PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Gustin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Anastasio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gustin
vs
Anastasio

192 cm
31
186 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

181 cm
30
190 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
Underworld Clothing

Conquer
Sun-Tzu

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 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melvin Gustin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Anastasio!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustin lands a head shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Gustin.
Anastasio throws a body kick that misses
and Gustin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Anastasio thinking.
A good leg kick by Gustin.
Anastasio throws a hook but Gustin avoids it easily.
Gustin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anastasio momentarily.
Gustin blocks a head kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gustin is out of range and Anastasio settles back down.
Anastasio ducks under a wild hook from Gustin.
Anastasio displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Melvin Gustin has been cut.
Anastasio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anastasio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Gustin.
Gustin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Anastasio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gustin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anastasio scores with a jab to the head.
Gustin misses the jab.
Gustin missing with a left hand there. Anastasio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Anastasio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gustin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gustin lands with a hook. Anastasio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gustin scores with a shot to the body.
Gustin misses with a looping left.
Anastasio cracks the inside of Gustin's front leg.
Anastasio 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.
Gustin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Gustin walks into a left hand.
Gustin throws a jab but it's blocked by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick
and Gustin counters with a nice uppercut.
Gustin tries to score with a low kick but Anastasio moves his leg out of the way.
Gustin scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasio throws a solid leg kick but Gustin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anastasio.
Anastasio lands with a nice body punch.
Anastasio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gustin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Gustin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Anastasio, pushing him back against the cage.
Gustin tries to work over Anastasio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anastasio is trying to force a seperation but Gustin has the dominant position.
Anastasio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gustin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anastasio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anastasio taking a breather.
Gustin misses with a punch on the inside.
Gustin tries to throw a body punch but Anastasio avoids it by throwing Gustin back against the cage.
Anastasio is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gustin is keeping busy.
Anastasio looking to stall.
Gustin has a couple of punches blocked by Anastasio.
Anastasio'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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustin lands with a left to the head.
Gustin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anastasio has had enough of the clinch but Gustin keeps him there for the moment.
Anastasio swings wildly with an uppercut but Gustin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gustin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gustin tries to work over Anastasio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gustin lands a shot to the body.
Gustin misses with the head strike.
A short right from Gustin on the inside.
Anastasio blocks an uppercut.
Anastasio blocking some punches.
Anastasio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gustin tries a body shot but Anastasio blocks it.
Gustin misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anastasio.
Gustin prevents a body shot from Anastasio.
A short left from Anastasio.
Gustin leaning against his opponent.
Anastasio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short uppercut from Anastasio.
A left hand lands to the body for Gustin.
Gustin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anastasio blocks an uppercut.
Anastasio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gustin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anastasio stalls.
Gustin blocks an uppercut.
Anastasio works on Gustin's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melvin Gustin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Melvin Gustin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gustin slips under a jab.
Anastasio lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gustin, as that shot connected.
Gustin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Anastasio ducks under a wild hook from Gustin.
Gustin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gustin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anastasio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anastasio throws a chopping leg kick but Gustin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gustin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anastasio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Anastasio.
A little feinted left hand from Gustin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anastasio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gustin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anastasio throws a leg kick that misses.
Anastasio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gustin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Anastasio's head.
Gustin is looking to clinch but Anastasio is avoiding it.
Gustin takes a kick to the side of the head.

Gustin is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anastasio throws a leg kick but Gustin moved away.
Anastasio defending well as Gustin loads up on a big left hand.
Whack! Anastasio lands a heavy head kick that drops Gustin. The ref tackles Anastasio to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Gustin was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Anthony Anastasio!
An out of breath Anthony Anastasio thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Melvin Gustin had this to say: 'What! Not again! '.