PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Congo Ashantie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John England (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashantie comes into the arena with Congo Ashanti blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ashantie
vs
England

189 cm
25
230 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

199 cm
23
298 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Gilop®
Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Congo Ashantie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John England!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
England tries a head kick but it misses.
England misses with a straight left.
Ashantie connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Ashantie. Beautiful body shot.
England throws a body punch but Ashantie moves out of range.
England ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ashantie moves away.
John England seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
England throws a body punch but Ashantie moves out of range.
Ashantie throws a nice inside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ashantie.
England looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ashantie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but England circles away quickly and effectively.
Ashantie keeps England at a distance using the push kick.
Ashantie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Ashantie gets a clinch.

Ashantie breaks from the clinch.
Ashantie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ashantie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ashantie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
England takes one to the chin there.
Ashantie lands a body shot.
Ashantie throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashantie thumps England with a low kick.
Ashantie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ashantie lands with a cross.

Ashantie moves into the clinch.
Ashantie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but England blocks it with crossed arms.
Ashantie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from England.
Ashantie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but England blocks it with crossed arms.
Ashantie landing knees to the head.

It looks like John England has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ashantie leaning against his opponent.
A knee to the head by Ashantie.
England blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ashantie lands an elbow that stopped England in his tracks for a moment.
Ashantie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
England tries to break the clinch but Ashantie is controlling the position.
Ashantie misses with a knee to the head.
England managing to block the knees to the body from Ashantie.
Ashantie is working England over against the cage.
England has had enough of the clinch but Ashantie keeps him there for the moment.
England wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ashantie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ashantie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ashantie.
Ashantie lands a nice elbow.
Ashantie has England pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
England blocks an elbow strike.
Ashantie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Ashantie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ashantie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. England doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ashantie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with England, pushing him back against the cage.
Ashantie misses with a knee strike.
Ashantie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ashantie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ashantie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ashantie lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
England takes an elbow to the temple.
Ashantie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ashantie connects with a knee to the head.
Ashantie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ashantie connects with a knee to the head.
Ashantie lands an elbow inside.
Ashantie lands an uppercut.
Ashantie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ashantie is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ashantie tries to work over England's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ashantie working England over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Congo Ashantie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John England's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

England looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ashantie - that will leave a mark!
England's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ashantie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! England scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
England takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ashantie delivers a nice body kick.
England has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ashantie.

Ashantie cracks England with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! England looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Ashantie finish him?

England is rocked!
Ashantie lunges in with a left hook that violently twists England head around and knocks him out cold! Ashantie hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Congo Ashantie!
Congo Ashantie retains his super heavyweight title!
Congo Ashantie decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.