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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Anthony (ranked 4694 p4p, 3885 weight class) and Rock Lee (ranked 488 p4p, 451 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rock Lee!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Anthony not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Anthony thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lee is controlling Anthony's trapped leg to prevent Anthony from advancing to side control.
Anthony is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anthony throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lee is trying to control but can't.
Lee wants to improve his position but Anthony is controlling well.
Anthony throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anthony drops an elbow to the side of Lee's head.
Anthony is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anthony wants to control but Lee is keeping him busy.
Anthony scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Anthony is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anthony working the head and body with strikes.
Lee is looking for a sweep. Anthony is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Anthony connects with a nice short shot to Lee's temple.
Anthony looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anthony is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anthony thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anthony lands strikes from half guard.
Lee taking some punishment here, with Anthony in his half guard.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anthony.
Lee has hold of Anthony's hands but Anthony slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anthony takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anthony wants to take a breather but Lee is having none of it.
We've been hearing that Anthony has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Anthony connects with a nice short shot to Lee's temple.
Anthony looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Anthony slips a nice elbow through Lee's hands, connecting with Lee's forehead.
Lee keeping control of the position.
Anthony thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony slips a nice elbow through Lee's hands, connecting with Lee's forehead.
Anthony thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Anthony slips a nice elbow through Lee's hands, connecting with Lee's forehead.
Anthony winds up and cracks Lee with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anthony is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anthony is looking for a kimura here.
Anthony wants to work for an arm triangle but Lee is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lee kicks off Anthony and gets to his feet.
Anthony dives in and scores a takedown into Lee's guard.
Anthony sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lee trying to keep a closed guard but Anthony is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony working some strikes from top position.
Lee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lee working for a triangle but Anthony defends it easily.
Lee looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Anthony loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anthony's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anthony scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Anthony wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Anthony throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony looking to pass the guard.
Anthony postures up and lands a big shot to Lee's brow.
Anthony content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anthony's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anthony has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lee controls Anthony momentarily but Anthony frees himself.
Anthony working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Our spies down at at Roosters Coop inform us that Lee has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anthony postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Anthony seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Anthony working some strikes from top position.
Anthony working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anthony loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
William Anthony dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Anthony shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lee napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Anthony scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lee to see if he's OK.
William Anthony overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anthony working away.
Lee stops Anthony from passing to mount.
Anthony lands some shots froms side control.
Anthony lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lee down.
Anthony is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lee has escaped the position, nice work there.
Anthony working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Anthony lands a decent elbow from side control.
Anthony is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Anthony scores with punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anthony working the head and body with strikes.
Lee is rocked!
Anthony is putting a hurting on Lee here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lee is still in real trouble! Can Anthony finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Lee is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Anthony can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Anthony!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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