PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jari Litmanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Litmanen
vs
Fantana

170 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
18
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Perkele!

KAISER
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jari Litmanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Fantana!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantana has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Litmanen.
Fantana throws a hook but Litmanen blocks it.
Fantana checks the leg kick.
Fantana misses the shot to the body.
Fantana thows a body shot but no joy.
Litmanen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Litmanen is looking to slow Fantana down with leg kicks.
That kick from Litmanen tenderised Fantana's leg. Fantana is trying to keep his angry face on.
Litmanen is looking to slow Fantana down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Litmanen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Litmanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fantana.
Fantana checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Litmanen, right into the meat.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Litmanen - that will leave a mark!
Fantana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Litmanen manages to avoid it.
Jari Litmanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Litmanen misses.
Litmanen is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Litmanen scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantana checks the leg kick.
Litmanen misses with a body kick.
Litmanen is looking to slow Fantana down with leg kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fantana. Litmanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantana throws a jab when Litmanen was well out of range.
Litmanen throws a leg kick which misses Fantana's front leg but catches the back leg as Fantana tries to avoid it.
Fantana checks the leg kick.
Fantana 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.
A solid body kick from Litmanen.
Fantana misses with a straight left.
Fantana moves out of range of the leg kick from Litmanen.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Litmanen - that will leave a mark!
Litmanen throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Litmanen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Litmanen misses with a body kick.
Litmanen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Litmanen throws a leg kick but Fantana sees it coming and moves out of range.
Litmanen lands a leg kick that knocks Fantana off balance momentarily.
Litmanen misses with a low kick.
Fantana moves out of range as Litmanen throws a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fantana checks the leg kick nicely there.
Litmanen wants to land a leg kick but Fantana is out of range.
Litmanen avoids the body shot from Fantana.
A good leg kick by Litmanen.
Litmanen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fantana is out of range and Litmanen settles back down.
Fantana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantana's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Litmanen connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Fantana as he checks the leg kick.
Fantana steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Litmanen. That one must have hurt.
Fantana 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.
Litmanen connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantana takes a swing at Litmanen's ribcage but misses.
Litmanen thuds his shin into the meat of Fantana's side.
Litmanen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fantana's sensitive parts.
Litmanen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Litmanen delivers a nice body kick.
Litmanen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fantana.
Litmanen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Litmanen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fantana.
Litmanen misses with a body kick.
Litmanen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Litmanen throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantana just misses with a punch to the body.
Litmanen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantana misses with an uppercut.
Litmanen slips under a jab from Fantana.
Litmanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fantana.
Litmanen throws a low kick, looking for Fantana's leg but Fantana calmly moves out of range.
Fantana has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Litmanen.
Litmanen tried to score with a low kick but Fantana checks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Litmanen misses with a low kick.
Jari Litmanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Litmanen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fantana moves out of range of the body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fantana on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Litmanen throws a leg kick but Fantana moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Litmanen. That's going to slow Fantana down.
Fantana takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Litmanen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fantana tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Litmanen - that will leave a mark!

Litmanen gets caught flat footed, as Fantana shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fantana keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Litmanen's head.
Fantana connects with a couple of short punches.
Fantana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Litmanen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantana trying to control the position from guard on top but Litmanen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Litmanen has momentary wrist control but Fantana slips an elbow through the middle.
Litmanen trying to keep a closed guard but Fantana is proving a slippery customer.
Fantana works over Litmanen with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantana connects with a couple of short punches.

Fantana got a little sloppy there for a moment and Litmanen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fantana has managed to get both his arms back between Litmanen's legs - danger averted.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Litmanen looking for a guillotine here but Fantana defends easily.
Fantana lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Litmanen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fantana gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fantana chips away with some ground and pound.
Fantana with a nice head shot there.
Fantana passes Litmanen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Litmanen wants to improve his position but Fantana is controlling well.
Litmanen taking some punishment here, with Fantana in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Fantana.
Fantana drops an elbow to the side of Litmanen's head.
Litmanen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fantana scores with a couple of nice shots.
Litmanen has hold of Fantana's hands but Fantana slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fantana scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana slips a nice elbow through Litmanen's hands, connecting with Litmanen's forehead.
Fantana scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantana lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Fantana there.
Litmanen taking some punishment here, with Fantana in his half guard.
Fantana scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fantana scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Litmanen is rocked!

Litmanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ground and pound from Fantana.
Oh Litmanen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Litmanen taking some punishment here, with Fantana in his half guard.
Fantana lands with a punch from half guard.
Fantana scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantana is trying to control the action in half guard but Litmanen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Litmanen seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantana takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Fantana.
Fantana looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Litmanen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantana winds up and cracks Litmanen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Litmanen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fantana connects with a nice short shot to Litmanen's temple.

Litmanen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fantana passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Litmanen!
Fantana working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantana in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fantana unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Litmanen wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Fantana celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Fantana!
Brian Fantana took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I would like to thank the fans in attendance, it was absolutely amazing how everybody was just chanting "SEX PANTHER, SEX PANTHER" during the entire fight!'.