight as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chigurh
vs
Esposito

200 cm
29
261 lbs
28 - 11 - 0

195 cm
33
285 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Chigurh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chigurh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Esposito.
Esposito scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chigurh in his tracks.
An inside leg kick from Chigurh misses.
Chigurh slips a straight right by Esposito.
Chigurh keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Chigurh moves into range and clinches up with Esposito.
Chigurh scores with a shot to the side of Esposito's head.
Esposito takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like John Esposito has been cut.
Chigurh pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Esposito is trying to break the clinch but Chigurh has him pressed against the cage.
Esposito tries to work over Chigurh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Chigurh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chigurh gets through Esposito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chigurh lands with a light punch inside.
Chigurh pushes Esposito back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chigurh tries a knee to the head but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of Chigurh backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Chigurh controls the action.
Chigurh lands a left hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Chigurh.
Chigurh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Chigurh scores with a nice short uppercut.
Esposito looks gassed!
Chigurh scores with a shot to the side of Esposito's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Chigurh - that landed with a thud.
Chigurh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chigurh stalls.
Chigurh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Esposito swings wildly with an uppercut but Chigurh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chigurh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Esposito is trying to stall.
Good body shot from Esposito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chigurh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Esposito blocks it with crossed arms.
Esposito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chigurh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chigurh.
Chigurh lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chigurh tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chigurh has Esposito pressed against the cage, preventing Esposito from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Chigurh.
Chigurh keeps control of Esposito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Esposito working aggressively here.
Chigurh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Espositos head.
Chigurh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chigurh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chigurh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Esposito is looking to break free of the clinch but Chigurh has double underhooks.
Esposito trying to control the position but instead, Chigurh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Esposito into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chigurh prevents Esposito from breaking the clinch.
Chigurh dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Chigurh lands a left hand.
Esposito can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chigurh fails to land.
Esposito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito takes a shot to the head.
Esposito is trying to stall.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Chigurh.
Esposito is trying to maintain a safe position but Chigurh gets an underhook and turns Esposito into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Esposito's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Esposito's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chigurh blocks a punch to the side of the 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!
Chigurh looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chigurh has Esposito pressed against the cage, preventing Esposito from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by Chigurh.
Chigurh leaning against his opponent.
A body shot lands from Esposito.
Esposito tries a body shot but Chigurh blocks it.
A short uppercut from Chigurh.
Chigurh lands a nice uppercut.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Chigurh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chigurh scores with a shot to the side of Esposito's head.
Chigurh gets through Esposito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chigurh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chigurh working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chigurh lands a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Chigurh scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chigurh.
Chigurh pushes Esposito back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chigurh connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Chigurh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Esposito's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A solid leg kick lands there for Chigurh.
Esposito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chigurh feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Esposito's calf.
Chigurh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Chigurh drives through and clinches with Esposito against the cage.
Chigurh lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chigurh tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chigurh stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Esposito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Esposito is breathing heavily.
Chigurh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chigurh. That's going to slow Esposito down.
Chigurh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chigurh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Esposito on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chigurh connects with a body shot.
Chigurh's corner calls for a 1-2. Chigurh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That has opened up John Esposito's cut even more.

Chigurh has Esposito up against the cage in a clinch.
Chigurh scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esposito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chigurh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chigurh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Esposito can do to turn this around?
Chigurh lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Chigurh.
Chigurh scores with a hook to the body.
Esposito tries to throw a body punch but Chigurh avoids it by throwing Esposito back against the cage.
Chigurh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
A short body shot lands from Chigurh as the two fighters clinch.
Chigurh lands a body punch.

Chigurh drops Esposito with a big knee straight up the middle! Esposito is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Esposito is rocked!
Chigurh fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Esposito to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Esposito looks to clinch but Chigurh throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Esposito taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Anton Chigurh!
Anton Chigurh decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.