PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paavo Tunari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Anderson
vs
Tunari

183 cm
19
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Apollo Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paavo Tunari!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson feints and as Tunari raises his hands in defense, Anderson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Anderson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tunari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Anderson postures up.
Anderson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tunari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Anderson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tunari can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Anderson controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tunari keeping full guard, as Anderson tries to pass.
Anderson preventing the sweep.
Anderson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Apollo Anderson.

Tunari gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Anderson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Tunari clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Good control from Anderson.
Anderson is throwing shots to the body but Tunari manages to wriggle free. Anderson pounces on him again and ends up in Tunari's guard.
Anderson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Tunari is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tunari dives on top into guard.

Anderson pushes Tunari off and gets back to his feet.
Tunari gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Anderson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tunari!
Anderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Anderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Anderson lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tunari?
Tunari looks gassed!
Anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tunari hang on?
Anderson with good strikes from the mount here!

Tunari is rocked!
Anderson controlling his opponent.
Anderson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tunari is still in real trouble! Can Anderson finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Tunari bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Anderson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apollo Anderson!