PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Slaughter (ranked 270 p4p, 35 weight class) and Carmelo Anthony (ranked 1199 p4p, 151 weight class). Slaughter comes into the arena with Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter - Iron Maiden blaring out of the sound system. Carmelo Anthony has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Max Slaughter's chin.

Slaughter
vs
Anthony

185 cm
27
199 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Slaughter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carmelo Anthony!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony lands a really nice looking cross but Slaughter seems unphased.
Slaughter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Anthony circles away.
Anthony connects with a jab.
Slaughter looks for a takedown but Anthony sprawls well.
Nice jab there from Anthony.
Anthony lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Slaughter dives in and grabs Anthony's left leg, looking for a takedown. Anthony pushes down on Slaughter's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Slaughter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slaughter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Anthony's waist but Anthony gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Slaughter off to one side.
A cross from Anthony lands.
Anthony lands a jab to the head.
Slaughter looks for a takedown but Anthony sprawls well.
Max Slaughter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anthony lets loose with a powerful body kick. Slaughter will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Slaughter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Slaughter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anthony is keeping the position for now.
Slaughter trying to control but Anthony is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony is adopting a defensive guard.
Anthony wants to stand and escape but Slaughter is having none of it.
Slaughter wants to pass the guard but Anthony is keeping the position.
Slaughter trying to control the position from guard on top but Anthony is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slaughter postures up in Anthony's guard and throws a big left but Anthony blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slaughter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anthony swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Slaughter keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Anthony's head.

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.
Slaughter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anthony looking to control.
Slaughter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Slaughter wants to pass the guard but Anthony is keeping the position.
Slaughter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slaughter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anthony can't keep his opponent in guard - Slaughter advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaughter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anthony defending well though.
Slaughter tries to pass to full mount but Anthony defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter working over Anthony with some ground and pound. Anthony looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Anthony wants to control but Slaughter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Slaughter is looking to advance position but Anthony won't allow it.
Anthony blocking the ground and pound attempt from Slaughter.
Slaughter is looking to advance position but Anthony won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Slaughter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anthony keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Slaughter wants to pass the guard but Anthony is defending well.
Anthony keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter trying to control from half guard but Anthony is working away.
Slaughter trying to control from Anthony's half guard. Anthony has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Anthony utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Slaughter throwing strikes but missing.
Anthony controls Slaughter momentarily but Slaughter frees himself.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Anthony can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anthony avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Slaughter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
No luck for Slaughter with that takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carmelo Anthony will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Slaughter closes the distance and clinches.
Slaughter tries to pull guard but Anthony won't allow it.
Anthony prevents a body shot from Slaughter.
Anthony just leaning against Slaughter, taking a breather.
Slaughter is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Slaughter lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Anthony scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Slaughter manages to mount him!
Anthony is in all sorts of trouble here.
Anthony is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anthony holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Slaughter tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Slaughter sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slaughter.
Slaughter punishing his opponent with strikes.
Slaughter 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.
Slaughter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Slaughter punching from mount but Anthony doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Anthony is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Max Slaughter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anthony wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slaughter.
Slaughter unloading with bombs!
Anthony is bucking up trying to escape but Slaughter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Slaughter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Slaughter unloads with some shots from mount but Anthony bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Slaughter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anthony can do to turn this around?
Slaughter with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anthony avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slaughter.
Slaughter thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Anthony holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Slaughter tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Slaughter is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Anthony can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Slaughter unloads with some shots from mount but Anthony bucks and avoids them well.
Slaughter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Slaughter there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Slaughter thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Slaughter misses with a head shot.
Anthony wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slaughter.
Anthony blocking the ground and pound.
Slaughter throws a sloppy strike and Anthony uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Anthony has ended up in Slaughter's guard.
Anthony is looking to stand up but Slaughter won't let him.
Anthony stopping the sweep attempt from Slaughter.
Slaughter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Slaughter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Slaughter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Slaughter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Slaughter slips a nice elbow through Anthony's hands, connecting with Anthony's forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slaughter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Slaughter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anthony keeps working.
Slaughter throwing shots but Anthony is blocking nicely.
Anthony manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Slaughter dominated that second round.
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.

Slaughter shoots in looking for a takedown but Anthony manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Slaughter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Slaughter takes a kick to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anthony is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anthony stalling.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Slaughter lands a right hand.
Slaughter blocking some punches.
Slaughter has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anthony after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Slaughter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anthony misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Slaughter's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Slaughter digs a right hand underneath Anthony's ribcage. Anthony let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anthony has a couple of punches blocked by Slaughter.

Anthony breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slaughter with a lazy takedown attempt
and Anthony counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Slaughter drives through and clinches with Anthony against the cage.
Slaughter tries to throw a body punch but Anthony avoids it by throwing Slaughter back against the cage.
Anthony lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slaughter backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter misses with a body punch.
Slaughter looking for a takedown.
A nice left hand lands by Anthony.
Slaughter tries for a takedown but Anthony manages to get underhooks.
Anthony scores with a shoulder strike.
Slaughter misses with the head strike.
Anthony digs a right hand underneath Slaughter's ribcage. Slaughter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right from Anthony.
Slaughter is trying to pull guard but Anthony turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Anthony lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anthony.
Slaughter is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anthony to keep the fight standing.
Slaughter looking for a takedown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anthony.
Slaughter wants to take the fight to the mat but Anthony manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Anthony scores with a shot to the side of Slaughter's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anthony.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left hand lands to the body for Anthony.
Carmelo Anthony seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony scores with a nice hook to the head.
Slaughter prevents a body shot from Anthony.
Anthony stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short uppercut from Anthony.
Anthony lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slaughter backwards.
Slaughter is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Anthony is defending well.
Anthony prevents the takedown attempt.
Anthony has a couple of punches blocked by Slaughter.

Anthony breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A lazy left from Anthony finds it's target.

Slaughter is rocked!
Anthony scores with a leg kick.
Slaughter closes the distance and clinches up with Anthony, looking for a takedown. Slaughter pushes Anthony against the cage but Anthony circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anthony is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Slaughter with a body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Slaughter or perhaps it was just good defense by Anthony, which made it look bad.
Anthony thuds a left hand into Slaughter's body.
Anthony scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony stuns Slaughter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anthony bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Anthony fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Slaughter on the side of the head.
Oh Slaughter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anthony circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Slaughter to the canvas! Slaughter doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Anthony keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carmelo Anthony!
Carmelo Anthony is the new middleweight champion!
Carmelo Anthony thanked the fans post fight for their support.