PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiki Antsa (ranked 2412 p4p, 6393 weight class) and Mike Ehrmantraut (ranked 260 p4p, 469 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Antsa
vs
Ehrmantraut

173 cm
21
152
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
20
153
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hiki Antsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Ehrmantraut!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Hemmingworth and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antsa throws a quick inside leg kick.

Ehrmantraut closes the distance and clinches.
Ehrmantraut trying to control the position but instead, Antsa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ehrmantraut into the cage.
Antsa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ehrmantraut avoids a wild elbow strike from Antsa.
Ehrmantraut avoids the elbow strike from Antsa, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Antsa lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut misses with a punch on the inside.
Ehrmantraut struggles to land a body shot inside as Antsa controls his hands.
Antsa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Antsa blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Antsa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Ehrmantraut.
Antsa controlling the action here for a moment.
Antsa stalling in the clinch.
Antsa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Ehrmantraut throws a head punch that misses.
Ehrmantraut throws a head punch that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Antsa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ehrmantraut wants to stall.
Antsa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Antsa has a couple of punches blocked by Ehrmantraut.
Antsa struggles to land a body shot inside as Ehrmantraut controls his hands.
Ehrmantraut lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ehrmantraut misses with a punch to the body.
Antsa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ehrmantraut blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ehrmantraut prevents a body shot from Antsa.
Ehrmantraut lands a right hand that snaps the head of Antsa backwards.
Ehrmantraut throws a punch but it's blocked by Antsa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Antsa backwards.
Ehrmantraut lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antsa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Antsa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ehrmantraut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ehrmantraut misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ehrmantraut misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Antsa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Antsa scores a nice knee to the body.
Antsa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Antsa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ehrmantraut's elbow.
Antsa lands a good knee to the midsection. Ehrmantraut won't want to take too many of those.
Ehrmantraut is struggling to control the position.
Ehrmantraut misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut lands a right hand that snaps the head of Antsa backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Ehrmantraut fails to land.
Ehrmantraut lands an uppercut.
Antsa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ehrmantraut avoids it.
Antsa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ehrmantraut blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ehrmantraut lands a nice uppercut.
Antsa stalling against the cage.
Antsa missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ehrmantraut fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ehrmantraut lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut gets through Antsa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ehrmantraut lands with a light punch inside.
Antsa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Antsa stalling the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antsa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ehrmantraut is looking to control Antsa's arms but Antsa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ehrmantraut has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Antsa.
Antsa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hiki Antsa.
Ehrmantraut lands with an overhand left.
Ehrmantraut tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ehrmantraut throws a lazy head kick
and Antsa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ehrmantraut's knee momentarily.
Ehrmantraut lands with a cross.
Ehrmantraut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Antsa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Antsa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Antsa is rocked!
Ehrmantraut lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Antsa - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Ehrmantraut!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Ehrmantraut!
Mike Ehrmantraut decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.