PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johny Persecutioned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco dAnconia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Persecutioned comes to the cage accompanied by Aristocrat - That's too expensive. dAnconia has chosen Revolution as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Persecutioned
vs
dAnconia

191 cm
26
215 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

192 cm
26
224 lbs
7 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johny Persecutioned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Francisco dAnconia!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dAnconia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Persecutioned moves away.
Persecutioned lands a jab.
dAnconia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Persecutioned manages to avoid it.
Persecutioned slips a straight right by dAnconia.
Persecutioned misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from dAnconia misses.

dAnconia throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Persecutioned tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. dAnconia is in Persecutioned's guard.
dAnconia postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
dAnconia throws a big right hand that misses.
Persecutioned is pulling down on dAnconia's head to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dAnconia throwing strikes but missing.
dAnconia passes Persecutioned's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persecutioned avoiding damage under a succession of punches from dAnconia.
Persecutioned blocking the ground and pound attempt from dAnconia.
Persecutioned is looking to control dAnconia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Persecutioned avoid being mounted?
dAnconia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
dAnconia drops an elbow to the side of Persecutioned's head.
dAnconia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Persecutioned is looking to control dAnconia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Persecutioned avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. dAnconia lands a nice short elbow.
Persecutioned desperately trying to maintain half guard.
dAnconia is thwarting Persecutioned's attempts to control the position.
dAnconia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Persecutioned is holding on to half guard well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
dAnconia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Persecutioned wants to control but dAnconia is keeping busy.
Persecutioned regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from dAnconia.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Persecutioned wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Persecutioned continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Persecutioned controls dAnconia momentarily but dAnconia frees himself.
dAnconia cracks Persecutioned with a solid left hand.
Persecutioned looking to control.
dAnconia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Persecutioned looking to control.
dAnconia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Persecutioned has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Persecutioned swings for the body but dAnconia moves out of range.
dAnconia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francisco dAnconia dominated that round.
That's time! Persecutioned's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Persecutioned connects with a jab.
dAnconia fails with a takedown attempt.
Persecutioned misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Persecutioned.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Persecutioned fakes the leg kick and cracks dAnconia in the body.
dAnconia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Persecutioned was well out of range. Poor timing from dAnconia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persecutioned walks into a left hand.
dAnconia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Persecutioned is looking to slow dAnconia down with leg kicks.
dAnconia throws a hook but Persecutioned blocks it.
Persecutioned throws a quick counter head kick but dAnconia was just out of range.
dAnconia shoots in for a takedown but Persecutioned shows good takedown defense.
Persecutioned slaps away a takedown attempt from dAnconia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johny Persecutioned has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Francisco dAnconia.
dAnconia misses with a body punch
and Persecutioned counters with a nice uppercut.
dAnconia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
dAnconia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

dAnconia shoots in and gets a takedown into Persecutioned's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Persecutioned is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
dAnconia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dAnconia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Persecutioned bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in dAnconia's guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Persecutioned accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Persecutioned landing with the ground and pound.
dAnconia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Persecutioned's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dAnconia is keeping the position for now.
Persecutioned has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
dAnconia keeping moving, preventing Persecutioned from controlling successfully.
Persecutioned cracks dAnconia with a solid left hand.
Persecutioned postures up in dAnconia's guard and throws a big left but dAnconia blocks it.
Persecutioned stopping the sweep attempt from dAnconia.
dAnconia keeping moving, preventing Persecutioned from controlling successfully.
dAnconia will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Persecutioned in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
dAnconia throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

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.
Persecutioned missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
dAnconia trying to strike off his back.
dAnconia thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
dAnconia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Persecutioned rather than just go for the knockout.
A leg kick checked by dAnconia.
Persecutioned finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Persecutioned ducks under a wild hook from dAnconia.
Persecutioned ducks under a wild hook from dAnconia.
Francisco dAnconia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
dAnconia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Persecutioned.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Persecutioned misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from dAnconia! But no joy.
Persecutioned throws a series of strikes that have dAnconia backpedaling.
Sloppy strikes from dAnconia. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Persecutioned dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

dAnconia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Persecutioned lands with a nice body punch.
dAnconia misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheers as Persecutioned lands an impressive looking overhand right. dAnconia doesn't seem phased though.
dAnconia swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Persecutioned counters with a left to the body.
dAnconia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dAnconia throws a lazy uppercut
and Persecutioned counters with a straight right hand.

Persecutioned closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Persecutioned fails to land.

dAnconia breaks the clinch.
dAnconia moves away from the strike by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Persecutioned.
Persecutioned dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from dAnconia.
dAnconia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
dAnconia dips to his left and cracks Persecutioned with an uppercut!
Persecutioned scores with a kick to the body.
dAnconia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Persecutioned checks it well.
Persecutioned connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Persecutioned moves into range and clinches up with dAnconia.
Persecutioned lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned tries to work over dAnconia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from dAnconia as the two fighters clinch.
dAnconia is leaning against Persecutioned and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dAnconia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
dAnconia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Persecutioned lands a nice uppercut.
dAnconia avoids a wild elbow strike from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Persecutioned misses with a shot to the kidneys.

dAnconia manages to break the clinch.
Persecutioned takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
dAnconia misses with a shot to the body
and Persecutioned connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

dAnconia throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Persecutioned was covering up waiting for the punch and dAnconia finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dAnconia is fighting to break Persecutioned's control of his arms but Persecutioned is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Persecutioned swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Persecutioned wants to sweep here but dAnconia controlling him for the moment.
dAnconia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Persecutioned pulls dAnconia in close to prevent any damage.
Persecutioned is trying to keep dAnconia in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
dAnconia throwing strikes from guard but Persecutioned blocks nicely.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
dAnconia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
dAnconia lands a slapping body shot.
Persecutioned throws a right hand that dAnconia ducks under and follows up with a left that dAnconia also avoids with ease.
Persecutioned loads up on a big right hand but dAnconia slips the punch.
dAnconia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Persecutioned checks the leg kick nicely there.
dAnconia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
dAnconia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Persecutioned.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johny Persecutioned showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Persecutioned 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johny Persecutioned!
After the fight, Johny Persecutioned was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Francisco dAnconia had this to say: 'Who is John Galt?'.