PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Todd Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Death Bound. Sanders has chosen Turbonegro - Prince Of The Rodeo as his entrance music. Todd Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anderson
vs
Sanders

199 cm
25
270 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

184 cm
25
265 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Todd Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Todd Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanders.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Sanders stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sanders wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanders looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanders throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
Anderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sanders avoids it really well and circles away.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanders manages to avoid it.
Anderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sanders avoids it really well and circles away.
Sanders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Sanders lands a left and a right that send Anderson crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanders thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Todd Anderson has been cut.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sanders drops Anderson with a beautiful combination! Anderson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sanders is looking for the KO!

Anderson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanders looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Anderson gets a takedown into half guard.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanders keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sanders is trying to get back to full guard.
Anderson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Anderson trying to pass the guard but Sanders defending well.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Anderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanders throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanders as he jumps to the side.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanders.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Sanders.
Sanders looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanders is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanders is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sanders avoids the body shot from Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Anderson throws a body punch but Sanders moves out of range.
Sanders takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Sanders misses its intended target.
Sanders stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sanders wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson tries for a takedown but Sanders sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Anderson works Sanders's body with a nice hook.

Anderson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Anderson working the ground and pound from side control.
Anderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anderson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Sanders is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ground and pound from Anderson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The strikes coming from Anderson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Sanders dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd Anderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanders thuds a left hand into Anderson's body.
Anderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Sanders sprawls well. He's pushed Anderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sanders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Sanders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Sanders throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanders looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanders.
Sanders moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanders scores with a punch to the head.
Sanders throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Sanders.
Anderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Sanders to counter with a crisp jab.

Sanders closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anderson looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanders takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanders pushes Anderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanders lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.

Todd Anderson's cut is getting worse.
Anderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sanders gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sanders working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anderson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Anderson tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanders shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanders works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Sanders drops Anderson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Anderson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Sanders presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sanders - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sanders works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.

Sanders drops Anderson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Anderson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The referee calls for Sanders to work.
Sanders works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Sanders.
Sanders lands with a right to the head.
Sanders scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanders throws a big uppercut that drops Anderson! More strikes from Sanders and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Anderson lies dazed against the cage as Sanders celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Sanders!