PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Antunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bristol Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Antunes
vs
Cole

190 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paolo Antunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bristol Cole!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cole instigates a clinch.
Cole has had enough of the clinch but Antunes keeps him there for the moment.
Cole tries to break free but Antunes pushes him back against the cage.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Antunes.
Antunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cole has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cole tries a body shot but Antunes blocks it.
Antunes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cole trying to control the position but instead, Antunes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cole into the cage.
Antunes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cole is defending well for now.
Antunes looking to throw knees to the head but Cole is blocking nicely.
Antunes looking to throw knees to the head but Cole is blocking nicely.
Antunes stalling in the clinch.
Cole misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cole as Antunes tries to tie him up.
Antunes missing with knees to the body.
Cole tries to throw a body punch but Antunes avoids it by throwing Cole back against the cage.
Cole avoiding damage as Antunes throws knees to the body.
Antunes tries to land a knee to the head but Cole blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Antunes is trying to stall.
Cole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Antunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
Cole softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Antunes is breathing heavily.
Cole looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Antunes trying to land knees to the body.
Antunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cole.
Cole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cole trying to stall but Antunes improves his position.
Cole is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antunes backwards.
Cole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antunes backwards.
Cole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Antunes backwards.

Antunes is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Cole.
Oh Antunes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Antunes is keeping busy.

Cole drops Antunes onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Antunes is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Antunes dodges an elbow strike from Cole.
Cole stalling in the clinch but Antunes improves position.
Cole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Antunes seems to have got his legs back now.

Cole drops Antunes onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Antunes is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Cole lands a big right hand that drops Antunes! The killer instinct kicks in and Cole finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Cole!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bristol Cole!