PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bunny Anstey (ranked 1176 p4p, 135 weight class) and Ike Tronstone (ranked 983 p4p, 116 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Anstey
vs
Tronstone

194 cm
35
251 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

190 cm
34
264 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Sportivité

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bunny Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ike Tronstone!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anstey takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Bunny Anstey has been cut.
Anstey takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tronstone darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Anstey stalks Tronstone and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tronstone's face. Tronstone staggers backwards, shaken.
Tronstone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anstey throws a shot from downtown. Tronstone moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Anstey.
Anstey looks to land a combination but Tronstone avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tronstone lands a nice hook to Anstey's body. Anstey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tronstone scores with a hook.
Anstey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anstey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice body punch from Tronstone.
Anstey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tronstone shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Anstey sprawls well. Anstey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tronstone gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anstey closes the distance and clinches.
Anstey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Tronstone manages to break the clinch.
Anstey swings for the body but Tronstone moves out of range.
Tronstone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anstey counters with a three punch combo that has Tronstone backing up. Tronstone nods at Anstey to acknowledge the strikes.
Anstey dives in and grabs Tronstone's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tronstone pushes down on Anstey's head and hops out.
Tronstone lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tronstone misses with a left hand
and Anstey counters with a left and a right that stings Tronstone.
Tronstone digs a good body shot into Anstey's ribs.
Anstey blocks a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tronstone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anstey misses with a hook. Tronstone ducked under it nicely.
Anstey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slow jab from Anstey misses its intended target.
Anstey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Anstey throws a jab when Tronstone was well out of range.
Tronstone feints the counter takedown.
Anstey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left and a right from Anstey both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Ike Tronstone has been cut.
Anstey throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Tronstone counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anstey is defended easily by Tronstone.
Anstey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Anstey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tronstone did well to prevent Anstey getting side control.

Anstey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Anstey wants to control but Tronstone is keeping him busy.
Tronstone slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Anstey thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anstey trying to control the position from guard on top but Tronstone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Anstey got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tronstone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Anstey has managed to get both his arms back between Tronstone's legs - danger averted.
Tronstone is controlling Anstey's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anstey lands a couple of elbows.
Tronstone looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Anstey puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tronstone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Anstey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Anstey is thwarting Tronstone's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunny Anstey dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anstey is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tronstone lands a nice shot to the body.

Anstey clinches with his opponent.
Tronstone lands a body punch in the clinch.

Anstey breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Anstey.
Tronstone clobbers Anstey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tronstone. Anstey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anstey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tronstone throws a shot from downtown. Anstey moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Tronstone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anstey looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tronstone with the counter takedown but Anstey avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tronstone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Anstey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tronstone as he avoids it easily.
Anstey connects with a jab.
Tronstone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tronstone digs a good body shot into Anstey's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anstey looks for a takedown but Tronstone sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bunny Anstey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tronstone thuds his right hand into Anstey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anstey. Tronstone does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey misses with a hook.
And Tronstone tries to counter it with a takedown but Anstey pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Tronstone lands with a nice body punch.
Anstey tries to clinch up.
Tronstone is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A cross from Tronstone lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tronstone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anstey.
Tronstone changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Anstey misses with a hook.
And Tronstone tries to counter it with a takedown but Anstey pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Tronstone gets a takedown into half guard.
Anstey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Tronstone lands strikes from half guard.
Tronstone wants to control but Anstey is keeping him busy.
Tronstone passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anstey sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Anstey throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Tronstone escapes and throws Anstey's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Tronstone is working Anstey over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tronstone is putting a hurting on Anstey here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anstey manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tronstone regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tronstone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anstey manages to get himself to full guard.

Anstey looking for a guillotine here but Tronstone defends easily.
Tronstone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Anstey looking for a guillotine here but Tronstone defends easily.
Anstey wants to get back to his feet but Tronstone is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tronstone stopping the sweep attempt from Anstey.
Tronstone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Bunny Anstey's cut is getting worse.

Anstey working for submissions but it's allowed Tronstone to get to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anstey taking some punishment here, with Tronstone in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Tronstone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tronstone tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Anstey defends well and Tronstone ends up having to push Anstey into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tronstone scores with a body shot.
Tronstone lands an overhand right.
Tronstone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anstey manages to avoid it.
Anstey tries for a takedown but Tronstone circles away easily
and Tronstone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anstey throws a right hand that Tronstone ducks under and follows up with a left that Tronstone also avoids with ease.
Anstey looks to land a right hand but Tronstone moved out of range.
Tronstone takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Anstey gets caught flat footed, as Tronstone shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tronstone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tronstone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anstey is keeping the position for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anstey has momentary wrist control but Tronstone slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tronstone keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Anstey's head.

Bunny Anstey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bunny Anstey's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ike Tronstone!
Ike Tronstone thanked the fans post fight for their support.