PBP Commentary

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

Farring
vs
Anthony

183 cm
22
168 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

177 cm
24
157 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brelis Farring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ceasar Anthony!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farring is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Anthony.
Anthony fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Farring.
Farring waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anthony.
Anthony misses with a combination
and Farring counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Anthony.
Anthony throws the left hand but Farring avoids the punch easily.
Jab by Anthony.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farring swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farring checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anthony misses with the combination.
Ceasar Anthony seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Anthony misses.
Anthony ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farring moves away.
Anthony smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch but Farring swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony misses with a looping right.
Anthony throws a nice looking combination but Farring bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Donk. Anthony catches Farring right on the button with a cross.
Farring takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Farring throws a hook but Anthony avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Anthony. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Anthony.
Anthony throws a body punch but Farring moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farring takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Anthony misses with a low kick.
Farring takes a kick to the side of the head.
Farring showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anthony.
Anthony tries to clinch up but Farring circles away and keeps his distance.
Anthony lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony connects with a leg kick. Farring looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A jab from Anthony misses.
Anthony throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Farring on the side of the head.
Anthony connects with a leg kick. Farring looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Farring keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farring takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Anthony throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceasar Anthony dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Anthony has Farring up against the cage in a clinch.
Farring throws a punch but it's blocked by Anthony.
Farring lands with a right to the head.
Farring dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Anthony lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farring working Anthony over with knees to the body.
I was talking to Farring's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Anthony trying to land knees to the body.

Anthony breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Farring with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anthony to score with a decent uppercut.
Anthony lands with a hook. Farring tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Farring ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anthony moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony connects with a nice looking jab.
Anthony misses with a wild combination.
Farring cracks Anthony with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circling - Anthony throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anthony moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Anthony connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony lands an overhand right.
Ceasar Anthony seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anthony's corner calls for a 1-2. Anthony obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anthony connects with a leg kick. Farring looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anthony scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Farring throws out a loose jab but Anthony uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anthony tries to score with a low kick but Farring moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farring circles away from the clinch attempt.
Farring takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Anthony throws a shot from downtown. Farring moves away and avoids it.
Anthony throws a low kick but it's checked well by Farring.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anthony, as that shot connected.
Farring uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anthony.
A nice combination there by Anthony.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony tries a head kick but it misses.
Anthony tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Farring manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Farring takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anthony throws an overhand right that lands on Farring's shoulder, as Farring tries to avoid the shot.
Farring keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anthony.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anthony lands a nice hook to Farring's body. Farring takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anthony doesn't manage to clinch there - Farring circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceasar Anthony showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Farring keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anthony.
Anthony looks to land a combination. Farring sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Anthony swings for the body but Farring moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Anthony.
No joy there for Anthony, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Farring blocks a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anthony.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Farring looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anthony moves in looking to clinch but Farring pushes him off.
Anthony lands a nice leg kick that just misses Farring's sensitive parts.
A slow jab from Anthony misses its intended target.
Farring takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Anthony moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anthony misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brelis Farring has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthony takes a swing at Farring's ribcage but misses.
Ceasar Anthony is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anthony fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anthony throws a looping overhand right but Farring ducks down to avoid it.
Anthony lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Anthony.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anthony, as that shot connected.
Anthony is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony connects with a nice looking jab.
A leg kick checked by Farring.
A big right from Anthony misses.
Anthony throws the left hand but Farring avoids the punch easily.
Anthony fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anthony smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Anthony.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Farring.
Anthony takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anthony throws an overhand right that lands on Farring's shoulder, as Farring tries to avoid the shot.
Farring is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Anthony listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ceasar Anthony is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anthony connects with a right hand. Farring shakes it off.
Anthony misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Farring.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ceasar Anthony comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Anthony winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ceasar Anthony!