PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Antonovich (ranked 4703 p4p, 552 weight class) and Jaylon Anderson (ranked 3755 p4p, 473 weight class). Anderson has chosen The Monster as his entrance music. Jaylon Anderson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Antonovich
vs
Anderson

190 cm
19
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

208 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Petr Antonovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaylon Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Antonovich can pounce on him.
Antonovich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Antonovich scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Anderson slips under a jab from Antonovich.
Antonovich lands a nice shot that snaps Anderson's head back.
Antonovich seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Anderson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.

Antonovich is working an open guard so Anderson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antonovich lands a nice shot to the body.
Antonovich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anderson has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Antonovich.
Anderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Antonovich throws a combination that misses

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Anderson stands up and beckons Antonovich to join him on the feet.
Antonovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Antonovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Antonovich misses with a body shot
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Antonovich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson ducks right into an uppercut from Antonovich.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antonovich lands a jab.
A punch combination from Antonovich misses.
Anderson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Antonovich defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antonovich misses with a few strikes there.
Antonovich stuffs the takedown.
Antonovich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Antonovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Antonovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Antonovich.
Anderson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A punch combination from Antonovich misses.
Anderson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Antonovich works Anderson's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Antonovich quickly recovers to half guard.
Antonovich tries to kick Anderson off but Anderson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Antonovich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Anderson on the ground.
Anderson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Antonovich is looking to escape.

Anderson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Antonovich has managed to free his arm - good work.

Anderson gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Antonovich!
Antonovich scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A good leg kick by Antonovich.

Antonovich gets caught napping as Anderson dives in and scores a takedown. Antonovich manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Anderson gets to his feet. Antonovich looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Antonovich connects with a body shot.
Antonovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petr Antonovich 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.

Antonovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Antonovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Anderson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Petr Antonovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Antonovich sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anderson somewhat.
Anderson needs to keep his hands up - Antonovich had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antonovich dips to his left and cracks Anderson with an uppercut!
Antonovich feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anderson's calf.
Antonovich with a jab.

Anderson is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antonovich finds Anderson's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Anderson flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Antonovich lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Anderson will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Petr Antonovich!
An intense looking Petr Antonovich took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'You wanna stand and bang and give the fans a treat ... send out a fight request !!!'.
In defeat, Jaylon Anderson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Tonight, my opponent was the better fighter, and I've learned so much from him in this fight, just know this isn't the last chapter of my life.'.