PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yves Jabouin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorn Anthriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabouin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Trobule On My Mind- Pusha T and Tyler The Creator. Jorn Anthriel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Jabouin
vs
Anthriel

175 cm
34
145 lbs
23 - 9 - 2

175 cm
39
141 lbs
38 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Invictus
Spartan Nutrition

Invictus
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Yves Jabouin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorn Anthriel!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthriel scores with a punch to the head.

Jabouin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jabouin misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jabouin.
Jabouin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Anthriel blocks a body shot from Jabouin.
Jabouin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jabouin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jabouin misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabouin can't find room to land a body shot as Anthriel controls the action.
Anthriel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anthriel gets through Jabouin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jabouin working aggressively here.
Jabouin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthriel blocks an uppercut.
Jabouin working aggressively here.
Anthriel scores with a hook to the body.
Jabouin can't find room to land a body shot as Anthriel controls the action.
Jabouin throws a punch but it's blocked by Anthriel.
Jabouin misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jabouin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jabouin tries to work over Anthriel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anthriel blocks an uppercut.

Anthriel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jabouin slips a jab from Anthriel.
Jabouin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anthriel has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Jabouin is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Anthriel scores with a sloppy right hand. Jabouin should have avoided that one.
Anthriel missing with a left hand there. Jabouin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jabouin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anthriel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabouin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anthriel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Anthriel misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jabouin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Anthriel misses with a left hand
and Jabouin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anthriel looks to score with a jab to the body but Jabouin is just out of range.
Anthriel just misses with a punch to the body.
Anthriel throws an overhand right that lands on Jabouin's shoulder, as Jabouin tries to avoid the shot.
Jabouin tries to clinch up but Anthriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Anthriel throws a counter combo.
Anthriel connects with a right hand. Jabouin shakes it off.
Anthriel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jorn Anthriel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabouin lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabouin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anthriel lands a lovely overhand right.
Anthriel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anthriel throws an overhand right that lands on Jabouin's shoulder, as Jabouin tries to avoid the shot.
Jabouin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jabouin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anthriel.
Anthriel stuns Jabouin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jabouin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anthriel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jabouin scrambles back to his feet.
Anthriel is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jabouin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Anthriel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jabouin on the side of the head.
Jabouin throws a jab but it's blocked by Anthriel.
Jabouin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anthriel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jabouin scrambles back to his feet.
Jabouin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
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!
Anthriel throws a series of punches but Jabouin moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabouin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jabouin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Anthriel lands with a right hand.
Anthriel misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Jabouin.
Jabouin throws a body punch but Anthriel moves out of range.
Anthriel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jabouin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jabouin throws a jab when Anthriel was well out of range.

Jabouin forces Anthriel back against the cage and clinches.
Anthriel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Anthriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorn Anthriel dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Anthriel looks to throw the jab but Jabouin is out of range.
Anthriel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anthriel throws a jab but it's blocked by Jabouin.
A jab from Anthriel does it's job there.
Anthriel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jabouin tries to clinch there but Anthriel circles away.
Jabouin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Anthriel loads up on a big right hand but Jabouin slips the punch.
Jabouin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Anthriel lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Anthriel. Those never looked like landing.
Jabouin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Anthriel misses with a straight right.
Anthriel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthriel misses with a straight left.
Jabouin slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Jabouin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anthriel misses with a looping right.
Jabouin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anthriel throws a shot from downtown. Jabouin moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Jabouin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Anthriel.
Anthriel connects with a body shot that sends Jabouin's belly button to the back.
Anthriel throws a jab when Jabouin was well out of range.
Jabouin is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jorn Anthriel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jabouin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jabouin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jabouin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jabouin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anthriel.
Anthriel lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabouin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anthriel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Anthriel scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anthriel scores with a jab. Jabouin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jabouin scores with a nice strike.
Anthriel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jabouin.
Anthriel swings for the body but Jabouin moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Anthriel misses
and Jabouin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anthriel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jabouin misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Anthriel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jabouin wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jabouin under the eye.
Jabouin drops his hands momentarily and Anthriel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jabouin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut lands for Anthriel. That snapped Jabouin's head back.
Anthriel scores with a decent looking hook.
Jabouin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jabouin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anthriel in his tracks.
Anthriel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anthriel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Anthriel misses its intended target.
Jabouin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A head kick from Jabouin lands but Anthriel takes it in his stride.

Anthriel is rocked!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Jabouin! Anthriel is out on his feet! Jabouin rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Anthriel is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Anthriel is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yves Jabouin!
Yves Jabouin retains his bantamweight title!
In his post fight interview, Yves Jabouin started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.