PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Justin Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Super Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Super Slayer struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Super Slayer looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Anthony
vs
Slayer

184 cm
32
189 lbs
22 - 11 - 2

195 cm
30
200 lbs
19 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Super Slayer!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slayer stalks Anthony and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Anthony's face. Anthony staggers backwards, shaken.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthony. Slayer does a little dance to reset his feet.

Slayer darts in and clinches Anthony up against the cage.
Anthony lands with a light punch inside.
Slayer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anthony is struggling to control the position.
Anthony misses with a body punch.
Slayer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anthony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Anthony stalls.
Slayer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anthony controlling the action here for a moment.
Slayer tries to break free but Anthony pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anthony creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anthony leaning against his opponent.
Anthony tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Anthony misses with a body punch.
Anthony swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slayer prevents a body shot from Anthony.
Slayer looking to slow down the pace here.

Slayer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anthony uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slayer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Slayer cracks Anthony with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Anthony lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Super Slayer has been cut.
Slayer misses with a combination
and Anthony counters with a slapping leg kick.
A punch combination from Slayer misses.
Anthony tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Slayer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Slayer looks to throw the jab but Anthony is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Anthony's waist but Anthony gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Slayer off to one side.
Anthony bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Slayer looks winded!
Slayer dives in and grabs Anthony's left leg, looking for a takedown. Anthony pushes down on Slayer's head and hops out.
Slayer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice body punch from Anthony.
Anthony connects with a leg kick. Slayer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anthony misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony scores with a push kick.
Anthony throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Slayer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Anthony lands a nice leg kick that just misses Slayer's sensitive parts.
Slayer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anthony.
Anthony throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Anthony throws a body punch but Slayer moves out of range.
Anthony feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slayer's calf.
Anthony lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anthony feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slayer's calf.
Anthony is looking to wear down Slayer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anthony.
Anthony dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anthony lands with a shot to the body.
Anthony tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slayer was well out of range. Poor timing from Anthony.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anthony lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
OH! Slayer has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Anthony smells blood and charges in for the finish! Anthony unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Slayer sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Justin Anthony!
A very excited looking Justin Anthony 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.