PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mervyn Goble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Antonise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Goble
vs
Antonise

180 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

173 cm
26
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mervyn Goble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Simon Antonise!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goble getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Goble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Antonise.
Goble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mervyn Goble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antonise is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Goble.
Goble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Antonise throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Goble stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Goble wants to land a leg kick but Antonise is out of range.
Goble misses with a series of wild punches.
Goble tests Antonise's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Antonise throws a looping overhand right but Goble ducks down to avoid it.
Goble is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Goble throws a looping overhand right but Antonise ducks down to avoid it.
Goble throws a jab when Antonise was well out of range.
Goble throws a shot from downtown. Antonise moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goble slips under a jab from Antonise.
Nice defenses there by Goble.
Antonise takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Antonise cracks Goble with a right hand to the side of the head.
Goble tries a low kick but Antonise avoids it.
Antonise scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Goble moves out of range as Antonise strikes.
Goble throws a combination that misses
and Antonise counters with a three punch combo that has Goble backing up. Goble nods at Antonise to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antonise connects with a crisp jab.
Antonise lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Goble at a distance.
Goble jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab from Goble.
Goble doesn't manage to clinch there - Antonise circles away.
A jab from Antonise misses.
No joy there for Goble, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Goble swings for the body but Antonise moves out of range.
Goble has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antonise throws out a loose jab but Goble uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goble throws a hook but Antonise avoids it easily.
Goble misses with a double jab.
The fighters circling - Goble throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Antonise avoids a punch combination nicely.
Goble throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Antonise to counter with a crisp jab.

Goble instigates a clinch.

Goble breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Antonise staying out of range there.
Antonise lands with a shot to the body.
Goble throws a body punch but Antonise moves out of range.
Antonise misses with a looping left.
Goble takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A punch combination from Goble misses.
A slow jab from Goble misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goble misses with a right hand
and Antonise counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Goble getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Goble throws a shot from downtown. Antonise moves away and avoids it.
Antonise has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Antonise avoids the body shot from Goble.
Antonise lands with a cross.
Goble on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Goble is rocked!

It looks like Mervyn Goble has been cut.
Goble looks to land a right hand but Antonise moved out of range.
Oh Goble is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goble throws the left hand but Antonise avoids the punch easily.
Antonise slips under a jab.
Antonise throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Goble sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Goble seems to have got his legs back now.
Goble thows a body shot but no joy.
Antonise keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Goble.
Goble falls off balance throwing a combination
and Antonise cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Antonise throws a hook but Goble blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonise will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Goble does no damage.
Goble misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goble uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Antonise.
Goble throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Antonise is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Goble had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Goble takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Antonise keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Goble.
Goble throws a right hand that Antonise ducks under and follows up with a left that Antonise also avoids with ease.
Antonise takes one on the button.
A bone on bone clash there as Antonise blocks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Goble throws a hook but Antonise blocks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Antonise checks a leg kick.
Antonise has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Antonise there as he acknowledges the shot.
Antonise avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mervyn Goble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mervyn Goble's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Antonise misses with a straight left.
Goble tries to land a front kick but Antonise steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Antonise pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Goble missing with a left hand there. Antonise was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Antonise blocks a jab.
Antonise throws a looping overhand right but Goble ducks down to avoid it.
Goble looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mervyn Goble is winning the standup battle so far.
Antonise cracks Goble with a good jab.
Goble misses with a hook.
Antonise takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Antonise throws the left hand but Goble avoids the punch easily.
Antonise lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Goble takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goble fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goble swings for the body but Antonise moves out of range.
Mervyn Goble is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goble swings for the body but Antonise moves out of range.
Antonise moves out of range of the body kick from Goble.
Goble throws a half hearted mid kick.
Goble misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Antonise uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goble.
Goble throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Antonise.
Antonise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Goble misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Goble, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Goble misses with a double jab
letting Antonise counter with a right hand.
No joy there for Goble, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Antonise missing with a left hand there. Goble was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antonise thows a left - swing and a miss!
Antonise punishes Goble's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Antonise throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Goble moves into range and connects with a jab.
Goble defending well as Antonise loads up on a big left hand.
Antonise dodges the punch combination from Goble.
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!
Goble throws a right hand that Antonise ducks under and follows up with a left that Antonise also avoids with ease.
Goble shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Antonise throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Antonise avoids the body shot from Goble.
Antonise ducks under a wild hook from Goble.

Antonise lands a left and a right that send Goble crashing to the mat, dazed. Antonise thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Antonise fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Goble gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Antonise gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Antonise!
A victorious Simon Antonise thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.