PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Antony (ranked 812 p4p, 115 weight class) and Hamed Juniorss (ranked 104 p4p, 17 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Antony
vs
Juniorss

194 cm
33
220
21 - 18 - 0

190 cm
26
220
15 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

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 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Antony!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hamed Juniorss!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antony looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Juniorss swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Juniorss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Antony on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Antony avoiding damage as Juniorss throws knees to the body.
Antony scores with a nice hook to the head.
Antony blocks an uppercut.
Antony pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Juniorss blocking some punches.
Antony takes a knee to the side of the body.
Antony misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antony misses with a hook from the clinch.
Juniorss tries to land knees in the clinch but Antony avoids the damage to the body.
Antony lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Juniorss.

It looks like Mark Antony has been cut.
Antony lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Antony throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Antony fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juniorss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Antony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Antony is breathing heavily.
Juniorss landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Juniorss obliges.
Antony takes a shot to the head.
Juniorss utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Juniorss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Antony.
Juniorss lands a shoulder strike.
Juniorss connects with a nasty looking knee right to Antony's face.
Juniorss tries to land knees in the clinch but Antony avoids the damage to the body.
Juniorss lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antony backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antony's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Juniorss is leaning against Antony and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Antony blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Juniorss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Antony blocks it with crossed arms.
Juniorss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
I was talking to Antony's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Juniorss struggles to land a body shot inside as Antony controls his hands.
Antony managing to block the knees to the body from Juniorss.
Juniorss gets through Antony's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Antony misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Antony scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antony is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Juniorss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Juniorss prevents a body shot from Antony.
Juniorss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Juniorss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Antony works on Juniorss's body with a couple of short punches.
Juniorss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Juniorss utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Juniorss throws a punch but it's blocked by Antony.
Antony scores with a nice hook to the head.
Juniorss lands a body punch in the clinch.
Juniorss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Juniorss.
Knees in the clinch landing for Juniorss.
Juniorss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Antony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Antony managing to block the knees to the body from Juniorss.
Juniorss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss presses Antony against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Juniorss scores with a hook to the body.
Juniorss lands with a light punch inside.
Juniorss lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Juniorss lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Antony backwards.
Antony blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Juniorss tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Antony avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Juniorss.
A nice right hand lands inside from Juniorss.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antony.
Juniorss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Antony working aggressively here.
Juniorss lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Juniorss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juniorss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Antony takes a knee right on the jaw!

Mark Antony's cut is getting worse.
Juniorss misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Juniorss putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Antony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antony misses with the head strike.
Juniorss lands an uppercut.
Juniorss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Antony backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Juniorss.
Juniorss connects with a nasty looking knee right to Antony's face.
Juniorss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Juniorss lands with a left to the head.

Antony is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Juniorss fails to land.
Juniorss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antony trying to control the position but instead, Juniorss has worked for underhooks and has pushed Antony into the ropes.
Juniorss trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Juniorss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juniorss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Juniorss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antony pushes Juniorss back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Antony blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Antony.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hamed Juniorss dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Antony's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as Juniorss checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Juniorss swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Juniorss looks to throw the jab but Antony is out of range.
Antony looks to land a right hand but Juniorss moved out of range.
Juniorss let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Juniorss misses with a straight left.
Antony moves out of range as Juniorss strikes.
Antony throws a leg kick but Juniorss checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juniorss throws a lazy right hand but Antony sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Antony - that will leave a mark!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juniorss scores with the left hand. Antony knows he should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Juniorss misses the target.
Juniorss checks the leg kick.
Juniorss misses with a straight left.
Juniorss has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Antony misses with a hook
and Juniorss counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Antony thinking.
Juniorss uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Antony has time to react.
Antony throws a lazy uppercut
and Juniorss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Mark Antony's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Antony misses with a jab to the body
and Juniorss counters with a big right hand! Oh Antony is in trouble here! Juniorss follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hamed Juniorss!
Hamed Juniorss is the new light heavyweight champion!