PBP Commentary

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

Anastasio
vs
Mckenzie

181 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
27
196 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Anastasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Slurms Mckenzie!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Anastasio catches Mckenzie right on the button with a cross.
Anastasio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Anastasio lands a glancing blow to the side of Mckenzie's head.
Anastasio throws a body punch but Mckenzie moves out of range.
Mckenzie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anastasio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mckenzie throws a low kick, looking for Anastasio's leg but Anastasio calmly moves out of range.
Jab by Mckenzie.
Mckenzie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anastasio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mckenzie counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mckenzie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mckenzie blocks a jab.
Mckenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Mckenzie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anastasio walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mckenzie.
Anastasio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mckenzie manages to avoid it.
Anastasio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anastasio moves out of range as Mckenzie throws a body kick.
Anastasio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anastasio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mckenzie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mckenzie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mckenzie throws out a leg kick but Anastasio moves out of range and Mckenzie only half commits.
Anastasio tries a low kick but Mckenzie avoids it.
Anastasio throws a lazy right hand but Mckenzie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mckenzie ducks under a wild hook from Anastasio.
Mckenzie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anastasio.
A jab from Mckenzie does it's job there.
Anastasio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mckenzie manages to avoid it.
Anastasio throws a lazy uppercut
and Anastasio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anastasio thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mckenzie throws a front kick that sends Anastasio stumbling back into the cage.
Mckenzie blocks a jab.
Anastasio throws a right hand that misses
and Mckenzie counters with a head kick. That will keep Anastasio thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckenzie lands a front kick.
Anastasio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anastasio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mckenzie throws a front kick that sends Anastasio stumbling back into the cage.
Jab from Anastasio.
A head kick misses from Mckenzie.

Anastasio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Mckenzie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anastasio connects with a leg kick. Mckenzie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mckenzie tries to land a front kick but Anastasio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mckenzie crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Anastasio - the referee stops the clock and Mckenzie gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Anastasio. Mckenzie manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Anastasio moves out of range as Mckenzie throws a body kick.
Anastasio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mckenzie was well out of range. Poor timing from Anastasio.
Anastasio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mckenzie.
Anastasio cracks Mckenzie with a good jab.
Anastasio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mckenzie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mckenzie moves out of range as Anastasio throws a body kick.
Mckenzie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mckenzie tries a head kick but it misses.
Anastasio looks to score with a jab to the body but Mckenzie is just out of range.
Anastasio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mckenzie misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anastasio. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mckenzie scoring well with a low kick there.
Mckenzie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice uppercut lands for Mckenzie. That snapped Anastasio's head back.
Anastasio swings for the body but Mckenzie moves out of range.
Mckenzie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mckenzie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anastasio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mckenzie. That did some damage!
Mckenzie throws a hook but Anastasio avoids it easily.
Anastasio throws a front kick aimed at Mckenzie's knee but Mckenzie avoids it well.
Anastasio throws the left hand but Mckenzie avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Mckenzie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anastasio misses the shot to the body.
Anastasio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mckenzie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anastasio throws a leg kick
and Mckenzie counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slurms Mckenzie dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Anastasio digs a good body shot into Mckenzie's ribs.
Mckenzie throws a body kick that misses
letting Anastasio counter with a right hand.
Anastasio throws a right and a left that Mckenzie avoids nicely.
Slurms Mckenzie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for Mckenzie.
Mckenzie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A leg kick checked by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anastasio has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mckenzie connects with a high kick.
Good leg kick by Anastasio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckenzie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anastasio throws a chopping leg kick but Mckenzie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mckenzie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anastasio moves out of range of the body kick from Mckenzie.
Anastasio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mckenzie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenzie slips under a jab from Anastasio.
Anastasio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anastasio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anastasio throws a looping overhand right but Mckenzie ducks down to avoid it.
Mckenzie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mckenzie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anastasio on the side of the head.
Anastasio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mckenzie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mckenzie throws a solid leg kick but Anastasio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mckenzie.
Mckenzie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anastasio is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Mckenzie.
Mckenzie misses the jab.
Anastasio checks a leg kick.
Anastasio misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie throws a head kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Anastasio blocks the low kick.
Mckenzie is looking to land body kicks.
Anastasio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mckenzie throws a chopping leg kick but Anastasio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anastasio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anastasio misses with a body shot.
Anastasio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anastasio throws the left hand but Mckenzie avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Anastasio as he checks the leg kick.
Anastasio moves out of range of the strikes.
Anastasio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by Mckenzie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mckenzie. Anastasio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anastasio moves out of range as Mckenzie throws a body kick.

Anastasio drives through and clinches with Mckenzie against the cage.
Anastasio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mckenzie misses with the head strike.

Mckenzie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Mckenzie does no damage.
Mckenzie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Mckenzie gets tackled into the cage by Anastasio. Anastasio maintains the clinch.
Good body shot from Anastasio.
Mckenzie tries to circle away but Anastasio has him pinned against the cage.
Anastasio can't find room to land a body shot as Mckenzie controls the action.

Anastasio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anastasio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio cracks Mckenzie with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anastasio scores with a jab to the head.
Anastasio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mckenzie throws a right and a left that Anastasio avoids nicely.
Anastasio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anastasio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Anastasio misses the target.
Mckenzie thows a leg kick but Anastasio checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mckenzie tries to land a front kick but Anastasio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mckenzie throws a head kick that misses
and Anastasio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Mckenzie is rocked!
Mckenzie is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mckenzie looks up at the clock. Bad move! Anastasio lands a right hand from hell, dropping Mckenzie. Anastasio pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Anastasio!