PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Antal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antal comes to the cage accompanied by Fully Alive - Flyleaf. The crowd seem to be enjoying Washington's choice of entrance music: "Hawaii Five-O" by The Ventures. Eric Antal is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Antal
vs
Washington

180 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Antal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corey Washington!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Antal shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Antal was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Antal throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Antal tries to control but Washington wriggling away.
Washington wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Antal content just to control the position here.
Antal could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Washington is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington can't escape the position.
Antal trying to control but Washington is having none of it.
Antal unloads with some shots from mount but Washington bucks and avoids them well.
Antal postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Washington looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Antal with a couple of short strikes.
You get the feeling that Washington really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Antal controlling the pace for now.
Antal throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Antal with the ground and pound from mount.
Antal trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Antal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Antal goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Washington turns into him and now he's in Antal's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antal is trying to control the position but Washington postures up.
Washington is looking to stand up but Antal won't let him.
Washington preventing the sweep.
Antal is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Washington decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Antal, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Antal shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Washington pinned against the cage. Washington gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Antal shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Washington as he avoids it easily.
Antal fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Antal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Washington drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Antal trying to keep a closed guard but Washington is proving a slippery customer.
Antal has Washington pulled in close to control his posture.
Antal has a closed guard, preventing Washington from standing up.

Antal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Antal dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Antal misses with a takedown attempt
and Washington counters with a slapping leg kick.
Washington wants to clinch.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Washington tries to clinch but Antal is having none of it.
Antal looks to land a left hand but Washington moved out of range nicely.
Antal lands with a straight right. Washington didn't see that one coming.
Antal scores with a jab to the head.
Washington needs to keep his hands up - Antal had a free shot at his head there.

Antal drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Antal tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sloppy strikes there by Antal.
Washington is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antal wants to control for a moment but Washington uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Antal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Antal is positioning himself well to prevent Washington advancing to mount.
Antal flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Antal shoots in but no luck this time.
Antal scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Antal shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Washington's guard.
Washington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Antal wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Washington wants to stand but Antal is controlling the position.
Antal throwing strikes but missing.
Washington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Antal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Washington is looking to sweep but instead, Antal has passed into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antal scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Antal keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Antal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Antal is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Washington doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Antal.
Antal is taking a breather. Washington says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice strikes from Antal there.
Antal thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Washington's head.
Washington has hold of Antal's hands but Antal slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Washington won't allow Antal to pass to mount.
Washington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Antal.
Antal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Antal sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Washington defending well though.
Antal not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Antal passes the guard and advances to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Antal dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Antal scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Antal tries to score with some ground and pound. Washington controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Antal working the ground and pound.
Antal is looking to take a break and control but Washington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Washington managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Antal.
Washington stops Antal from passing to mount.

Antal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Antal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington is not content to let Antal control the position.
Washington tries to buck Antal off but Antal is having none of it.
Antal trying to control the position but Washington is working away.
Washington managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Antal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Antal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Antal drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Antal is looking to take a break and control but Washington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Washington tries to escape but Antal is in control.
Antal lands some shots froms side control.

Antal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Antal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Antal trying to control the action but Washington is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Washington is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Antal has just dragged him back down to the mat.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Antal misses with a takedown attempt
and Washington counters with a slapping leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Antal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Antal rushes Washington and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Washington gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Antal.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Antal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Antal tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Washington just stands there and leans against the cage.
Antal'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.
Antal misses with the head strike.
Antal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Washington has him pressed against the cage.

Washington breaks from the clinch.
Washington throws a looping overhand right but Antal ducks down to avoid it.
Antal tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Washington swivels and escapes.
Washington tries to clinch there but Antal circles away.
Washington lands a slapping body shot.

Washington clinches.
Antal jumps guard but Washington stands there with Antal around his waist. Antal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Antal is fighting off a takedown attempt but Washington is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Antal to the mat. Antal regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Washington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Antal swivels though and keeps the full guard.

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 Eric Antal.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Antal, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight for Eric Antal!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Eric Antal!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Eric Antal!

Eric Antal wins by unanimous decision!