PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Todd Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorma Juntti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson's entrance music is Death Bound. A fine choice. Juntti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pantera - Cemetery Gates. Jorma Juntti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Juntti

199 cm
24
270 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

205 cm
22
266 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Todd Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorma Juntti!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Juntti's head but Juntti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Juntti tries to avoid it but Anderson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Juntti to the ground. Juntti escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Anderson gets a takedown into half guard.
Juntti gets full guard.
Juntti has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Anderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Juntti is looking to stand up but Anderson isn't so interested in that idea.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Juntti is retaining full guard.
Juntti tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anderson postures up in Juntti's guard and throws a big left but Juntti blocks it.
Juntti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Anderson stops Juntti from standing up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Anderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Juntti defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juntti misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Todd Anderson has been cut.
Juntti stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Juntti wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Anderson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Juntti is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juntti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Juntti is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Anderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Juntti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Juntti works his way to full guard. Good work.
Juntti is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Juntti has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Anderson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Anderson has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Juntti ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Juntti.
Juntti tries to bum rush Anderson with a series of wild strikes but Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Anderson shoots in and bounces Juntti off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Anderson postures up in Juntti's guard and throws a big left but Juntti blocks it.
Anderson throwing strikes from guard but Juntti blocks nicely.
Juntti pulls Anderson in to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Juntti is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Juntti is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Anderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Anderson prevents Juntti from getting back to his feet.
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anderson postures up and lands a big shot to Juntti's brow.
Juntti trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Juntti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Juntti wriggles free and stands up.
Anderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Anderson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Juntti defends it nicely.
Juntti missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches up with Juntti, looking for a takedown. Anderson pushes Juntti against the cage but Juntti circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Juntti shows good takedown defense.
Anderson dives in and grabs Juntti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Juntti pushes down on Anderson's head and hops out.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Juntti but Juntti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juntti looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Juntti stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Juntti wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorma Juntti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd Anderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Juntti lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Juntti tries to sprawl out of it but Anderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Juntti manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Juntti drops Anderson with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Anderson looks back up at him and smiles so Juntti waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Anderson is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Juntti pinned against the cage. Juntti gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Juntti lands a big right hand that sends Anderson crashing to the mat! Juntti stays standing though and waves Anderson back to his feet!
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jorma Juntti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Juntti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Juntti.
Juntti throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
No luck for Anderson with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Juntti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Juntti throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Juntti goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Todd Anderson's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Juntti fails to land with a series of punches.
Todd Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juntti lands a big right hand that sends Anderson crashing to the mat! Juntti stays standing though and waves Anderson back to his feet!
Juntti measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Anderson! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jorma Juntti!