PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Averick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Averick comes to the cage accompanied by Manny Pacquiao. Xavier has chosen Harvest The Garden as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Averick
vs
Xavier

185 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Averick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Xavier!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Averick doesn't manage to clinch there - Xavier circles away.
Xavier looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Averick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Xavier, pushing him back against the cage.
Xavier blocks an elbow strike from Averick.

Averick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Averick lands with a hook. Xavier tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Xavier has his takedown stuffed

and Averick counters with a single leg into guard. Xavier didn't expect that.
Averick passes Xavier's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Xavier is refusing to be controlled, as Averick sits in half guard.
Averick is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Averick lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Averick not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Averick lands a nice short elbow.
Averick thows a huge punch but Xavier dodges it nicely.
Averick works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Averick putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Averick breaks from Xavier's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Averick dominating with strikes here.
Xavier takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Xavier is in all sorts of trouble here.
Averick tries to control but Xavier wriggling away.
Averick lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Averick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Averick looking to control but Xavier is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Averick lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Xavier hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Averick is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Averick lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Averick is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Xavier can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Averick scoring with strikes but Xavier is staying in there.
Averick landing strikes from the mount.
Averick landing strikes from the mount and Xavier is in trouble!

Averick working for a guillotine from mount but Xavier is in no mood to give up.
Averick lands with some strikes.
Averick cracks Xavier with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Averick lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Xavier hang on?
Averick landing strikes from the mount and Xavier is in trouble!
Averick scoring with strikes but Xavier is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Averick has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Xavier's face.
Averick landing strikes from the mount.
Averick landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Averick landing strikes from the mount and Xavier is in trouble!
Averick controlling from the full mount.
Averick lands a heavy elbow.
Averick lands with some strikes.
Averick 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.
Averick tries to control but Xavier wriggling away.
Averick lands with some strikes.
Xavier is in a horrible position here. Averick smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Averick working Xavier over with strikes here.
Averick with a couple of short strikes.
Averick scoring with strikes but Xavier is staying in there.
Averick with the ground and pound from mount.
Averick lands a big elbow.
Averick has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Xavier's face.
Averick lands a big shot there that rocks Xavier but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xavier trying desperately to get to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Averick lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Averick.
Averick is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Xavier can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Averick dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Averick gets a clinch.
Xavier jumps guard but Averick stands there with Xavier around his waist. Xavier gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Averick.

Averick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Averick throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Averick scores with a head kick. Xavier tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Averick scores with a nice right hand.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Xavier enables Averick to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Xavier manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Averick postures up in Xavier's guard and throws a big left but Xavier blocks it.
Anthony Averick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Averick passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Averick fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Averick are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Averick in side control, throwing shots but Xavier defends.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Xavier wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier parries the strikes from Averick easily there. Averick is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Xavier to escape.
Averick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xavier keeps working.
Xavier takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Xavier defending against the ground and pound.
Averick is chipping away with strikes.

Averick is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Xavier knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Averick scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Xavier to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier is trying to control Averick's posture but Averick avoids it.
Averick fails to land a wild elbow strike.
An elbow from Averick crashes against the mat.
Xavier on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Xavier parries the strikes from Averick easily there. Averick is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Xavier to escape.
Averick working the ground and pound.
Xavier takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Xavier tries to escape but Averick is in control.
Averick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xavier keeps working.
Xavier tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Averick lands some shots froms side control.
Averick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Xavier can do to turn this around?
Xavier is trying to control Averick's posture but Averick avoids it.
Averick lands an elbow.
Averick trying to control the position but Xavier is working away.
Xavier managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Averick.
Averick misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Averick working the ground and pound but Xavier is defending the strikes.
Xavier defending against the ground and pound.

Averick looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Xavier tries to buck Averick off but Averick is having none of it.

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.
Averick sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Xavier is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Xavier tries to improve position but can't.

Averick tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Averick has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Averick throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Xavier explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Xavier drops his hands momentarily and Averick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Xavier has his takedown stuffed
and Averick counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Averick dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Xavier takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Xavier fails with the takedown
and Averick counters with a head kick.
Xavier moves forwards but Averick connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Averick digs a good hook to Xavier's body.

Averick forces Xavier back against the cage and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Averick'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.

Averick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Averick bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Averick trying to control the position but Xavier is working away.
Averick postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Xavier managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Averick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier misses with a strike from the bottom.
Xavier on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Averick has an Americana. Xavier didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Averick is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Averick hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Anthony Averick!