PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aydine Antona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Vries might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Duke Lion. Antona has chosen Laid to Rest by Lamb of God as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De Vries
vs
Antona

173 cm
29
157 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

170 cm
30
156 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

STEEL PENN'S - STEEL TERROR: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aydine Antona!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antona displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Vries throws out the jab.
Antona throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Antona misses with a low kick.
Antona throws a jab when De Vries was well out of range.
De Vries ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Antona moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as De Vries blocks the leg kick.
Antona lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Vries is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Antona.
De Vries connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Antona throws a body kick that misses.
Antona checks a leg kick.
Antona ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Vries throws a sloppy head kick and Antona moves out of range easily.
Antona misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Vries.
Antona feints and then cracks De Vries's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Vries down.
De Vries throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Vries thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antona throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good leg kick by Antona there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Vries misses with an uppercut.
Antona throws a right hand that De Vries ducks under and follows up with a left that De Vries also avoids with ease.
Antona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Vries.
Antona showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Vries.
Antona bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
De Vries throws a leg kick but Antona moved away.
Antona lands with a shot to the body.
De Vries defending well as Antona loads up on a big left hand.
Antona throws a front kick aimed at De Vries's knee but De Vries avoids it well.
Antona moves out of range of the strikes.
De Vries feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Antona's calf.
Antona closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries throws a body kick that misses.
De Vries jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Antona throws a head kick but De Vries moves out of range.
Antona swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Vries cracks Antona with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Antona throws a head kick that misses.
Antona misses with a wild combination.
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!
A head kick misses from De Vries.
Antona takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Antona blocks a low kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Antona checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Vries tries to work over Antona's front leg with a kick but Antona checks it.
Antona scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Antona.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Antona on the side of the head.
Good work by Antona as he checks the leg kick.
De Vries throws a head kick but Antona moves out of range.
Antona misses with a two punch combination.
De Vries fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Vries keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Vries misses with an uppercut. Antona saw that one coming.
De Vries defending well as Antona loads up on a big left hand.
Antona with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Vries swings for the body but Antona moves out of range.
Antona connects with an inside leg kick.
De Vries misses with a straight right.
Antona connects with a body shot that sends De Vries's belly button to the back.
Antona pushes De Vries away with a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries takes a swing at Antona's ribcage but misses.
De Vries misses with a body shot.
De Vries wants to clinch.
A low kick from De Vries is predictable there
and Antona counters with a nice leg kick.
De Vries throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Antona. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Antona.
The fighters circling - De Vries throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Vries loads up on a big right hand but Antona slips the punch.
De Vries swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Antona.
De Vries tries to clinch there but Antona circles away.
De Vries misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

De Vries has closed the distance and engaged Antona in a clinch.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Antona blocks with his arms.

Antona escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Vries throws a hook but Antona avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hans De Vries will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

De Vries jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Antona turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Antona drops his hands momentarily and De Vries takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

De Vries moves into range and clinches up with Antona.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
De Vries is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Antona breaks the clinch.
Antona throws a series of strikes that have De Vries backpedaling.
The fighters circling - De Vries throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Vries tries to clinch but Antona moves out of range.
De Vries throws a jab when Antona was well out of range.
Aydine Antona is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Vries thumps Antona with a low kick.
Antona uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Vries has time to react.
A low kick from De Vries misses
and Antona counters with a good, hard body kick but De Vries shrugs it off.
De Vries throws a leg kick but Antona sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Vries throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Antona's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antona throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Vries throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Vries throws a leg kick which misses Antona's front leg but catches the back leg as Antona tries to avoid it.
Antona throws a head kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Antona.
Antona throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De Vries on the side of the head.
Antona slips a jab from De Vries.
De Vries thows a body shot but no joy.
Antona misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Vries misses with a looping right.
Antona misses with a body kick.
De Vries misses with a low kick.
De Vries tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hans De Vries is winning the standup battle so far.
Antona throws a right hand that De Vries ducks under and follows up with a left that De Vries also avoids with ease.
Antona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Vries circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Antona.
De Vries throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Vries wants to clinch.
Antona lands with an overhand left.
Antona keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Vries.
Antona takes one on the chin but seems OK.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Antona swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Vries moves out of range of the strikes.
Antona throws a right and a left that De Vries avoids nicely.
De Vries doesn't manage to clinch there - Antona circles away.
De Vries just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Antona slips under a jab from De Vries.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antona misses with an uppercut.
De Vries slips under a jab from Antona.
Good leg kick by Antona there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Antona takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Vries rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Antona counters with a head kick. That will keep De Vries thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hans De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries throws a head kick that misses
and Antona connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Antona is looking to slow De Vries down with leg kicks.
Antona blocks a head kick by De Vries.
De Vries on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Antona throws a right hand that De Vries ducks under and follows up with a left that De Vries also avoids with ease.
De Vries tries to land a leg kick but Antona saw it coming and moves away.
De Vries scores with a body shot.
Antona misses with a kick to the body.
De Vries uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Antona has time to react.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antona throws a wild body kick that De Vries sees coming a mile off.
Antona is looking to slow De Vries down with leg kicks.
Antona lands a head kick!
Antona swats away the attempt to clinch by De Vries.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Vries throws a solid leg kick but Antona takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Vries.
Antona swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antona staying out of range there.
De Vries throws a jab when Antona was well out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Antona slips under a jab from De Vries.
De Vries feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Antonas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Antona lands the left hand.
A slow jab from Antona misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hans De Vries will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De Vries takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Vries throws a low kick, looking for Antona's leg but Antona calmly moves out of range.
Antona throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by De Vries.
A jab from De Vries does it's job there.
De Vries checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - De Vries throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Antona, right into the meat.
De Vries is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Vries is looking to clinch but Antona is avoiding it.
Antona avoids the head kick by De Vries.
Antona lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Vries takes a step back to recover.
Antona misses with a series of wild punches.
De Vries clobbers Antona with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Vries on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Antona. Antona obviously looking to wear him down.
Antona lands a really nice looking cross but De Vries seems unphased.
De Vries throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Vries. Antona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antona misses with a low kick.
De Vries dips to his left and cracks Antona with an uppercut!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Vries checks a leg kick.
De Vries looks to land a right hand but Antona moved out of range.
Antona thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on De Vries if he has to take too many more of those.
De Vries takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Both fighters circling a little - De Vries finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Antona throws a wild body kick that De Vries sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Antona.
De Vries takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Vries finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Vries lands a head kick. Antona smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Antona walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Vries checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Antona fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Vries.
De Vries blocks the body kick.
Antona pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Vries is out of range and Antona settles back down.
De Vries throws an overhand right that lands on Antona's shoulder, as Antona tries to avoid the shot.
De Vries misses with an uppercut. Antona saw that one coming.
De Vries looks to score with a jab to the body but Antona is just out of range.
De Vries avoids the body shot from Antona.
A nice leg kick lands there from Antona.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries connects with an inside leg kick.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Antona swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Vries avoids the head kick by Antona.
De Vries on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Antona. Antona obviously looking to wear him down.
De Vries connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Antona keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Vries.
De Vries lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Antona at a distance.

Antona tries to keep at a distance but De Vries has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.

Antona escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Vries takes a swing at Antona's ribcage but misses.
De Vries jabs Antona right on the nose. Antona blinks but takes it well.
De Vries avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Antona throws out the jab.
Antona is looking to land body kicks.
De Vries cracks a nice hook into Antona's ribs.
Antona pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Vries is out of range and Antona settles back down.
De Vries is looking to clinch.
Antona scores with a leg kick.

De Vries rushes Antona and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Antona avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Vries goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Vries landing knees to the head.
Antona on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hans De Vries.
Well De Vries has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Hans De Vries!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Hans De Vries!

Hans De Vries wins by majority decision!
A relieved looking Hans De Vries thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.