PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anders Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Matikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Angel. Matikainen has chosen Terveisiä perseestä as his entrance music. Pentti Matikainen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Anders Anderson's chin.

Anderson
vs
Matikainen

185 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
207 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anders Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Matikainen!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Matikainen.
Matikainen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Nice sprawl there from Matikainen as Anderson shoots in.
Matikainen misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Matikainen does no damage.
Matikainen slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Matikainen lands a right hook to the body.
Matikainen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Danga de danga de dang - Matikainen scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matikainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Matikainen fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anders Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Matikainen swivels and escapes.
Matikainen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Matikainen.
Pentti Matikainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matikainen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen misses with a straight right.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Matikainen sizes up Anderson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matikainen throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Matikainen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matikainen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a two punch combo.
Anderson leaves Matikainen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a three punch combo that has Matikainen backing up. Matikainen nods at Anderson to acknowledge the strikes.
Matikainen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anderson counters with a series of strikes. Matikainen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matikainen throws out the jab.
Matikainen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Matikainen. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Matikainen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Anderson has hold of Matikainen's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Matikainen manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Matikainen is working to get back to half guard.
Anderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Matikainen is looking to escape.
Matikainen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Anderson wants to control the pace but Matikainen is squirming around nicely.
Anderson is really struggling to control Matikainen but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pentti Matikainen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Matikainen misses with a looping right.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Matikainen throws a left and a right that both miss

so Anderson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Matikainen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Anderson!
Matikainen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matikainen trying to control but Anderson is having none of it.
Matikainen unloads with some shots from mount but Anderson bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Matikainen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Anderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Matikainen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matikainen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Anderson blocking the ground and pound.
Matikainen working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Anderson is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Anderson in real trouble here! The ref calls for Anderson to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pentti Matikainen!