PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Nelly - Grillz. Anderson has chosen Death Bound as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Todd Anderson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Young
vs
Anderson

200 cm
25
222 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

199 cm
27
270 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Todd Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Young enables Anderson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Young manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Young wants to stand up but Anderson is controlling him.
Anderson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Anderson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anderson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
Young is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.
Anderson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anderson advances to half guard.
Anderson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anderson.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anderson.
Anderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Anderson content to control rather than advance.
Ground and pound from Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson trying to control the pace.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Anderson is taking a breather. Young says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Anderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Young is rocked!
Anderson lands a big elbow - Young is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Anderson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Todd Anderson!