PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Simon Antonise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goat Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boy has chosen Bill Hicks - Goatboy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Antonise
vs
Boy

173 cm
27
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

177 cm
26
162 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Simon Antonise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Goat Boy!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Boy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boy throws a poor cross that misses
and Antonise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Antonise seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Antonise checks a leg kick.
Boy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Antonise with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Antonise connects with a jab.
Boy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Antonise moves away.
Antonise will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
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!
A swing and a miss from Boy.
Antonise connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Boy avoids the head kick by Antonise.
Antonise takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Boy.
Boy misses with a body shot.
Antonise lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy misses with a hook
and Antonise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Antonise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boy.
Boy misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Boy.
Boy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Antonise looks to land a combination but Boy avoids it well.
Antonise shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Boy pinned against the cage. Boy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Antonise misses with a combination
and Boy counters with a nice uppercut.
Boy misses the jab.
Boy dodges the punch combination from Antonise.
Boy scores with a nice right hand.
Boy looks to land a left hand but Antonise moved out of range nicely.
Antonise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boy was well out of range. Poor timing from Antonise.
Boy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy throws a looping overhand right but Antonise ducks down to avoid it.
Boy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Antonise 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Boy misses the target.
Antonise misses with a double jab.
Boy misses with a wild body shot.
Antonise punishes Boy's body with a nice straight punch.
Antonise misses with a wild body shot.
Boy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boy lands with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Boy misses the target.
Boy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Antonise misses.
Boy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antonise stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy misses with a hook
and Antonise counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Antonise moves away from the strike by Boy.
Antonise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antonise with a hook.

Boy is rocked!
Antonise sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Boy's defenses. It connects perfectly with Boy's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Simon Antonise!
A very excited looking Simon Antonise made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Goat Boy spoke after the fight, saying 'Goatboy was here to please you!'.