PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anti Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hero's entrance music is Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hero
vs
Pope

201 cm
20
278 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
273 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

RAW Nutrition * Recovery 156 : 45$ *

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anti Hero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Pope!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hero misses with a body shot.
A combination from Hero does no damage.
Hero scores with a nice right hand.
Hero thows a body shot but no joy.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Hero scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pope in his tracks.
Pope takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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!

Hero drops Pope with a beautiful combination! Pope stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hero is looking for the KO!
Hero misses with an uppercut.
Hero cracks Pope with a good jab.
Hero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pope.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch but Hero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hero misses with the combination.
Hero throws a nice looking combination but Pope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Pope gets a clinch.
Hero dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Pope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hero wants to get back to striking at distance but Pope won't allow it.
Pope blocking some punches.
Pope pushes off an throws an elbow but Hero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hero lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pope keeps control of Hero as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hero lands a hook that snaps the head of Pope backwards.
Hero can't break the clinch.

Hero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pope is looking to clinch but Hero is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hero misses with a head kick.
Pope blocks a low kick nicely.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hero goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hero scores with a three punch combo!
Hero tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pope is looking to clinch but Hero is avoiding it.
Pope tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pope pushes Hero up against the cage in a clinch.
Hero can't find room to land a body shot as Pope controls the action.
Hero has had enough of the clinch but Pope keeps him there for the moment.
Hero cracks Pope with a nice body shot.

Hero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pope keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hero.
Hero looks to score with a jab to the body but Pope is just out of range.
Hero throws a body punch but Pope moves out of range.
Pope fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hero connects with a looping right hand.
Hero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hero. Pope does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pope uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hero.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hero. Pope does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pope takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pope tries to clinch but Hero is having none of it.
Pope wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Hero misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hero looks to land a right hand but Pope moved out of range.
Hero misses with a hook. Pope ducked under it nicely.
Hero misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anti Hero dominated that round.
That's time! Hero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hero misses with a few strikes there.

Pope takes the fight into the clinch.
Hero lands with a light punch inside.
Hero lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hero avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Hero dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Hero'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.
Pope throws an elbow that misses.
Hero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Popes head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pope.
Hero avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Hero lands an uppercut.
Pope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hero lands with a short shot to the head.
Hero avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Hero in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Anti Hero has been cut.
Hero lands a left hand.

Hero breaks from the clinch.
Anti Hero is winning the standup battle so far.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hero misses with a head kick.
Anti Hero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero swings for the body but Pope moves out of range.
Hero misses the shot to the body.
Pope is looking to clinch but Hero is avoiding it.
Pope fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hero takes a swing at Pope's ribcage but misses.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Pope dodges the punch combination from Hero.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch but Hero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hero takes a swing at Pope's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pope uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hero.
Hero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pope moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pope tries to clinch up.
Pope keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hero.
Hero swinging wildly here.
Hero misses with an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Hero.
Hero misses with a double jab.
Pope slips a jab and a cross from Hero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pope moves away.
Pope takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hero fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Hero.
Hero loads up on a big right hand but Pope slips the punch.
Hero takes a swing at Pope's ribcage but misses.
Hero throws a right hand that Pope ducks under and follows up with a left that Pope also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pope is looking to clinch.
Hero throws a series of punches but Pope moves out of range.
Pope moves out of range of the strikes.
Hero misses with a low kick.
Pope wants to clinch up but Hero keeps it at a distance.
Hero connects with a body shot.
Pope tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Pope steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hero.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hero misses with a straight right.
Pope tries to clinch but Hero is having none of it.
Hero throws a series of punches but Pope moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anti Hero dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anti Hero'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. This is the final round!

Hero punishes Pope's body with a nice straight punch.
Hero lands a jab to Pope's midsection.
Hero throws a big shot that misses.
Hero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pope's hands.
Hero tries to score with a low kick but Pope moves his leg out of the way.
Pope displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hero throws out the jab.
Hero clobbers Pope with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hero misses with a double jab.
Hero wants to slow Pope down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope slips a straight right by Hero.
Hero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pope can do to turn this around?
Hero misses with a hook. Pope ducked under it nicely.
Hero works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pope moves out of range as Hero strikes.
Pope moves out of range of the strikes.
Hero jabs Pope right on the nose. Pope blinks but takes it well.
Pope tries to clinch up but Hero circles away and keeps his distance.
Hero fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pope on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Hero misses.
Pope wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hero throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pope uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hero.
Hero throws a hook but Pope avoids it easily.
Hero throws a big shot that misses.
Hero throws a nice looking combination but Pope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anti Hero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pope is looking to clinch but Hero is avoiding it.
A combination from Hero does no damage.
Pope tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pope dodges the punch combination from Hero.
Pope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pope tries to clinch but Hero is having none of it.
Pope moves away from the strike by Hero.
Pope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hero.
Hero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pope uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hero.
Hero thows a body shot but no joy.
Pope tries to clinch but Hero is having none of it.
Hero swats away the attempt to clinch by Pope.
Hero misses with a looping left.
Hero throws a hook but Pope blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pope uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hero.
Pope bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anti Hero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anti Hero!