PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve French (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by The Unforgiven. French has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Anderson
vs
French

188 cm
28
210 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angelo Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve French!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
French misses with a series of wild punches.
French throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and French counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Angelo Anderson has been cut.
French moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
French misses with a shot to the body

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.
French swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
French lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but French avoids the damage to the body.
French lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anderson or not.
Anderson takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from French.
French works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
French lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
French lands a hook to the side of the head.

Anderson is rocked!
French fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
French scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
French lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
French working aggressively here.
French misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
French lands a shot to the body.
French softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
French lands a big right hand that drops Anderson! The killer instinct kicks in and French finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by French!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve French!