PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Will Walken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Walken
vs
Ant

170 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Will Walken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Ant!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walken cracks a nice hook into Ant's ribs.
Ant takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ant scores with a jab.
Walken shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Will Walken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ant.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ant. Walken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ant throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walken closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ant circles away.
Walken slips a jab and a cross from Ant.
Walken takes a swing at Ant's ribcage but misses.
Walken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walken misses with a lunging right hand

and Ant counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ant wants to control from the top but Walken keeps moving.
Ant stopping the sweep attempt from Walken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ant missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ant landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ant distracts Walken with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ant throws a big elbow that misses.
Ant is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ant passes Walken's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Walken taking some punishment here, with Ant in his half guard.
Ant throws a strike but Walken avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walken avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walken knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ant on the ground.
Ant lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ant throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ant's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ant throws a big right hand that misses.
Ant landing with the ground and pound.
Ant landing some decent shots from guard.
Walken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ant landing with the ground and pound.
Walken being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ant trying to control the position from guard on top but Walken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walken looking for a sweep. Not yet Walken, not yet.
Ant scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ant with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ant working some strikes from top position.
Ant is pushing down on Walken's leg trying to pass to half guard. Walken is fighting to maintain full guard but Ant has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ant throwing shots but Walken is blocking nicely.
Ant is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ant lands strikes from half guard.
Ant seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Walken does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ant thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Walken's head.
Ant trying to control from half guard but Walken is working away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walken is trying to maintain the position but Ant is very close to passing his half guard.

Ant seems to be looking for submissions.
Ant thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ant is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ant missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Ant dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Walken missing with a left hand there. Ant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Ant misses.
Walken just misses with a punch to the body.
Walken thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice sprawl there from Ant as Walken shoots in.
Walken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ant was well out of range. Poor timing from Walken.
Ant shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walken as he avoids it easily.
Ant misses with a wild body shot.
Ant misses with a jab to the body
and Walken counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Ant closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Walken to the mat! Walken manages to get full guard.
Ant throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walken works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Walken wants to sweep but no luck.
Ant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Walken keeping moving, preventing Ant from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walken avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walken trying to keep a closed guard but Ant is proving a slippery customer.
Ant content to stall in guard here.
Ant with a nice head shot there.
Ant controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ant with a nice head shot there.
Ant is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ant scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ant slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ant throws a strike but Walken rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ant has his feet on Walken's thighs here. He's pushed Walken off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Walken screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Ant!