PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Antony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan The Rapist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antony comes to the cage accompanied by The Imperial March . Ryan The Rapist has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Antony
vs
The Rapist

194 cm
27
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Augustus Antony!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan The Rapist!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Rapist tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Rapist lands the left hand.
The Rapist wants to clinch.
A cross from The Rapist lands.
The Rapist throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Rapist misses with a leg kick.
The Rapist slaps away a takedown attempt from Antony, before circling back to the center of the mat.

The Rapist has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Rapist misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Rapist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Antony shoots in and bounces The Rapist off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The Rapist tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The Rapist is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Antony thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The Rapist is trying to control the position but Antony postures up.
Antony controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The Rapist is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Antony throwing strikes from guard but The Rapist blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rapist controls Antony momentarily but Antony frees himself.
The Rapist might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Antony kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan The Rapist.
The Rapist slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

The Rapist clinches up against the cage.
Antony can't get the takedown.
The Rapist has had enough of the clinch but Antony keeps him there for the moment.
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!
The Rapist wants to break free but Antony has control.
The Rapist is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augustus Antony. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The Rapist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rapist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Antony avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Rapist closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Rapist tries to clinch up but Antony circles away and keeps his distance.
The Rapist doesn't manage to clinch there - Antony circles away.
The Rapist closes the distance looking to clinch

and Antony decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in The Rapist's guard.
Antony's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antony pushes down on The Rapist's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Antony seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. The Rapist is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Augustus Antony!
Augustus Antony is the new middleweight champion!
Augustus Antony really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Untouchable Fight Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.