PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson has chosen Nancy Sings - Jandek as his entrance music. Luke Anderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar's chin.

Diaz de Vivar
vs
Anderson

180 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
205 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a body punch but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Diaz de Vivar thuds his right hand into Anderson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Luke Anderson has been cut.
Diaz de Vivar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz de Vivar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diaz de Vivar keeps the fight on the outside.

Diaz de Vivar forces Anderson back against the cage and clinches.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Diaz de Vivar tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Diaz de Vivar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick by Diaz de Vivar misses

and Anderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Diaz de Vivar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz de Vivar managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz de Vivar blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Diaz de Vivar.

Diaz de Vivar manages to break the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar thows a leg kick but Anderson checks it

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diaz de Vivar is adopting a defensive guard.
Diaz de Vivar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Diaz de Vivar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diaz de Vivar thows a big elbow that misses.
Anderson looking to control but Diaz de Vivar passes into half guard.
Diaz de Vivar thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Diaz de Vivar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diaz de Vivar prevents Anderson from improving his position.
Diaz de Vivar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Diaz de Vivar there.
Diaz de Vivar thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Diaz de Vivar thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Diaz de Vivar thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Diaz de Vivar winds up and cracks Anderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anderson moves into full guard.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson has wrist control.

Anderson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Anderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson looks gassed!
Diaz de Vivar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Anderson has momentary wrist control but Diaz de Vivar slips an elbow through the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar is fighting to break Anderson's control of his arms but Anderson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Diaz de Vivar from controlling successfully.
Diaz de Vivar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Anderson looking for a guillotine here but Diaz de Vivar defends easily.
Diaz de Vivar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Diaz de Vivar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Anderson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Diaz de Vivar has managed to get both his arms back between Anderson's legs - danger averted.
Anderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Anderson, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a leg kick
and Anderson counters with a head kick. That will keep Diaz de Vivar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz de Vivar throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diaz de Vivar looks to land a body kick but Anderson moved away.
Diaz de Vivar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz de Vivar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Some bone on bone action there as Diaz de Vivar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diaz de Vivar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That has opened up Luke Anderson's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick from Diaz de Vivar lands but Anderson takes it in his stride.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz de Vivar.
A thudding body kick lands there by Diaz de Vivar!
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Diaz de Vivar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diaz de Vivar cracks Anderson with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson checks a leg kick nicely.
Anderson motions for Diaz de Vivar to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Anderson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A head kick by Anderson misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a series of strikes. Anderson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz de Vivar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diaz de Vivar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson lands with a slapping head kick.
Diaz de Vivar tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diaz de Vivar, right into the meat.
Anderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is winning the standup battle so far.

Diaz de Vivar instigates a clinch.
Diaz de Vivar lands an elbow inside.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz de Vivar avoids it.
Diaz de Vivar tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Diaz de Vivar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz de Vivar.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz de Vivar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz de Vivar tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Diaz de Vivar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz de Vivar lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Luke Anderson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Diaz de Vivar throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz de Vivar pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz de Vivar.
Anderson takes a shot to the head.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz de Vivar stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diaz de Vivar can't break the clinch.

Diaz de Vivar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diaz de Vivar throws a wild body kick that Anderson sees coming a mile off.
Anderson throws and low kick but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range easily.
Diaz de Vivar fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz de Vivar throws a front kick aimed at Anderson's knee but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz de Vivar with a hook.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a head kick.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Diaz de Vivar.

Anderson drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Diaz de Vivar is keeping the position.
Anderson being controlled here momentarily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz de Vivar.
Anderson is fighting to break Diaz de Vivar's control of his arms but Diaz de Vivar is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz de Vivar throws a wild body kick that Anderson sees coming a mile off.
Diaz de Vivar doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick from Diaz de Vivar misses.
Anderson throws a head kick but Diaz de Vivar moves out of range.
Diaz de Vivar throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a low kick.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Diaz de Vivar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Luke Anderson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Diaz de Vivar throws a head kick that misses
and Anderson counters with a good low kick that Diaz de Vivar was not able to check.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar throws a low kick, looking for Anderson's leg but Anderson calmly moves out of range.
Anderson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diaz de Vivar throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Diaz de Vivar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diaz de Vivar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Diaz de Vivar misses.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Anderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Anderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diaz de Vivar trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz de Vivar keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Anderson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Anderson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Diaz de Vivar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to escape the mount.
Anderson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Diaz de Vivar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Diaz de Vivar is working hard here to advance position.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Diaz de Vivar blocking the ground and pound.
Anderson looking to finish with strikes here!
Diaz de Vivar blocking the ground and pound.

Anderson jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Diaz de Vivar is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Diaz de Vivar and Anderson has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Anderson tries to score with some ground and pound. Diaz de Vivar controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Diaz de Vivar sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Diaz de Vivar trying to control but Anderson postures up.
Luke Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz de Vivar works his way to full guard. Good work.
Diaz de Vivar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz de Vivar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz de Vivar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Diaz de Vivar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anderson is aware though and is defending well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Anderson.
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz de Vivar. That snapped Anderson's head back.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Diaz de Vivar throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Diaz de Vivar throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
A shot to the liver by Diaz de Vivar. Beautiful body shot.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson misses with a low kick as Diaz de Vivar jumps back.
Diaz de Vivar lands a jab-cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luke Anderson.
I think Diaz de Vivar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!