PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royston De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Noteboom comes to the cage accompanied by Rotting Christ - Snowing Still. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

De Noteboom
vs
Ventura

185 cm
40
228 lbs
36 - 17 - 1

196 cm
30
266 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Royston De Noteboom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Ventura!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ventura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Noteboom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ventura connects with the punch.
Anthony Ventura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Ventura.
Ventura jabs De Noteboom to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ventura throws a solid leg kick but De Noteboom takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ventura.
Ventura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ventura shoots in looking for a takedown but De Noteboom manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ventura's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ventura uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ventura wants to clinch but De Noteboom slips to the side

and De Noteboom counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ventura gets back to full guard.
De Noteboom pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ventura is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ventura has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
De Noteboom stopping the sweep attempt from Ventura.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Noteboom throws an elbow that misses. Ventura uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in De Noteboom's guard. Nice move by Ventura!
Ventura throwing strikes but missing.
De Noteboom might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ventura scoring with some ground and pound.
Ventura postures up.
Ventura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Noteboom works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ventura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ventura is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ventura trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Noteboom is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De Noteboom is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ventura wants to control but De Noteboom is keeping busy.
De Noteboom missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ventura is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
De Noteboom throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ventura to regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ventura holds on and takes a little breather.
Ventura avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ventura wants to stand but De Noteboom is controlling the position.
Ventura working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Noteboom.
Ventura utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ventura looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
De Noteboom postures up.
Ventura tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ventura keeps trying to improve his position.
De Noteboom lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ventura seems keen to control De Noteboom's posture.
De Noteboom is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ventura is on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ventura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Noteboom trying to control the position.
Ventura with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ventura looking to pass the guard.
Ventura throws an elbow that misses. De Noteboom uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ventura's guard. Nice move by De Noteboom!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Noteboom postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
De Noteboom postures up in Ventura's guard and throws a big left but Ventura blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Ventura dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Noteboom checks a leg kick.
Ventura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ventura fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Noteboom.
That kick from Ventura tenderised De Noteboom's leg. De Noteboom is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ventura throws an overhand right that lands on De Noteboom's shoulder, as De Noteboom tries to avoid the shot.

A head kick lands from Ventura that sends De Noteboom to the canvas. De Noteboom tries to scramble back to his feet but Ventura brings him back down into side control.

It looks like Royston De Noteboom has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ventura throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
De Noteboom has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ventura tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ventura throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
De Noteboom is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Ventura cracks De Noteboom with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ventura looking to punish the body of his opponent here but De Noteboom is avoiding damage well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ventura working the ground and pound from side control.
Ventura landing a few strikes.
De Noteboom can't do much from the bottom here.
Ventura cracks De Noteboom with a big right hand but De Noteboom just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
De Noteboom struggling a bit here.
De Noteboom is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
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!
Ventura sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Noteboom defending well though.
De Noteboom trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom strikes from the bottom but Ventura passes into mount!
De Noteboom is wriggling around trying to escape.
De Noteboom takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
De Noteboom is desperately trying to improve his position but Ventura has a good base and remains in mount.
De Noteboom is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ventura looking to finish De Noteboom with some ground and pound. This is bad for De Noteboom!
Ventura drops a big elbow. That's hurt De Noteboom! More shots from Ventura and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ventura! Anthony Ventura retains his heavyweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Anthony Ventura waved his t-shirt featuring Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.