PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ward Anthony (ranked 9511 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Finger (ranked 6309 p4p, 0 weight class). Ward Anthony has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anthony
vs
Finger

216 cm
28
141 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

169 cm
25
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ward Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Martin Finger!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finger misses with the combination.

Anthony forces Finger back against the cage and clinches.

Anthony escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anthony avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anthony fails in his attempt to clinch.

Anthony has taken the fight to the clinch.

Anthony jumps guard and drags Finger to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony managing to control the position.

Anthony is looking to cinch up a triangle. Finger throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Anthony's body to avoid the submission. Anthony has instead reached around Finger's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Anthony arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ward Anthony!