PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Psina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Ananias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Psina could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jose Ananias's chin.

Psina
vs
Ananias

192 cm
22
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Psina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Ananias!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psina throws a sloppy head kick and Ananias moves out of range easily.
Ananias scores with a nice right hand.
Psina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Psina moves out of range as Ananias strikes.
John Psina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ananias throws the left hand but Psina avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Psina.
Psina misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ananias avoids the head kick by Psina.
Psina bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ananias misses with a hook. Psina ducked under it nicely.
Psina throws a sloppy head kick and Ananias moves out of range easily.
Ananias fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Psina looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Psina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ananias.
Psina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Ananias misses.
Ananias is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Psina.
Psina throws a head kick but Ananias moves out of range.
Ananias lands a nice hook to Psina's body. Psina takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Psina throws a head kick but Ananias moves out of range.
Ananias throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ananias misses with a looping left.
Psina tries a head kick but it misses.
Ananias stuns Psina with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psina tries a head kick but it misses.
Psina misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ananias blocks a head kick by Psina.
Psina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Psina is breathing heavily.
Ananias shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Psina eats them both and turns towards Ananias to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A big right from Ananias misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ananias. Psina does a little dance to reset his feet.
Psina ducks under a wild hook from Ananias.
A head kick misses from Psina.
Ananias scores with a decent looking hook.
Psina slips a jab from Ananias.
Psina throws a head kick but Ananias moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Ananias.
Psina ducks under a wild hook from Ananias.
Psina misses with a head kick.
Ananias throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Psina misses with a head kick.
Psina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ananias.
A big left from Ananias misses.
A head kick misses from Psina.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psina throws a head kick that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Psina 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from Psina.
Psina steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ananias.
Ananias blocks a head kick by Psina.
Psina throws a head kick but Ananias moves out of range.
Psina's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ananias connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Psina scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Psina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ananias.
Psina staying out of range there.
Ananias pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ananias scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ananias takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ananias lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Psina takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ananias, as that shot connected.
Ananias throws a big shot that misses.
Ananias lands with a shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ananias takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Psina throws a head kick but Ananias moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ananias avoids the head kick by Psina.
Psina throws a sloppy head kick and Ananias moves out of range easily.
Ananias scores with a jab. Psina acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ananias might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Psina throws a head kick that misses.
Jab by Ananias.
Ananias misses with a body shot.
Ananias misses the shot to the body.
Psina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ananias lands a nice hook to Psina's body. Psina takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Psina misses with a head kick.
Psina throws a sloppy head kick and Ananias moves out of range easily.
Psina avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Psina tries a head kick but it misses.
Ananias throws the left hand but Psina avoids the punch easily.
Ananias cracks Psina with a right hand to the side of the head.
Psina with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ananias to score with a decent uppercut.
Psina takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Ananias. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ananias.
Psina tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Ananias.
Ananias lands a nice looking body shot.
Ananias avoids the head kick by Psina.
Psina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ananias.
Ananias misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Psina.
Ananias throws a big shot that misses.
Ananias throws a right and a left that Psina avoids nicely.
Ananias lands a glancing blow to the side of Psina's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick from Psina lands but Ananias takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from Psina.
Ananias lands a jab.
Psina misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Psina misses with a head kick.
Ananias takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ananias blocks a head kick by Psina.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Psina will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ananias lands with a straight right. Psina didn't see that one coming.
Psina uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ananias.
Ananias thows a body shot but no joy.
Psina throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Psina throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Psina tries a head kick but it misses.
Psina misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Psina sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Ananias to the ground! Psina dives into full mount looking to finish!

Ananias is rocked!
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!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ananias is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Ananias is still in real trouble! Can Psina finish him?
Psina trying to control but Ananias is having none of it.

Psina get's back to his feet.
Ananias throws a lazy right hand but Psina sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ananias seems to have recovered his senses.
Psina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ananias throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Psina sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ananias walks forward, straight into a front kick from Psina.
A combination from Ananias does no damage.
Ananias misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ananias rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Psina counters with a head kick that drops Ananias - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Psina prevents Ananias from standing back up.

Psina escapes and gets back to his feet.
Ananias looks to score with a jab to the body but Psina is just out of range.
Psina defending well as Ananias loads up on a big left hand.
Ananias misses the shot to the body.
Psina takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ananias pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Psina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Psina lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ananias takes a step back to recover.
Psina throws a quick head kick that knocks Ananias silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Psina is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Psina!