PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Justin Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Almu Tantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Anthony
vs
Tantor

184 cm
31
189 lbs
21 - 10 - 2

190 cm
23
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Almu Tantor!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tantor's calf.
Anthony will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tantor scores with a head kick.
Anthony ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tantor cracks Anthony with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Tantor avoids the head kick by Anthony.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tantor. That's going to slow Anthony down.
Anthony takes a swing at Tantor's ribcage but misses.
Anthony moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Anthony does no damage.
A big left from Anthony misses.
Tantor throws a hook to the side of Anthony's head but Anthony sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anthony lands a head kick!
Tantor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Tantor does it's job there.
Tantor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Anthony on the side of the head.
Tantor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tantor blocks a head kick by Anthony.
Anthony uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tantor.
Almu Tantor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Tantor misses its intended target.
Tantor takes a swing at Anthony's ribcage but misses.
Anthony delivers a nice body kick.
A leg kick checked by Anthony.
Anthony thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthony moves out of range as Tantor strikes.
Anthony throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anthony takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony moves away from the strike by Tantor.
Anthony misses with a wild body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anthony.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tantor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tantor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tantor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Anthony - the referee stops the clock and Tantor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Anthony. Tantor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Anthony misses with a leg kick
and Tantor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Anthony throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anthony misses with a low kick.
Tantor digs a good body shot into Anthony's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tantor blocks the body kick.
Anthony ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tantor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Almu Tantor will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anthony takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tantor connects with a body shot.
Anthony throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tantor feints and then cracks Anthony's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anthony down.
Tantor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anthony sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Anthony forces Tantor back against the ropes and clinches.
Tantor has had enough of the clinch but Anthony keeps him there for the moment.
Tantor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Tantor - that landed with a thud.

Tantor breaks the clinch.
Tantor ducks under a wild hook from Anthony.
Tantor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anthony fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Anthony there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tantor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anthony.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tantor throws a hook but Anthony blocks it.
Tantor throws out a leg kick but Anthony moves out of range and Tantor only half commits.
Almu Tantor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anthony throws a low kick but Tantor moves out of range easily.
Anthony misses with the combination.
Tantor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tantor lands with a nice combination. Anthony backs away looking to recover.
Tantor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anthony counters with an inside leg kick.
Anthony throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tantor.
Tantor lands with an uppercut that bounces Anthony off the ropes and back into range.
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!
Anthony looks to score with a jab to the body but Tantor is just out of range.
Tantor lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tantor.
Tantor misses with a looping right.
Anthony throws a right hand that Tantor ducks under and follows up with a left that Tantor also avoids with ease.
Anthony takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tantor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick by Tantor misses
and Tantor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anthony is looking to wear down Tantor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tantor throws a one two combo.
Anthony tries a head kick but it misses.
Tantor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anthony slips a straight right by Tantor.
Anthony throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Justin Anthony is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anthony goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tantor digs a good hook to Anthony's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Almu Tantor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Tantor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tantor throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Anthony misses with a wild combination.
Tantor lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tantor throws a right hand that Anthony ducks under and follows up with a left that Anthony also avoids with ease.
Anthony throws a right hand that Tantor ducks under and follows up with a left that Tantor also avoids with ease.
Tantor just misses with a punch to the body.
Anthony tries to bum rush Tantor with a series of wild strikes but Tantor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big right from Tantor misses.
Tantor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anthony stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A shot to the liver by Tantor. Beautiful body shot.
Boom! Tantor lands a massive head kick that sends Anthony crashing into the ropes, followed by a classic face plant on the canvas! He's up to his knees but he's not going to beat the count - this one is all over! Tantor is jumping around like a lunatic, extatic with the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Almu Tantor!
A very excited looking Almu Tantor made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.