PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grzegorz Rakieta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson has chosen Transparent as his entrance music. Jack Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rakieta
vs
Anderson

193 cm
18
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Grzegorz Rakieta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rakieta avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Jack Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Anderson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rakieta parries the strikes from Anderson easily there. Anderson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rakieta to escape.

Anderson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Rakieta is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Anderson yanks on the arm and Rakieta is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Anderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jack Anderson!