PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Antoski (ranked 22 p4p, 75 weight class) and Ciprian Dinu (ranked 4 p4p, 15 weight class). Shawn Antoski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ciprian Dinu's chin.

Antoski
vs
Dinu

191 cm
30
220
17 - 7 - 0

194 cm
35
215
40 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Antoski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ciprian Dinu!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinu slips a jab from Antoski.
Antoski lands a nice hook to Dinu's body. Dinu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dinu misses with a left hand
and Antoski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Antoski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Antoski cracks a nice hook into Dinu's ribs.
Antoski looks to land a right hand but Dinu moved out of range.
Dinu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dinu moves out of range of the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dinu! But no joy.
Antoski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Antoski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinu blocking some punches.
Antoski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dinu is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from Antoski as the two fighters clinch.
Dinu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dinu has a couple of punches blocked by Antoski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antoski misses with a punch on the inside.
Antoski missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antoski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antoski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Antoski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Antoski scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Antoski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinu.
Antoski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antoski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dinu misses with a punch to the body.
Dinu works on Antoski's body with a couple of short punches.
Antoski landing knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Antoski has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antoski.
Antoski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dinu is defending well for now.
Antoski swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antoski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Antoski misses with a punch to the body.
Antoski lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antoski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dinu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Antoski tries to land knees in the clinch but Dinu avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dinu avoiding damage as Antoski throws knees to the body.
A short left from Antoski.
Dinu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Antoski seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dinu can turn it around.
Antoski lands a nice uppercut.
Antoski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dinu is defending well for now.
Dinu blocks a body shot from Antoski.
A right handed body shot lands from Antoski.
A head punch on the inside from Dinu fails to land.
Dinu blocks a body shot from Antoski.
Antoski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dinu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Antoski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ciprian Dinu has been cut.
Dinu tries a body shot but Antoski blocks it.
Dinu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Antoski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dinu.
Antoski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dinu backwards.
Dinu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antoski tries to work over Dinu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dinu lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dinu fails to land.
Antoski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dinu is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinu.
Dinu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Antoski misses with a punch to the body.
Antoski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antoski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dinu avoiding damage as Antoski throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antoski.
Antoski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dinu misses with some punches.
Knees to the body from Antoski.
Dinu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dinu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinu throws a punch but it's blocked by Antoski.
Dinu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Antoski misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dinu looks winded!
Dinu throws a head punch that misses.
Antoski scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antoski lands with a left to the head.
Antoski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dinu backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Antoski.
Antoski misses with a knee strike.
Dinu has a couple of punches blocked by Antoski.
Dinu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Antoski cracks Dinu with a nice body shot.
Dinu misses with the head strike.
Antoski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Antoski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinu blocks it with crossed arms.
Dinu lands a body punch.
Dinu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dinu throws a punch but it's blocked by Antoski.
Antoski tries to throw a body punch but Dinu avoids it by throwing Antoski back against the cage.
Antoski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dinu's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Antoski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ciprian Dinu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dinu avoids a kick to the body.
Antoski misses with a combination
and Dinu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dinu scores with a jab. Antoski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Antoski misses with a hook
and Dinu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Antoski tries to clinch but Dinu moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Dinu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Antoski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Shawn Antoski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antoski misses with a lunging right hand
and Dinu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antoski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Antoski cracks Dinu with an open hand slap.
Dinu knocks out Antoski with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Dinu before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Dinu picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ciprian Dinu!
Ciprian Dinu is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ciprian Dinu waved his t-shirt featuring Aspire Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.