PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between kaila anne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Railio Gonbon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

anne
vs
Gonbon

177 cm
22
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, kaila anne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Railio Gonbon!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Gonbon misses.
anne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as anne checks a leg kick.
anne slips a jab and a cross from Gonbon.
anne tries to clinch there but Gonbon circles away.
anne tries to clinch up but Gonbon circles away and keeps his distance.
Gonbon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonbon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
anne fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kaila anne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by anne or perhaps it was just good defense by Gonbon which made him look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
anne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonbon.
anne shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gonbon pinned against the cage. Gonbon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gonbon throws a right and a left that anne avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for anne with that takedown attempt.
anne looks for a takedown but Gonbon sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Gonbon. No joy for anne on that attempt.
anne is breathing heavily.

Gonbon has managed to clinch.

Gonbon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gonbon throws a series of punches but anne avoids them all with ease.
anne shoots for a double leg takedown but Gonbon sprawls well. He's pushed anne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Gonbon moves into the clinch successfully.

Gonbon gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Gonbon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Gonbon thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonbon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
anne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gonbon trying to control but anne is working from the bottom.
Gonbon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gonbon connects with a couple of short punches.
Gonbon scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gonbon works over anne with some ground and pound from guard.
Gonbon content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gonbon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as anne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
anne throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Gonbon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

anne is looking for a triangle but Gonbon pushes his legs off easily.
Gonbon working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gonbon scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonbon wants to control from the top but anne keeps moving.
Gonbon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gonbon chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonbon postures up and lands a big shot to anne's brow.
Gonbon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gonbon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gonbon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
anne trying to control the position.
Gonbon with a nice head shot there.
Gonbon postures up and lands a big shot to anne's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

anne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gonbon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gonbon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with anne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

anne is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonbon passes into half guard.
Gonbon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

anne is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Gonbon pulls his head out easily.
Gonbon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks anne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
anne is trying to get back to full guard.
Gonbon wants to lay and pray for a moment but anne keeps working.
Gonbon winds up and cracks anne with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Railio Gonbon 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.

Gonbon shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gonbon was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gonbon landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gonbon punishing his opponent with strikes.
anne sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
anne is looking to escape.
Gonbon working the head and body with strikes.
Gonbon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
anne is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gonbon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Gonbon.
Gonbon is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gonbon working anne over with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonbon is trying to control. anne wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gonbon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonbon lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Gonbon there.

Gonbon is sneakily working for an arm triangle but anne sees it coming and defends easily.
anne gets full guard.

anne looking for a triangle here. Gonbon is fighting it but it looks tight! anne pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Gonbon is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). kaila anne!