PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caco Antibes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Antibes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Liquor store blues - Bruno mars ft. Damian Marley. Crane has chosen ROCK THE NIGHT as his entrance music. Ichabod Crane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Antibes
vs
Crane

188 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

187 cm
26
220 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caco Antibes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichabod Crane!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antibes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Antibes throws a series of punches but Crane moves out of range.
Crane scores with a jab to the head.
Antibes falls off balance throwing a combination

and Crane counters by clinching up.
Crane pushes Antibes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crane misses with a body punch.
Crane tries to work over Antibes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Antibes manages to break the clinch.
Crane avoids a punch combination nicely.
Antibes misses with a double jab

and Crane counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crane lands a left hand.
Antibes is trying to break free.
Antibes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Antibes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Antibes fails to land with a series of punches.
Antibes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Antibes duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crane jabs at Antibes's body.

Crane moves into the clinch successfully.
Antibes tries to circle away but Crane has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antibes is looking to break free of the clinch but Crane has double underhooks.
Crane tries a body shot but Antibes blocks it.
Antibes blocks an uppercut.
Antibes is trying to break free.
Crane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crane has Antibes pressed against the cage, preventing Antibes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Antibes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Antibes drops Crane with a beautiful combination! Crane stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Antibes is looking for the KO!

Crane is rocked!

It looks like Ichabod Crane has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Antibes.
Crane is still on wobbly legs! Can Antibes finish him?
Antibes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crane circles away quickly and effectively.
Antibes looks to land a combination but Crane avoids it well.
Antibes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Antibes.
Antibes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Antibes is breathing heavily.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Antibes.
Crane seems to have recovered his senses.
Antibes falls off balance throwing a combination

and Crane holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crane scores with a shoulder strike.
Crane lands with a left to the head.
Antibes swings wildly with an uppercut but Crane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antibes tries to break free but Crane pushes him back against the cage.
Antibes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Antibes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crane lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Caco Antibes has been cut.
Antibes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Antibes lands the left hand.
Crane on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Antibes. Antibes obviously looking to wear him down.
Crane lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crane scores with a sloppy right hand. Antibes should have avoided that one.
Antibes looks to land a combination but Crane avoids it well.
Antibes misses with a wild combination.
Antibes misses with a double jab.
Antibes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
No joy there for Antibes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Antibes misses with a double jab.
Antibes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Antibes misses with the combination.
Nice body punch from Crane.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane wants to clinch.
Crane tries to clinch there but Antibes circles away.
Antibes misses with a wild combination.
Crane punishes Antibes's body with a nice straight punch.
Antibes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crane throws a shot to the body.
Antibes misses with a few strikes there.
Crane scores with a body shot.
Antibes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Antibes misses with a series of wild punches.
Crane lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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!
Crane punishes Antibes's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane digs a good body shot into Antibes's ribs.
Antibes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Crane counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Crane.
Crane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Antibes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Antibes prevents a body shot from Crane.
Antibes has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Crane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crane misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antibes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antibes.
Antibes working hard to break the clinch.
Antibes blocks an uppercut.

Antibes breaks from the clinch.
Crane slips a jab and a cross from Antibes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Antibes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Crane counters by moving into the clinch.
Antibes tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Antibes is trying to break free.
Crane gets through Antibes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Antibes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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 Caco Antibes will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Crane scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Antibes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Antibes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Antibes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Crane does it's job there.
Crane lands a slapping body shot.
Crane is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Antibes rather than just go for the knockout.
Crane connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Antibes's hands.
Antibes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Crane counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Crane.
Crane misses with a body punch.
Crane lands an uppercut.
Antibes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crane lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Crane scores with a hook to the body.

Antibes manages to break the clinch.
Antibes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Antibes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Crane counters by clinching up.
Crane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Antibes's elbow.

Antibes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Antibes misses with a combination

and Crane holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Antibes is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antibes.

Antibes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crane connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Antibes's hands.
Crane connects with a crisp jab.

Antibes is rocked!
Antibes throws a series of punches but Crane moves out of range.
Crane connects with a body shot.
Crane dodges the punch combination from Antibes.
Antibes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crane lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Crane cracks Antibes with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Antibes looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Crane finish him?
Oh Antibes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crane scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Antibes doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane fakes the body blow, causing Antibes to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Antibes goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ichabod Crane!
Post fight, Ichabod Crane stared into the camera and said 'I have one fight left on my current contract and from the sounds of it, this company may not renew in favor of younger fighters. So how about the champ next? Rutger Crax I'm calling you out because I know I can beat you and, hey, free championship belt right?'.