PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aziz Ansari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Prescott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ansari comes to the cage accompanied by Macarena. Rock Prescott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ansari
vs
Prescott

172 cm
25
143 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aziz Ansari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rock Prescott!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ansari uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ansari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prescott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prescott slips under a jab.
Ansari misses with a low kick.
Ansari connects with the punch.

Prescott shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Prescott lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Prescott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ansari's head.
Prescott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ansari's head.

Prescott is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ansari is just riding it out for now. Prescott eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prescott prevents Ansari from standing back up.

Prescott looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Prescott is looking for a kimura here.

Prescott is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prescott scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Prescott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ansari's head.

Prescott is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ansari defends it well.

Ansari is defending against the submission attempts here by Prescott.

Prescott is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Ansari makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Prescott shoots in for a takedown but Ansari shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ansari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ansari swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Prescott fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Prescott or perhaps it was just good defense by Ansari which made him look bad.
Aziz Ansari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Prescott.
Ansari throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prescott takes one on the button.
Ansari lands a two punch combo.
Ansari misses with a looping right.
Prescott tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ansari thows a body shot but no joy.
Ansari lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prescott circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Prescott shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Prescott showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Prescott is looking for a kimura but Ansari is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Prescott to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Prescott dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Prescott's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ansari connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Prescott scrambles back to his feet.
Ansari misses with a wild combination.
Ansari looks to land a left hand but Prescott moved out of range nicely.
Ansari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aziz Ansari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ansari goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Prescott tries to move into range but Ansari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ansari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ansari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ansari.
Ansari lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ansari stuffs the takedown attempt from Prescott. Prescott gets slowly back to his feet.
Aziz Ansari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ansari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aziz Ansari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prescott shoots in looking for a takedown. Ansari tries to sprawl out of it but Prescott keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ansari manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Prescott has a takedown stuffed.
Aziz Ansari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Prescott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ansari throws a leg kick which misses Prescott's front leg but catches the back leg as Prescott tries to avoid it.
Good work by Prescott as he checks the leg kick.
Ansari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ansari stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ansari wants it to stay on the feet.
Ansari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ansari fails to land with a series of punches.
Ansari misses with a looping left.
Prescott checks a low kick from Ansari.
Ansari misses with a looping right.
Aziz Ansari is winning the standup battle so far.
Ansari lands with a kick to the ribs.
Prescott has a takedown stuffed.
Ansari is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ansari looks to throw the jab but Prescott is out of range.
Prescott with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ansari counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ansari lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ansari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prescott. That did some damage!
Prescott shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ansari counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice cross by Ansari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aziz Ansari dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ansari thows a body shot but no joy.
Prescott dodges the punch combination from Ansari.
Ansari throws a hook but Prescott blocks it.
Ansari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Prescott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ansari.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prescott staying out of range there.
Prescott is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ansari tries to bum rush Prescott with a series of wild strikes but Prescott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ansari tries to work over Prescott's front leg with a kick but Prescott checks it.
Ansari throws an overhand right that lands on Prescott's shoulder, as Prescott tries to avoid the shot.
Prescott moves out of range as Ansari strikes.
Prescott shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ansari but Ansari pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ansari throws a leg kick that misses.
Prescott with a poor takedown
and Ansari counters with a one-two to the body.
Ansari connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ansari.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Prescott takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ansari throws a series of punches but Prescott avoids them all with ease.
Ansari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Ansari.
Ansari throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ansari leaves Prescott with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aziz Ansari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Prescott.
Ansari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ansari throws a series of punches but Prescott moves out of range.
Ansari misses with a hook. Prescott ducked under it nicely.
Ansari just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Ansari misses.
Prescott shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ansari defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Prescott dives in and scores a takedown into Ansari's guard.
Prescott lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ansari wants to stand but Prescott is controlling the position.
Prescott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Prescott postures up and lands a big shot to Ansari's brow.
Prescott postures up in Ansari's guard and throws a big left but Ansari blocks it.
Prescott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ansari is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Prescott is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aziz Ansari showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ansari 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 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aziz Ansari!
After the fight, Aziz Ansari was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.