PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rock Jay (ranked 23516 p4p, 5154 weight class) and Ryk Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 494 weight class). Anders has chosen Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jay
vs
Anders

185 cm
23
195
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
190
0 - 2 - 0

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rock Jay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryk Anders!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jay fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jay lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jay lands a lovely overhand right.
Anders misses with a hook
and Jay cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Anders connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anders misses with a body kick.
Jay chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jay scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anders uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jay.
Jay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anders.
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!
Good shot there by Anders.

It looks like Rock Jay has been cut.
Jay blocks a head kick by Anders.
Jay punishes Anders's body with a nice straight punch.
Anders misses with a leg kick.
Anders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jay blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay takes a swing at Anders's ribcage but misses.
Anders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jay manages to avoid it.
Jay scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jay lands a jab to the nose.
Anders jabs Jay right on the nose. Jay blinks but takes it well.
Jay misses with an uppercut. Anders saw that one coming.
Jay scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anders blocks the body kick.
Anders takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That kick from Jay tenderised Anders's leg. Anders is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rock Jay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jay lands with a right hand.
Jay throws a body shot but no joy.
Anders keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Anders misses.
A swing and a miss from Anders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anders.
Jay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anders.
Anders paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jay throws a leg kick which misses Anders's front leg but catches the back leg as Anders tries to avoid it.
Anders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jay throws out the jab.
Anders with the counter takedown but Jay avoids it easily.
Jay looks to land a combination. Anders sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Ryk Anders has been cut.
Jay connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Anders's hands.
Anders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jay.
Jay throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jay lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jay tried to score with a low kick but Anders checks it.
Jay misses with a body kick.
Rock Jay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jay lands a nice hook to Anders's body. Anders takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anders stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jay.
Jay throws a right and a left that Anders avoids nicely.
A cross from Jay lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay lands with an uppercut that bounces Anders off the cage and back into range.
Jay just misses with a punch to the body.
Anders fails to land with a series of punches.
Jay lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice takedown defense from Jay. No joy for Anders on that attempt.
We've been informed that Anders has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Anders throws the left hand but Jay avoids the punch easily.
Anders throws a hook but Jay avoids it easily.
Jay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jay manages to avoid it.
Anders moves out of range of the body kick.
Jay keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anders throws a shot from downtown. Jay moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Jay.
Jay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jay misses the shot to the body.
Anders 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Jay misses.
Anders staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jay misses with a jab to the body
and Anders counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jay darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Anders connects with a body shot that sends Jay's belly button to the back.
Anders's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Anders shoots for a takedown but Jay saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jay half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rock Jay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryk Anders.
Anders throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jay.
Jay connects with a leg kick.
Anders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jay smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Anders is rocked!
Jay throws a quick head kick that knocks Anders silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Jay is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rock Jay!
In defeat, Ryk Anders stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm a competitor, and I know a lot of people say that, but I'm not going to give in or be intimidated by anybody!'.