PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Antony (ranked 1133 p4p, 1488 weight class) and Nate DeBramalo (ranked 153 p4p, 197 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Antony
vs
DeBramalo

194 cm
24
220
10 - 8 - 0

187 cm
25
207
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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HELLBENT

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Antony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate DeBramalo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeBramalo throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - DeBramalo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Antony throwing a counter right hand but DeBramalo manages to avoid it.
DeBramalo scores with a sloppy right hand. Antony should have avoided that one.

It looks like Mark Antony has been cut.
Antony takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nate DeBramalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antony throws a half hearted mid kick.
Antony throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
DeBramalo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Antony is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Antony throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Nate DeBramalo has been cut.
DeBramalo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antony uses good head movement to avoid the hook from DeBramalo.
A shot to the body from DeBramalo misses
and Antony counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Antony tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antony on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
DeBramalo throws a right hand that misses
and Antony counters with a lovely straight right hand!
DeBramalo throws a body punch but Antony moves out of range.
DeBramalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Antony is looking to counter punch.
DeBramalo with the inside leg kick.
DeBramalo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Antony takes a step back to recover.
Antony shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Antony shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Antony takes a swing at DeBramalo's ribcage but misses.
DeBramalo looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antony takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Antony pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DeBramalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and DeBramalo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Antony on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
DeBramalo fails to land with a series of punches.
DeBramalo misses with a looping left.
DeBramalo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Antony looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Antony scores with a jab to the head.
Antony throws a lazy uppercut
and DeBramalo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Antony thinking.
Antony is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
DeBramalo connects with a body shot that sends Antony's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antony looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Antony throws a sloppy head kick
and DeBramalo counters with a good low kick that Antony was not able to check.
Antony uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from DeBramalo.
A slapping leg kick lands for DeBramalo.
DeBramalo lands the left hand.
DeBramalo is looking to score with low kicks.
DeBramalo cracks Antony with a right hand to the side of the head.
DeBramalo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DeBramalo stuns Antony with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeBramalo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
DeBramalo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
DeBramalo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Antony throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antony with a hook.
Antony checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
DeBramalo blocks a head kick by Antony.
DeBramalo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
DeBramalo thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nate DeBramalo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

DeBramalo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Antony bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
DeBramalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Antony manages to avoid it.
It looked like Antony was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from DeBramalo.
Antony throws a head kick that misses.
Antony throws a poor cross that misses

and DeBramalo counters with a crisp right hand that drops Antony! DeBramalo lets Antony back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Mark Antony's cut is getting worse.
DeBramalo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

DeBramalo cracks Antony with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. DeBramalo has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Antony to stand back up!

Antony is rocked!

Mark Antony's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
DeBramalo is stalking Antony. Antony circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from DeBramalo, and it's lights out! Antony really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nate DeBramalo!