PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Baxter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Baxter

176 cm
18
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Baxter!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice defenses there by Anderson.

Anderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Anderson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Baxter taking some punishment here, with Anderson in his half guard.
Baxter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baxter's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baxter tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Anderson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Baxter is trying desperately to improve position.
Baxter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anderson scoring with strikes but Baxter is staying in there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxter bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson controlling Baxter's posture.
Anderson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Alexander Anderson just wasn't active enough.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baxter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anderson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Baxter as he connects with a hook.
Baxter swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Anderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Anderson prevents Baxter from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Anderson lands a nice short elbow.
Baxter wants to improve his position but Anderson is controlling well.
Anderson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anderson landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a big shot there that rocks Baxter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Anderson is landing with some decent strikes but Baxter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Anderson controlling the pace for now.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the head.
Anderson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baxter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Anderson working Baxter over with strikes here.

Anderson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Anderson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Baxter has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson controlling from mount.
Baxter taking shots to the head.
Baxter is trying desperately to improve position.
Anderson with shots to the head and body - Baxter looks very uncomfortable down there.
Anderson prevents Baxter from getting the reversal.
Anderson with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Baxter is wriggling around trying to escape.
Anderson working Baxter over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Anderson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Anderson connects with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anderson is defended easily by Baxter.
Anderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anderson misses with a leg kick.
Baxter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anderson.
Baxter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Baxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Baxter throws a good cross that connects.

Anderson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Anderson lands in his opponent's guard.
Anderson forces his way into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Baxter's head.
Anderson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is thwarting Baxter's attempts to control the position.
Anderson wants to take a breather but Baxter is having none of it.

Baxter looking for submissions off his back.
Anderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Anderson connects with a nice short shot to Baxter's temple.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Baxter is defending well.
Anderson throwing shots but Baxter is blocking nicely.
Baxter wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.
Alexander Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anderson slips a nice elbow through Baxter's hands, connecting with Baxter's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Baxter is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Anderson jumps into side control!
Anderson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson lands an elbow.
Anderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Anderson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Baxter is looking for a sweep.
Baxter sneaks back into half guard.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baxter keeps working.
Anderson works his way into full mount!
Baxter taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson cracks Baxter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Baxter is in a horrible position here. Anderson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Baxter is in a horrible position here. Anderson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Baxter is looking to improve his position but Anderson isn't that keen on the idea.
Anderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Anderson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Anderson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Baxter's face.

Baxter is rocked!
Anderson postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Baxter badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Anderson around the waist but Anderson pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Anderson is the winner by TKO! Anderson jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Anderson!
Alexander Anderson is the new light heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Alexander Anderson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.