PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthor Basilicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthor Basilicus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Basilicus
vs
Tesla

177 cm
27
165 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

167 cm
21
144 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthor Basilicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicola Tesla!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basilicus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tesla scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Basilicus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tesla scores with a body shot.
Basilicus misses with a body kick.
Tesla takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tesla connects with a crisp jab.
Tesla blocks the body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tesla.
Tesla scores with a crisp jab that stopped Basilicus in his tracks.
Tesla tries a low kick but Basilicus avoids it.
Basilicus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Basilicus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tesla tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Basilicus is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla throws a low kick but Basilicus avoids it.
Tesla misses with a leg kick
and Basilicus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tesla throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tesla attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Basilicus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Basilicus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Basilicus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tesla lunges at Basilicus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Basilicus's hand.
Tesla on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Basilicus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tesla.
Tesla goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus checks the leg kick.
Tesla lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tesla throws a low kick, looking for Basilicus's leg but Basilicus calmly moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Basilicus lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tesla tries to score with a low kick but Basilicus moves his leg out of the way.
A good leg kick by Tesla.
Tesla pivots, looking for a leg kick but Basilicus is out of range and Tesla settles back down.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch up but Basilicus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A leg kick checked by Basilicus.
Tesla throws a leg kick
and Basilicus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A thudding body kick lands there by Basilicus!
Tesla looks to land a left hand but Basilicus moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla lands a jab to Basilicus's midsection.
Both fighters circling a little - Basilicus finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tesla tries to land a leg kick but Basilicus saw it coming and moves away.
Tesla throws a lazy uppercut
and Basilicus counters with an outside leg kick.

Basilicus takes the fight into the clinch.
Basilicus lands a nice elbow.
Basilicus has Tesla pushed against the cage.

Basilicus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tesla checks a leg kick.
Basilicus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tesla dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Basilicus. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tesla throws a lazy uppercut
and Basilicus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tesla's knee momentarily.
Basilicus moves out of range as Tesla throws a body kick.
Basilicus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Basilicus checks the leg kick.
Tesla scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Tesla blocks the leg kick.
Tesla throws a leg kick but Basilicus moved away.

Tesla closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Basilicus blocks an uppercut.
Tesla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Basilicus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tesla has a couple of punches blocked by Basilicus.

Basilicus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tesla lands with a nice body punch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tesla throws a low kick but Basilicus avoids it.
Tesla avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Basilicus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tesla throws a leg kick that is checked
and Basilicus counters with a nice body kick.
Basilicus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tesla checks it well.
Basilicus tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tesla attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tesla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tesla misses the shot to the body.
Tesla connects with an inside leg kick.
Tesla misses with a low kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Tesla.
A solid body kick from Basilicus.
Tesla checks a leg kick nicely.
Tesla swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Basilicus.

Tesla pushes Basilicus up against the cage in a clinch.
Tesla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tesla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Basilicus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Basilicus blocks a body shot from Tesla.
A right handed body shot lands from Tesla.
Tesla keeps control of Basilicus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Basilicus looking to stall.
Tesla misses with a body punch.
Basilicus tries to work over Tesla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tesla struggles to land a body shot inside as Basilicus controls his hands.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tesla swings wildly with an uppercut but Basilicus uses good head movement to avoid it.

Basilicus breaks the clinch.
Basilicus lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tesla throws a leg kick that is checked
and Basilicus counters with an inside leg kick.
Tesla throws out a loose jab but Basilicus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tesla throws a body kick that misses.
Basilicus throws a leg kick but Tesla sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nicola Tesla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tesla fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tesla thows a body kick. Basilicus tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tesla swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Basilicus.

Tesla gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Basilicus tries to throw a body punch but Tesla avoids it by throwing Basilicus back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tesla misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tesla lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tesla throws a punch but it's blocked by Basilicus.
Tesla throws a punch but it's blocked by Basilicus.
Basilicus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Basilicus misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Basilicus.
Basilicus lands a damaging elbow.
Tesla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Basilicus lands a good knee to the midsection. Tesla won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from Tesla.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tesla lands a nice uppercut.
Tesla has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Basilicus.
Tesla lands with a right to the head.
Tesla lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Basilicus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Basilicus misses with a knee strike.
Basilicus missing with knees to the body.
Basilicus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Tesla tries a body shot but Basilicus blocks it.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Basilicus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tesla's defenses.
Tesla letting Basilicus take a breather here.
Tesla scores with a nice hook to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tesla prevents Basilicus from breaking the clinch.
Tesla misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Basilicus's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicola Tesla 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. This is the final round!

Basilicus moves out of range of the body kick from Tesla.
Tesla tries to clinch up.
Basilicus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tesla throws a jab when Basilicus was well out of range.
Tesla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Basilicus was well out of range. Poor timing from Tesla.
Basilicus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tesla.
Basilicus tries to land a front kick but Tesla steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tesla wants to slow Basilicus down by chopping away at his legs.
Tesla bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Basilicus checks the leg kick.
Tesla cracks the inside of Basilicus's front leg.
Basilicus throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tesla scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Basilicus blocks the low kick.
Basilicus misses with a body kick.
Basilicus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Basilicus throws a leg kick but Tesla sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tesla throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tesla lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tesla attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tesla misses with a low kick as Basilicus jumps back.
Tesla with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tesla is out of range and Basilicus settles back down.
Tesla finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tesla scores with a nice strike.
Tesla tries to clinch but Basilicus is having none of it.
Basilicus scores with a jab.
Tesla moves to clinch but Basilicus breaks away
and Basilicus counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tesla thinking.
Nicola Tesla seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good work by Basilicus as he checks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Basilicus throws a head kick that misses.
Basilicus moves out of range of the leg kick from Tesla.

Tesla drives through and clinches with Basilicus against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tesla.
Basilicus trying to control the position but instead, Tesla has worked for underhooks and has pushed Basilicus into the cage.
Tesla misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
Tesla lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Basilicus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nicola Tesla seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Basilicus.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Tesla. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Basilicus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tesla misses with the head strike.
Tesla misses with a body punch.
Tesla blocks an elbow strike.
Tesla digs a right hand underneath Basilicus's ribcage. Basilicus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Basilicus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tesla tries to work over Basilicus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Basilicus wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tesla tries to work over Basilicus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Basilicus is trying to maintain a safe position but Tesla gets an underhook and turns Basilicus into the cage.
Tesla avoids a wild elbow strike from Basilicus.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tesla throws a head punch that misses.
Basilicus stalling in the clinch but Tesla improves position.
Basilicus can't break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Basilicus.
Basilicus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tesla has him pressed against the cage.
Tesla lands a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Tesla.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Basilicus prevents a body shot from Tesla.
Basilicus is looking to control Tesla's arms but Tesla gets an underhook and turns him. Now Basilicus has his back to the cage.
Tesla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Basilicus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tesla makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tesla lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Basilicus backwards.
Basilicus prevents a body shot from Tesla.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tesla lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tesla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tesla digs a right hand into Basilicus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Basilicus's gas tank.
Tesla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Basilicus's elbow.
Tesla struggles to land a body shot inside as Basilicus controls his hands.
Basilicus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tesla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Basilicus's elbow.
Basilicus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Basilicus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Tesla.
Tesla works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Tesla.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Tesla.
A short uppercut from Tesla.
Tesla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Basilicus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tesla turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tesla.
Tesla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Basilicus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Basilicus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tesla. That one must have hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tesla.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tesla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Basilicus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tesla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tesla throws a leg kick which misses Basilicus's front leg but catches the back leg as Basilicus tries to avoid it.

Tesla drives through and clinches with Basilicus against the cage.
Tesla misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tesla lands a body shot.
Basilicus misses with a punch on the inside.
Well,Basilicus is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Tesla lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tesla misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Basilicus blocks a body shot from Tesla.
Tesla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anthor Basilicus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short left from Tesla.
Tesla scores with a shoulder strike.
Basilicus misses with a knee strike.
Tesla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Tesla.
A shot in the inside from Tesla.
Basilicus is trying to push Tesla away but Tesla has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Basilicus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Tesla misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tesla misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tesla is working Basilicus over against the cage.
Basilicus tries to land knees in the clinch but Tesla avoids the damage to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tesla scores with a nice hook to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Basilicus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good body shot from Tesla.
Tesla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tesla tries to work over Basilicus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Basilicus controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Basilicus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tesla's brow.
Tesla misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tesla digs a right hand into Basilicus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Basilicus's gas tank.
Tesla lands with a light punch inside.
Tesla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Basilicus takes a shot to the head.
Tesla lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Basilicus blocks a body shot from Tesla.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Tesla.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Basilicus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Tesla.
Tesla digs a right hand underneath Basilicus's ribcage. Basilicus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Basilicus avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Basilicus prevents a body shot from Tesla.
Basilicus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tesla lands with a left to the head.
Basilicus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Basilicus misses with an elbow strike.

Basilicus breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Tesla. That snapped Basilicus's head back.
Tesla thumps Basilicus with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tesla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tesla turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tesla has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tesla chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nicola Tesla comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tesla has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Nicola Tesla!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Nicola Tesla!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Nicola Tesla!

Nicola Tesla wins by unanimous decision!
Nicola Tesla gave a mention to [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).