PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorn Anthriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Obasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obasi has chosen Overkill as his entrance music. Solomon Obasi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anthriel
vs
Obasi

175 cm
30
141 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

170 cm
36
148 lbs
34 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorn Anthriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Solomon Obasi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obasi needs to keep his hands up - Anthriel had a free shot at his head there.
Anthriel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Obasi.
Obasi misses with a takedown attempt - Anthriel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Obasi throws a leg kick but Anthriel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Obasi throws a leg kick
and Anthriel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anthriel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Obasi fakes the leg kick and cracks Anthriel in the body.
Anthriel lands a jab.
Obasi lands a leg kick that knocks Anthriel off balance momentarily.
Obasi feints and then cracks Anthriel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anthriel down.
Anthriel checks a low kick from Obasi.
Obasi tries to land a leg kick but Anthriel saw it coming and moves away.
Anthriel moves out of range of the body kick.
Obasi tries to clinch up.
Anthriel misses the shot to the body.
Solomon Obasi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Anthriel does no damage.
Anthriel throws a big shot that misses.
Obasi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Obasi.
Obasi throws a head kick that misses.
Anthriel blocks a head kick by Obasi.
Anthriel misses with a hook.
Anthriel misses with a hook. Obasi ducked under it nicely.
Anthriel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anthriel takes a kick to the side of the head.
A left lands for Anthriel.

Obasi has closed the distance and engaged Anthriel in a clinch.
Obasi blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obasi taking a breather.
Obasi misses with a body punch.
Anthriel letting Obasi take a breather here.
Anthriel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Obasi is trying to maintain a safe position but Anthriel gets an underhook and turns Obasi into the cage.
Anthriel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anthriel slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obasi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anthriel up against the cage.
Obasi lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anthriel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Obasi tries to clinch there but Anthriel circles away.
Obasi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Anthriel's head.
Obasi ducks under a wild hook from Anthriel.
Obasi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Obasi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Anthriel throws an off balance right hand

and Obasi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Anthriel is looking for a sweep. Obasi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anthriel holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Obasi wants to free his trapped foot but Anthriel is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Anthriel is looking for a sweep. Obasi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Anthriel manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obasi stays in close to Anthriel's body and controls the position.
Obasi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anthriel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Anthriel wants to sweep but no luck.
Obasi trying to move into half guard but instead Anthriel has managed to sweep!
Obasi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obasi wants to improve his position but instead Anthriel has moved into half guard.
Obasi gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Obasi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anthriel blocks the body kick.
Obasi throws a head kick that misses.
Anthriel scores with a hook to the body. Obasi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Anthriel misses with an uppercut.
Anthriel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthriel. Obasi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anthriel thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthriel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Obasi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Obasi.
Obasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obasi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Solomon Obasi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A left and a right from Anthriel both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Solomon Obasi has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthriel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anthriel misses with a body shot.
Obasi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Obasi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anthriel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Obasi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Anthriel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anthriel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Obasi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anthriel takes a swing at Obasi's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Obasi misses
and Anthriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Obasi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Obasi thows a body shot but no joy.
Obasi is looking to clinch but Anthriel is avoiding it.
Obasi slips a jab and a cross from Anthriel.

Obasi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthriel gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anthriel wants to get back to full guard.

Obasi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Anthriel sees it coming and defends easily.
Obasi trying to control from Anthriel's half guard. Anthriel has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Anthriel has control of Obasi's left arm, preventing Obasi from doing any damage.
Obasi stands and throws Anthriel's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obasi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anthriel keeps working.
Anthriel is trying to improve his position.
Anthriel is trying to control Obasi's posture but Obasi avoids it.
Anthriel is not content to let Obasi control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obasi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anthriel prevents Obasi from moving into mount.
Obasi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anthriel keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Obasi has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Anthriel is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Obasi yanks on the arm and Anthriel is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Obasi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Solomon Obasi!
A victorious Solomon Obasi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.