PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Test Two (ranked 7261 p4p, 531 weight class) and Ameqran Anto (ranked 5850 p4p, 483 weight class). Test Two has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Two
vs
Anto

171 cm
21
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Test Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ameqran Anto!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Two seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Two throws a hook but Anto avoids it easily.
Anto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Two pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Two.
Two looks to land a left hand but Anto moved out of range nicely.
Two throws a nice outside leg kick.
Two with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Two avoids the body shot from Anto.
Anto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Anto misses with a left hand
and Two cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anto slips a jab from Two.
Anto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Two.
Two lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anto throws a body punch but Two moves out of range.
Two turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Two is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anto.
Two throws a quick inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Two misses the target.
Two swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Two shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Two.
Anto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body punch from Anto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Anto!
Two misses with a body kick.
Test Two seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Two's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anto under the eye.
Two throws a nice outside leg kick.
Two throws a low kick but Anto avoids it.
Anto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Anto avoids the head kick by Two.
Anto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Two.
Anto digs a good hook to Two's body.
Two jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Two misses with a low kick.
Anto misses with a wild body shot.
Two throws out a loose jab but Anto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anto throws a counter combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anto throws a body punch but Two moves out of range.
Two throws a head kick that misses.
Anto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Anto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A head kick from Two lands but Anto takes it in his stride.
Two lands an overhand right.
Anto slips under a jab.
Anto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Two throws a hook but Anto avoids it easily.
Anto lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Anto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Test Two has been cut.
Two throws a sloppy head kick and Anto moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Anto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Two throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Two.
Two staying out of range there.
Two appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Two lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Two throws a jab when Anto was well out of range.
Anto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Two throws out the jab.
It seemed like Anto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Two misses with an uppercut.
Two walks into a stiff left hand from Anto.
Anto takes a swing at Two's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Two misses the target.
Anto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Two rather than just go for the knockout.
Anto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Anto lands with a cross.
Anto walks into a straight right hand from Two.
Nice defenses there by Anto.
Anto stuns Two with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anto lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Test Two dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Test Two's cut.
That's time! Two's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Two throws a body punch but Anto moves out of range.
Two shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anto throws a sloppy body shot
and Two counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Two takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A good leg kick by Two.
Two jabs Anto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Test Two is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters circling a little - Two finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
No joy there for Anto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anto slips a jab from Two.
Two lands with a right hand.
Two throws a hook but Anto blocks it.
Anto blocks a low kick nicely.
Two's corner calls for a 1-2. Two obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anto takes a swing at Two's ribcage but misses.
Two avoids the body shot from Anto.
Anto jabs Two to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Anto might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Two has got the better of the exchanges.
Two connects with a solid leg kick.
Anto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Anto scores with the left hand. Two knows he should have avoided that one.
Two connects with a leg kick. Anto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Two attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Two misses its intended target.
Two throws a poor cross that misses
letting Anto counter with a right hand.
Two throws a head kick that misses.
Anto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Two at a distance.
Two is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anto can do to turn this around?
Anto defending well as Two loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Two.
Two walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anto doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Two throws a head kick that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Anto misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anto scores with a sloppy right hand. Two should have avoided that one.

Test Two's cut is getting worse.
Anto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Two.
Two misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Two misses the target.
Two throws a hook but Anto blocks it.
Two is looking to land body kicks.
Anto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Anto misses the shot to the body.
Anto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Two throws a head kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anto! But no joy.
Two throws a lazy right hand but Anto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Two takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Two jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Anto tries to clinch but Two is having none of it.
Two looks to land a left hand but Anto moved out of range nicely.
Two chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A slow jab from Anto misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Two misses the target.
Two thows a body kick. Anto tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anto scores with a nice head shot.
Anto lands with a shot to the body.
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!
Anto slips under a jab from Two.
Two misses with a head kick.
Anto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Two throws a lazy right hand but Anto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anto is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Two with a body shot.
Anto scores with a sloppy right hand. Two should have avoided that one.
Two throws a big shot that misses.
Anto throws out a counter right but Two avoids it with no problem.
Anto misses with a body shot.
Anto lands with a right hand.
Two takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anto scores with a nice head shot.
A big right from Two misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Test Two will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Test Two'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. This is the final round!

Donk. Anto catches Two right on the button with a cross.
Two misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anto doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Anto slips a straight right by Two.
Two looks to throw the jab but Anto is out of range.
Two cracks Anto with a good jab.
Anto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Two.
Two throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Anto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Two.
Two misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anto jabs at Two's body.
Anto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Two moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some wild striking there from Anto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Two buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Two waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anto.
Two throws a leg kick which misses Anto's front leg but catches the back leg as Anto tries to avoid it.
Two lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anto's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from Two.
Two is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anto.
Anto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Two.
Anto drops his hands momentarily and Two takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Two swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Two cracks Anto with a good jab.
Ameqran Anto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Two throws a shot from downtown. Anto moves away and avoids it.
Two tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Two keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anto checks a leg kick nicely.
Anto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Test Two's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by Anto. Beautiful body shot.
Jab by Anto.
Anto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Two throwing a counter right hand but Anto manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Anto blocks the low kick.
Anto ducks under a wild hook from Two.
Two walks into a straight right hand from Anto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anto takes one on the button.
Two moves forwards but Anto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Anto jabs at Two's body.
A jab from Two misses.
Anto jabs Two right on the nose. Two blinks but takes it well.

Two is rocked!

Jeez, Test Two's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Anto misses with an uppercut
and Two counters with a good, hard body kick but Anto shrugs it off.
Two looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Two misses with a low kick.
Anto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Two was well out of range. Poor timing from Anto.
Two quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A big right from Two misses.
Two throws a series of punches but Anto avoids them all with ease.
Two throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anto looks to score with a jab to the body but Two is just out of range.
Two fires out a quick counter leg kick but Anto just manages to avoid it.
Anto looks to score with a jab to the body but Two is just out of range.
Two lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Two lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anto at a distance.
A clash of legs there as Anto blocks the low kick.
Anto throws a body punch but Two moves out of range.
Two ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anto moves away.
Two buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Two lands the left hand.
Two throws the left hand but Anto avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Two.

And that's the end of the fight!
Test Two showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Two 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Test Two!