PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aydine Antona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antona's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Laid to Rest by Lamb of God. The crowd seem to be enjoying Fantana's choice of entrance music: Many Men. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Antona
vs
Fantana

170 cm
28
156 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

168 cm
32
153 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Steel Penn's Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aydine Antona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Fantana!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antona scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Antona thumps Fantana with a low kick.
Fantana shoots in for a takedown but Antona shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fantana misses with a straight left.
Fantana looks gassed!
Antona rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fantana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Antona fails to land with a series of punches.
Antona chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters circling a little - Antona finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Antona cracks the inside of Fantana's front leg.
Antona throws a head kick that misses.
Antona turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antona dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantana chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Antona can pounce on him.
Antona moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antona looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantana's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Antona scoring well with a low kick there.
Antona throws a shot to the body.
Antona throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Antona connects with a solid leg kick.
Antona explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Antona throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!
Antona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantana throws the left hand but Antona avoids the punch easily.
Antona throws a leg kick which misses Fantana's front leg but catches the back leg as Fantana tries to avoid it.
Antona fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antona lands a high kick!
Antona scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Antona throws a sloppy head kick and Fantana moves out of range easily.
Antona feints and then cracks Fantana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fantana down.
Antona thuds his shin into the meat of Fantana's side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Antona, right into the meat.
Antona fails with the takedown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Antona.
Good leg kick by Antona there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Antona fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Antona throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antona uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fantana has time to react.
Antona thumps Fantana with a low kick.
Antona scores with a head kick.
Antona connects with a leg kick. Fantana looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Antona lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crunch! Antona slams his shin into Fantana's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antona lands with a straight right. Fantana didn't see that one coming.
Fantana takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Antona scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Antona.
Antona lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fantana on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Antona. Antona obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antona lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantana has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Antona.
Antona thows a body kick. Fantana tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Antona.
Antona punishes Fantana's body with a nice straight punch.
Antona wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Antona moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Antona.
A head kick from Antona lands but Fantana takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Antona throws a combination. Fantana tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Antona lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantana stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Antona.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aydine Antona 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.

Antona ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Antona looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Antona lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Antona connects with a high kick.

Fantana is rocked!
Antona circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Fantana to the canvas! Fantana doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Antona keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aydine Antona!