PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bowman Rook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ventura
vs
Rook

196 cm
23
191 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Ventura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bowman Rook!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rook is looking to clinch but Ventura is avoiding it.
That kick from Ventura tenderised Rook's leg. Rook is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rook tries to clinch up.
Rook shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ventura as he jumps to the side.
Ventura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rook tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ventura manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ventura circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ventura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rook avoids the head kick by Ventura.
Bowman Rook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ventura scores with a leg kick.
Rook throws a body kick that misses.
Donk. Ventura catches Rook right on the button with a cross.
Rook misses with a body kick.
Ventura feints and then cracks Rook's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rook down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ventura feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rooks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A bone on bone clash there as Ventura blocks the leg kick.

Rook gets a clinch.
Ventura gets through Rook's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ventura is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rook misses with a knee to the head.
Ventura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ventura misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rook.
Ventura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rook backwards.
Ventura working aggressively here.
Rook landing knees to the head.
Rook lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ventura backwards.
Ventura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rook struggles to land a body shot inside as Ventura controls his hands.
Rook blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ventura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ventura avoids it.
Rook can't find room to land a body shot as Ventura controls the action.
Rook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ventura lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Rook jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rook wants to sweep here but Ventura controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ventura gets to his feet. Rook looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Anthony Ventura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rook thows a body shot but no joy.
A left lands for Ventura.
Rook takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rook takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Ventura.
Ventura scoring well with a low kick there.
Ventura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ventura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ventura scores with a sloppy right hand. Rook should have avoided that one.
That kick from Ventura tenderised Rook's leg. Rook is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ventura's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rook under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rook tries to clinch but Ventura is having none of it.
Ventura lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Rook is rocked!
Rook throws a sloppy head kick
and Ventura counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ventura just misses with a punch to the body.
Rook throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Rook.
Ventura works Rook's body with a nice hook.
Ventura thuds his shin into the meat of Rook's side.
Rook looks winded!
Ventura throws a nice outside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ventura.
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!
Ventura smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rook is still on wobbly legs! Can Ventura finish him?
Rook's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ventura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rook seems to have recovered his senses.

Ventura drops Rook with a left right combo! Ventura follows him down to the ground into side control.
Ventura wants to stand but Rook has his arm trapped.

Ventura decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rook 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.
Ventura is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rook 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.
Rook wants to clinch.
Ventura connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ventura is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rook fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rook moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ventura fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rook thuds a left hand into Ventura's body.
Ventura checks the leg kick.
Ventura misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Ventura dominated that round.
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.

Rook walks into a straight right hand from Ventura.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rook lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ventura has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ventura and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rook wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rook avoids the body shot from Ventura.
Rook tries to clinch up.
Ventura lands with a kick to the ribs.
Good leg kick by Ventura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ventura takes a jab right on the kisser.
Anthony Ventura is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ventura scores with a body shot.

Rook closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ventura.
Rook tries to work over Ventura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ventura lands with a short shot to 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!
Ventura working aggressively here.
Rook takes a shot to the head.
Rook trying to land knees to the body.
Rook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ventura avoids it.
Ventura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rook has a couple of punches blocked by Ventura.
Ventura misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Ventura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Rook misses
and Ventura counters with a solid body kick.
Rook looks to land a left hand but Ventura moved out of range nicely.
Rook shoots in for a takedown but Ventura shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rook is breathing heavily.
Rook sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ventura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rook tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ventura counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ventura.
Ventura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ventura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rook can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Ventura.
Ventura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Ventura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ventura. That's going to slow Rook down.
Ventura lands a slapping body shot.
That kick from Ventura tenderised Rook's leg. Rook is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ventura is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rook sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ventura works Rook's body with a nice hook.
Ventura lands with a straight right. Rook didn't see that one coming.
Ventura scores with a nice right hand.
Rook dives in and grabs Ventura's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ventura pushes down on Rook's head and hops out.
Ventura lands a really nice looking cross but Rook seems unphased.
Ventura throws a head kick but Rook moves out of range.
Rook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ventura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ventura bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ventura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rook has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ventura.
Ventura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ventura throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ventura connects with a leg kick. Rook looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ventura connects with a nice looking jab.
Ventura scores with a shot to the body.
Ventura lands a jab to Rook's midsection.
Ventura ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ventura sizes up Rook with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rook moves in looking to clinch but Ventura pushes him off.
Rook gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ventura throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rook stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ventura lands a nice shot to the body.
Ventura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ventura lands a glancing blow to the side of Rook's head.
Rook throws a hook to the side of Ventura's head but Ventura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ventura cracks Rook with a hook to the temple - Rook is on wobbly legs here! Ventura swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Rook falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Ventura wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anthony Ventura!
Anthony Ventura retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Anthony Ventura 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.