PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beasty Kanne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanne comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Cry For Me Argentina. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Kanne
vs
Anthony

179 cm
36
175 lbs
30 - 23 - 1

184 cm
39
186 lbs
30 - 16 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beasty Kanne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Anthony!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anthony moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kanne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anthony throws a body punch but Kanne moves out of range.
Anthony keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anthony misses with a wild combination.
Anthony checks a leg kick.
Anthony looks to throw the jab but Kanne is out of range.
Kanne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anthony swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anthony avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kanne lands a head shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kanne.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anthony looks for the body kick but Kanne saw that one coming.
Anthony takes a swing at Kanne's ribcage but misses.

Kanne darts in and clinches Anthony up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony working aggressively here.
Anthony throws a head punch that misses.
Anthony tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kanne prevents a body shot from Anthony.
Kanne lands a hook that snaps the head of Anthony backwards.
Anthony content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Kanne.
Anthony doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anthony tries to throw a body punch but Kanne avoids it by throwing Anthony back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kanne.
Anthony is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Anthony looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Anthony receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Justin Anthony.
Anthony uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kanne has time to react.
Anthony slips a jab from Kanne.
Kanne cracks Anthony with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot lands for Anthony.
Anthony throws out a leg kick but Kanne moves out of range and Anthony only half commits.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anthony throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Anthony.
Anthony goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne fails to land with a series of punches.
Kanne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kanne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anthony on the side of the head.
Anthony chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kanne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kanne misses with a double jab.
Anthony lands a right hook to the body.
Kanne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kanne lands a right hook to the body.
A jab from Kanne finds it's way through Anthony's defenses.
Kanne scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anthony pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kanne back to the cage. Anthony follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Kanne moves into the clinch.
Anthony has Kanne pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony blocking some punches.

Kanne manages to break the clinch.
Anthony throws a leg kick but Kanne moved away.
Anthony misses the shot to the body.
Kanne loads up on a big right hand but Anthony slips the punch.
Kanne checks a leg kick nicely.
Anthony tries a head kick but it misses.
Kanne scores with a jab.

Kanne moves into the clinch successfully.
Kanne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anthony stalling in the clinch.
Anthony lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anthony lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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 Beasty Kanne will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anthony scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kanne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kanne misses with a series of wild punches.
Kanne tries to clinch up.
Anthony lands a body shot.
Anthony fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Anthony misses.
Anthony throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kanne. That's going to slow Anthony down.
Anthony throws a series of punches but Kanne moves out of range.
Kanne misses with an uppercut. Anthony saw that one coming.
Kanne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anthony moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kanne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anthony.
Kanne tries to bum rush Anthony with a series of wild strikes but Anthony uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kanne misses with a hook to the body
and Anthony counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Anthony keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony throws a body shot but no joy.
Anthony's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Anthony duly obliges.
Anthony takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Kanne drives through and clinches with Anthony against the cage.
Anthony lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anthony's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kanne lands with a light punch inside.

Kanne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanne throws a series of punches but Anthony moves out of range.

Anthony closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kanne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Anthony misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anthony prevents Kanne from breaking the clinch.
Anthony is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Anthony blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Kanne.
Kanne lands with a light punch inside.
Anthony has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kanne seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Anthony can turn it around.
Kanne stalling in the clinch.
Anthony swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne wants to get back to striking at distance but Anthony won't allow it.
Anthony lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anthony misses with the head strike.
Kanne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anthony is trying to maintain a safe position but Kanne gets an underhook and turns Anthony into the cage.
Anthony lands a left hand.
Anthony working aggressively here.
Anthony stalling the fight.
Anthony can't find room to land a body shot as Kanne controls the action.
Anthony tries to throw a body punch but Kanne avoids it by throwing Anthony back against the cage.
Kanne misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanne tries to throw a body punch but Anthony avoids it by throwing Kanne back against the cage.
Kanne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anthony's elbow.
Anthony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anthony.
Kanne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anthony.
Anthony stalls.
Kanne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anthony's elbow.
Kanne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kanne throws a punch but it's blocked by Anthony.
Kanne misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Anthony showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Anthony dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anthony is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kanne rather than just go for the knockout.
Anthony lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anthony takes a swing at Kanne's ribcage but misses.
Anthony moves in looking to clinch but Kanne pushes him off.
Anthony misses with a left hand
and Kanne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anthony tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kanne tries to close the distance and clinch but Anthony swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anthony throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kanne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kanne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kanne tries to clinch up but Anthony circles away and keeps his distance.
Beasty Kanne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kanne.
Anthony throws a hook but Kanne blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthony. Kanne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kanne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Anthony. Kanne does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Anthony misses with a wild body shot.
Kanne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anthony.
Kanne lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kanne throws a head kick but Anthony moves out of range.
Anthony takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anthony blocks a leg kick.
Anthony jabs at Kanne's body.
Anthony thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anthony walks into a jab.
Kanne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Anthony.
Anthony wants to slow Kanne down by chopping away at his legs.
Kanne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anthony paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anthony chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kanne can pounce on him.
Kanne seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kanne tries to work over Anthony's front leg with a kick but Anthony checks it.
Anthony keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Anthony throws a leg kick but Kanne checks it.
Kanne throws a combination. Anthony tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Kanne clinches up against the cage.
Anthony content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kanne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Anthony.
Anthony's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kanne.
Anthony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anthony tries to work over Kanne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anthony.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kanne.
Kanne letting Anthony take a breather here.
Kanne blocking some punches.
Kanne stalling in the clinch but Anthony improves position.
Anthony misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anthony as Kanne tries to tie him up.
Kanne blocks a body shot from Anthony.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Anthony dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kanne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anthony swings wildly with an uppercut but Kanne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anthony cracks Kanne with a nice body shot.
Anthony stalling in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kanne blocks a body shot from Anthony.
Justin Anthony seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anthony looking to stall.
Kanne struggles to land a body shot inside as Anthony controls his hands.

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 Beasty Kanne.
I think Kanne has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Justin Anthony!
Justin Anthony thanked the fans post fight for their support.