PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amare Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Slide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slide has chosen Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People as his entrance music. The key to victory for Amare Anthony has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Anthony
vs
Slide

194 cm
26
260 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

203 cm
26
269 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Russian Top Team Nutrition

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amare Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kimbo Slide!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slide fails with the takedown.
Anthony throws a one two combo.

Anthony gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Anthony tries to work over Slide's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slide keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anthony's efforts to push away.
Anthony wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Slide tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Slide pulls guard effortlessly.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Anthony won't allow Slide to sweep him here.
Slide is trying to keep Anthony in close.
Anthony wants to pass the guard but Slide is keeping the position.

Slide is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anthony is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony trying to control the position from guard on top but Slide is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Slide looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Slide is on top in guard.
Slide wants to control from the top but Anthony keeps moving.
Slide stays in close to Anthony's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slide wants to pass the guard but Anthony is keeping the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Kimbo Slide hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Slide looks for a takedown but Anthony sprawls well.
Amare Anthony has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kimbo Slide.
Anthony misses with a series of wild punches.

Slide closes the distance and pushes Anthony back into the cage.

Slide gets control of Anthony's arms and successfully pulls guard. Slide will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Slide wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Slide is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anthony is aware though and is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slide keeping moving, preventing Anthony from controlling successfully.

Slide is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anthony is aware though and is defending well.
Anthony tries to free his leg and advance position but Slide is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Slide throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anthony stands and throws Slide's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Anthony is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Slide is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Slide sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Anthony is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Slide sees it coming and defends easily.

Slide kicks Anthony off and gets back to his feet.
Slide keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slide shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anthony throws a jab when Slide was well out of range.
Amare Anthony seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Slide counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Slide uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anthony.
Slide has a takedown stuffed.
Anthony displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slide throws out the jab.
Anthony throws a combination that misses

and Slide counters with a shoot takedown. Anthony fights it but they end up in guard.

Anthony is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Slide sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slide is pushing down on Anthony's leg trying to pass to half guard. Anthony is fighting to maintain full guard but Slide has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A leg kick checked by Anthony.

Slide scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Slide tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Slide has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Slide throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Anthony tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Slide wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Slide tries for a kimura but Anthony is defending well.
Slide wants to control but Anthony is keeping him busy.
Kimbo Slide has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Slide thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Slide is looking to take a break and control but Anthony is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Slide working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Slide is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Anthony knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Slide scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Anthony to see if he's OK.
Anthony wants to control but Slide postures up.

Slide is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Anthony knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Slide slows the pace down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Slide is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Anthony is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Slide is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Anthony has escaped the position, nice work there.
Anthony is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Slide tries for a kimura but Anthony is defending well.

Slide is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Anthony knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Slide goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Anthony rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Slide's guard! Nice work there by Anthony!
Anthony slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slide gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimbo Slide showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Anthony misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anthony cracks Slide with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anthony fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab from Anthony.

Slide shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Slide was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Slide takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Slide unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Slide looking to secure an arm triangle but Anthony defends it well.
Slide looking to control but Anthony is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slide lands a heavy elbow.
Anthony in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Slide looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Anthony covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimbo Slide!