PBP Commentary

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

Mctanned
vs
Ventura

186 cm
27
240 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

196 cm
31
266 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
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 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Mctanned!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Ventura!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mctanned shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ventura as he avoids it easily.
Ventura lands with a good body shot.
Ventura scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mctanned doesn't seem bothered though.
Ventura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mctanned.
Ventura attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ventura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mctanned.
Ventura jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ventura lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Paul Mctanned has been cut.
Ventura tries to clinch up

and Mctanned decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ventura's guard.
Ventura looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mctanned is one step ahead there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ventura manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mctanned manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mctanned keeping moving, preventing Ventura from controlling successfully.
Ventura working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mctanned's head.

Mctanned escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ventura gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ventura trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ventura is looking to work some ground and pound but Mctanned has wrist control.
Ventura not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mctanned manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ventura manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ventura tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ventura keeping full guard, as Mctanned tries to pass.
Ventura trying to keep a closed guard but Mctanned is proving a slippery customer.
Mctanned preventing the sweep.
Mctanned trying to control the position from guard on top but Ventura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ventura looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ventura tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ventura is still trying to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mctanned tries to free his leg and advance position but Ventura is retaining full guard.
Mctanned stopping the sweep attempt from Ventura.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Ventura throws a body punch but Mctanned moves out of range.
Mctanned is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ventura sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A lazy left from Ventura finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ventura. Mctanned does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ventura shoots in but no luck this time.
Mctanned looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mctanned tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ventura defends well and Mctanned ends up having to push Ventura into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Mctanned. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ventura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ventura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mctanned backwards.
Mctanned is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ventura gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ventura gets underhooks to prevent Mctanned's takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Ventura.
Mctanned tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ventura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mctanned is looking for a takedown.
Ventura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mctanned backwards.
Nice body punch from Ventura - that landed with a thud.
Ventura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mctanned trying to stall but Ventura improves his position.
Ventura lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Paul Mctanned's cut is getting worse.
Mctanned is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ventura pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mctanned is breathing heavily.
Ventura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ventura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ventura lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Ventura.

Ventura lands an uppercut that drops Mctanned! Ventura follows him to the canvas looking to finish.

Mctanned is rocked!
Ventura scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Mctanned is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Ventura can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Ventura! Anthony Ventura retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Anthony Ventura 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.
The defeated Paul Mctanned had this to say: 'The Future will be better next time'.