PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ceasar Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Navarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Anthony
vs
Navarro

177 cm
20
157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ceasar Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andre Navarro!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anthony throws a series of punches but Navarro moves out of range.
A big right from Navarro misses.
Navarro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anthony.

Anthony moves into range and clinches up with Navarro.
Navarro is trying to push Anthony away but Anthony has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Navarro blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Anthony pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Navarro has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Anthony is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Navarro thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthony drops his hands momentarily and Navarro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anthony avoids the body shot from Navarro.
Navarro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Navarro works Anthony's body with a nice hook.
Navarro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anthony at a distance.
Navarro jabs at Anthony's body.
Navarro scores with a punch to the head.
Navarro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anthony.
Anthony keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Navarro slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Navarro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anthony manages to avoid it.
Navarro throws a big shot that misses.
Navarro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anthony moves away.
Navarro has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Anthony tries to clinch up but Navarro circles away and keeps his distance.
Navarro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anthony.
Anthony slips a jab from Navarro.
Navarro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anthony looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anthony moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Anthony tries to clinch up.
Navarro throws a body punch but Anthony moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Navarro looks to throw the jab but Anthony is out of range.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anthony looks to land a combination but Navarro avoids it well.
Anthony takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Navarro misses with a body shot.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anthony tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anthony walks into a stiff left hand from Navarro.
Navarro lands a nice hook to Anthony's body. Anthony takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anthony slips a jab from Navarro.
Anthony jabs Navarro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anthony fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Navarro.
Navarro throws a jab but it's blocked by Anthony.
Navarro works over Anthony's head and body with a nice combination.
Anthony fails to land with a series of punches.
Anthony tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Navarro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Anthonys head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Navarro wants to get back to striking at distance but Anthony won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Navarro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Navarro working aggressively here.
Anthony pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anthony is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Navarro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Navarro lands a left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Anthony pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Navarro thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Anthony looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Navarro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Navarro lands an overhand right.
Navarro moves out of range of the body kick from Anthony.
Navarro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anthony has time to react.
Andre Navarro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Navarro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anthony looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Navarro misses.
Navarro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Navarro scores with a jab to the body.
Andre Navarro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anthony lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Navarro backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Anthony looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Anthony closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Navarro is trying to force a seperation but Anthony has the dominant position.
Anthony has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Anthony breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Navarro scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Navarro lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Anthony tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Navarro was well out of range. Poor timing from Anthony.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anthony tries to clinch up.

Anthony closes the distance and clinches.
Navarro is trying to force a seperation but Anthony has the dominant position.

Anthony pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Navarro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Anthony closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Navarro.
Navarro is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony digs a right hand underneath Navarro's ribcage. Navarro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Anthony jumps guard.

Anthony pushes Navarro off and scrambles back to his feet.
Anthony scores with a crisp jab that stopped Navarro in his tracks.
Navarro lands a nice looking body shot.
Anthony moves out of range of the strikes.
Navarro jabs at Anthony's body.
Anthony is looking to clinch.
Anthony tries to clinch up but Navarro circles away and keeps his distance.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anthony scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Navarro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Navarro throws a right hand that misses

and Anthony holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Anthony escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anthony scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Navarro throws a right hand that misses
and Anthony counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Andre Navarro has been cut.
Anthony throws a left and a right that both miss
and Navarro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anthony throws a series of strikes that have Navarro backpedaling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Navarro keeps the fight on the outside.

Anthony lands a left and a right that sends Navarro crashing to the canvas! Anthony dives into mount looking to finish!

Navarro is rocked!
Anthony sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Navarro is still in real trouble! Can Anthony finish him?
Navarro squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony with good strikes from the mount here!
Navarro seems to have recovered his senses.
Navarro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anthony. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Anthony tries to control but Navarro wriggling away.
Anthony takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Navarro can do anything to dispel that myth.
Navarro is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anthony wants to control the pace but Navarro is squirming around nicely.
Navarro wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceasar Anthony dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andre Navarro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Navarro thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthony motions for Navarro to come forward. Anthony throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anthony steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Navarro.
Navarro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Navarro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anthony.
A big left from Navarro misses.

Anthony clinches up with Navarro and pushes him back against the cage.

Anthony manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Anthony uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Navarro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anthony throws a series of punches but Navarro avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Navarro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Anthony gets a clinch.

Anthony ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Anthony no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Navarro wanted to stand there but Anthony had control of the position.
Navarro preventing the sweep.

Navarro wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Anthony's closed guard. He's half up but Anthony has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Anthony pivots and extends the arm, Navarro falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Anthony! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ceasar Anthony!