PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Denari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Achilles Anvil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denari comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest's Rapid Fire. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Denari
vs
Anvil

205 cm
24
202 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

195 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Bushido Clothing

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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Denari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Achilles Anvil!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anvil throws the left hand but Denari avoids the punch easily.
Denari moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Denari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anvil swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Denari instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Denari.
Anvil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anvil can't break the clinch.
Denari lands a nice knee to the body.
Anvil managing to block the knees to the body from Denari.
Anvil is trying to break free.

Anvil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anvil lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Denari circles away quickly and effectively.
Denari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anvil.
Denari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anvil looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Denari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Denari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anvil.
Anvil ducks right into an uppercut from Denari.

Denari pushes Anvil up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Denari is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anvil is trying to break the clinch but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Denari keeps control of Anvil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Denari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Denari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anvil's face.
A short right from Denari on the inside.
Denari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anvil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anvil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Denari lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Anvil backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Denari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anvil's brow.
Anvil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Denari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anvil's elbow.
Denari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Denari scores a nice knee to the body.
Denari will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Anvil up against the cage.
Anvil is trying to break the clinch but Denari has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Denari keeps control of Anvil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Denari lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Denari prevents Anvil from breaking the clinch.
Anvil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Denari swings wildly with an uppercut but Anvil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Denari struggles to land a body shot inside as Anvil controls his hands.
Denari lands a hook to the side of the head.
Denari tries to land knees in the clinch but Anvil avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Denari is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Denari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anvil's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anvil managing to block the knees to the body from Denari.
Knees to the body from Denari.
Anvil looks gassed!
Stalling in the clinch from Denari.
Anvil blocks a body shot from Denari.
Denari is trying to stall.
Denari has Anvil pushed against the cage.
Denari gets through Anvil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Denari has a couple of punches blocked by Anvil.
Denari keeps control of Anvil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Denari is working Anvil over against the cage.
Denari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Denari is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pablo Denari.
Denari avoids the body shot from Anvil.
Anvil lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Denari lands with a nice body kick.
Denari tries to clinch there but Anvil circles away.
Denari thows a body kick. Anvil tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Anvil looks to land a left hand but Denari moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Denari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Denari moves in looking to clinch but Anvil pushes him off.
Anvil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anvil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pablo Denari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anvil blocks a head kick by Denari.
Anvil scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Anvil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Denari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anvil throws out the jab.
Denari tries to clinch up but Anvil circles away and keeps his distance.
Denari lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anvil takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Denari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Denari 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.

Denari wants to clinch up but Anvil keeps it at a distance.
Anvil throws an overhand right that lands on Denari's shoulder, as Denari tries to avoid the shot.
Denari lands with a nice body kick.
Denari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anvil.
Denari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Denari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Denari is looking to clinch.
Anvil throws a shot from downtown. Denari moves away and avoids it.
Anvil might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Denari moves into the clinch.
Denari really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stalling in the clinch from Denari.
Denari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anvil avoids the elbow strike from Denari, against the cage.
Denari has a couple of punches blocked by Anvil.
Denari wants to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anvil blocking some punches.
Denari missing with knees to the body.
Anvil blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denari scores with a hook to the body.
Anvil prevents a body shot from Denari.
Denari missing with knees to the body.
Denari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anvil blocks an uppercut.
Denari pushes off an throws an elbow but Anvil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Denari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anvil blocking some punches.
Denari misses with the head strike.
Denari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Denari throws a punch but it's blocked by Anvil.
Denari tries to land knees in the clinch but Anvil avoids the damage to the body.
Denari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anvil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anvil tries to break the clinch but Denari is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Denari taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Denari throws an elbow but it misses.
Anvil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anvil wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Denari misses with a knee strike.
Denari cracks Anvil with a nice body shot.
Anvil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anvil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anvil is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Denari prevents Anvil from breaking the clinch.
Anvil wants to break free but Denari has control.
Denari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anvil has had enough of the clinch but Denari keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Denari fails to land.
Denari tries to land knees in the clinch but Anvil avoids the damage to the body.
Anvil has had enough of the clinch but Denari keeps him there for the moment.
Anvil being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denari prevents Anvil from breaking the clinch.
Anvil is working Denari over against the cage.
Denari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anvil prevents a body shot from Denari.
Denari misses with a punch to the body.
Anvil takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Achilles Anvil has been cut.
Denari swings wildly with an uppercut but Anvil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Denari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Denari taking a breather.
Denari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anvil prevents a body shot from Denari.
Anvil takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anvil blocks an uppercut.
Anvil avoiding damage as Denari throws knees to the body.

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.
Anvil is looking to break free of the clinch but Denari has double underhooks.
Denari lands a knee to the body.
Anvil blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Anvil.
Denari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Denari tries to land knees in the clinch but Anvil avoids the damage to the body.
Anvil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Denari working aggressively here.
Denari misses with some punches.
Anvil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Denari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anvil wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anvil is looking to break free of the clinch but Denari has double underhooks.
Denari swings wildly with an uppercut but Anvil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Denari struggles to land a body shot inside as Anvil controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Denari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Achilles Anvil's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Anvil digs a good body shot into Denari's ribs.
Achilles Anvil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anvil clobbers Denari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anvil throws a combination. Denari tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Anvil lands a with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denari gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anvil scores with a shot to the body.
Anvil lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Denari is rocked!
Anvil throws a good cross that connects.
Oh Denari is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Denari takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Anvil connects with a looping right hand.
Anvil lands a nice looking body shot.
Anvil misses with a double jab.
Denari seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Denari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anvil lands a with a good body shot.
Denari blocks a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Anvil scores with a four punch combination!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anvil throws a looping overhand right but Denari ducks down to avoid it.
Denari takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Denari ducks under a wild hook from Anvil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anvil connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Anvil lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Anvil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Anvil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Denari has taken the fight to the clinch.
Denari misses with a punch on the inside.
Denari tries to work over Anvil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Denari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anvil avoiding damage as Denari throws knees to the body.
Anvil wants to get back to striking at distance but Denari won't allow it.
Anvil wants to break free but Denari has control.
Denari looking to slow down the pace here.
Denari missing with knees to the body.
Denari missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anvil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Denari missing with knees to the body.
Anvil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anvil wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Anvil can't break the clinch.
Denari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anvil wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Denari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anvil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Denari tries to land a knee to the head but Anvil blocks with his arms.
Anvil is trying to break the clinch but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Denari misses with a knee strike.
Anvil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anvil as Denari tries to tie him up.
Anvil wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Pablo Denari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anvil wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Denari keeps control of Anvil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anvil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anvil is trying to break free.
Anvil is trying to break the clinch but Denari has him pressed against the cage.
Denari stalling the fight.
Anvil wants to get back to striking at distance but Denari won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Anvil wants to break free but Denari has control.
Denari misses with a punch on the inside.
Anvil managing to block the knees to the body from Denari.
Anvil has had enough of the clinch but Denari keeps him there for the moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anvil as Denari tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anvil can't break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Achilles Anvil comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Denari has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!