PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorn Anthriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Mayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayo has chosen Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever as his entrance music. Chris Mayo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Anthriel
vs
Mayo

175 cm
28
141 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

170 cm
38
142 lbs
26 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorn Anthriel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Mayo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Anthriel circles away.
Mayo misses with a left hand
and Anthriel counters with a straight right hand.
Mayo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Anthriel but Anthriel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mayo walks into a stiff left hand from Anthriel.
Mayo misses with an uppercut.
Mayo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anthriel.
Anthriel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayo throws out the jab.
Anthriel jabs Mayo right on the nose. Mayo blinks but takes it well.
Mayo takes one to the side of the head.
Anthriel misses with a body shot.
Mayo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Anthriel rushes Mayo and presses him up against the cage.
Mayo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mayo looking to slow down the pace here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Anthriel.
Mayo trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anthriel is trying to push Mayo away but Mayo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Anthriel lands a body punch.
Mayo is looking to control Anthriel's arms but Anthriel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mayo has his back to the cage.
Mayo tries to land knees in the clinch but Anthriel avoids the damage to the body.
Mayo working aggressively here.
Mayo trying to control the position but instead, Anthriel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mayo into the cage.
Anthriel blocks an elbow strike.
Anthriel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mayo looking to stall.
Anthriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Anthriel lands a left hand.
Anthriel managing to block the knees to the body from Mayo.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayo lands a knee to the body.
Anthriel lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Mayo.
Mayo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anthriel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mayo is trying to maintain a safe position but Anthriel gets an underhook and turns Mayo into the cage.
Mayo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mayo missing with knees to the body.
Anthriel tries to work over Mayo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mayo misses with a knee strike.
Anthriel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anthriel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mayo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anthriel is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Mayo fails to land.
Mayo misses with a knee to the head.
Anthriel misses with the head strike.
Mayo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anthriel breaks from the clinch.
Mayo connects with a right hand. Anthriel shakes it off.
Anthriel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayo.
Anthriel's corner calls for a 1-2. Anthriel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anthriel misses with a body shot.
Mayo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
and Anthriel counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Mayo! He's just covering up as Anthriel starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorn Anthriel!
Jorn Anthriel retains his bantamweight title!
Jorn Anthriel thanked the fans post fight for their support.