PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Hansig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hansig comes to the cage accompanied by du hast. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hansig
vs
Anderson

180 cm
19
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

182 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Enjoys gardening

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Hansig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson drops Hansig with a beautiful combination! Hansig stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Anderson is looking for the KO!

Hansig is rocked!

It looks like Don Hansig has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Anderson.
Oh Hansig is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Hansig drives through with a takedown into guard.

Hansig avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Anderson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hansig seems to have got his legs back now.
Hansig preventing the sweep.
Hansig pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anderson is keeping the position for now.
Hansig has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Anderson is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hansig wants to stand and escape but instead Anderson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Hansig avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anderson distracts Hansig with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anderson stops Hansig from standing up.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hansig is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hansig avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson postures up and lands a big shot to Hansig's brow.
Anderson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson throwing strikes from guard but Hansig blocks nicely.
Hansig preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson passes Hansig's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hansig avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Anderson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Anderson is trying to work for a kimura but Hansig is defending well.
Hansig is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Anderson throwing shots but Hansig is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansig tries to roll over but Anderson keeps him under control.
Anderson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hansig with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hansig defending well though.
Anderson is thwarting Hansig's attempts to control the position.
Hansig wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson works his way into side control.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.
Hansig knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Anderson on the ground.
Hansig is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansig struggling a bit here.
Hansig tries to bench press Anderson off him but Anderson keeps the position.
Anderson lands a few punches from side control.
Anderson is looking to take a break and control but Hansig is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hansig is looking for a sweep.

Anderson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hansig keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don Hansig's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice sprawl there from Anderson as Hansig shoots in.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Hansig circles away.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Hansig circles away.
Hansig takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Anderson moves to clinch but Hansig breaks away

and Hansig counters with a nice double leg into side control. Anderson won't be happy with that.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Hansig stands up and beckons Anderson to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hansig tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Hansig cracks Anderson with a right hand to the side of the head.

Hansig shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Anderson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hansig throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hansig has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hansig trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hansig stops Anderson from standing up.
Anderson trying to keep a closed guard but Hansig is proving a slippery customer.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Anderson has Hansig pulled in close to control his posture.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Thomas Anderson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Anderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anderson is defended easily by Hansig.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hansig is defended easily by Anderson.
Don Hansig is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson misses with a low kick.

Hansig gets a takedown into half guard.
Hansig looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Anderson is defending against the submission attempts here by Hansig.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansig wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back.

Anderson pushes Hansig off and gets back to his feet.
Hansig stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hansig wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hansig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansig throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hansig gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Anderson!
Hansig shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anderson as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Hansig. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Hansig avoids it well.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hansig defends it nicely.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown but Hansig manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Don Hansig will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Don Hansig's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hansig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thomas Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hansig stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet.

Hansig closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hansig lands in his opponent's guard.

Hansig gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hansig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anderson connects with a jab.

Hansig drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Hansig tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Hansig gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansig lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansig's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hansig prevents Anderson from getting back to his feet.
Hansig is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson has wrist control.
Anderson trying to control the position here.
Hansig wanted to stand there but Anderson had control of the position.
Anderson wants to stand but Hansig is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hansig shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Anderson keeping full guard, as Hansig tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hansig accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hansig trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Anderson pushes Hansig off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hansig counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hansig.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hansig makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hansig trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hansig gets to his feet - Anderson follows without any prompting.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hansig as he avoids it easily.

Hansig rushes Anderson and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Hansig - that landed with a thud.
Hansig drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hansig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Hansig keeps it at a distance.

Hansig dives in and scores a takedown into Anderson's guard.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Hansig from controlling successfully.
Hansig connects with a couple of short punches.
Hansig stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hansig is sitting in close to Anderson's body. Anderson has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Hansig is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Hansig is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Anderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Thomas Anderson!
Thomas Anderson thanked the fans post fight for their support.