PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Kilpinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jaakko Kilpinen enters the cage!

Anderson
vs
Kilpinen

176 cm
19
200 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

184 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)
Reaper Combatwear

Reaper Combatwear

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 6 - 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaakko Kilpinen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilpinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kilpinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kilpinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kilpinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson cracks Kilpinen with a good jab.
Kilpinen throws a leg kick but Anderson moved away.

Anderson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Anderson is thwarting Kilpinen's attempts to control the position.
Anderson is nestled in close to Kilpinen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Anderson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kilpinen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kilpinen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Anderson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Anderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kilpinen actively working from the bottom here.
Anderson thows a huge punch but Kilpinen dodges it nicely.
Anderson is trying to control. Kilpinen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Anderson passes to side control.
Anderson scoring with punches and elbows.
Anderson lands a few punches from side control.
Anderson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kilpinen down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kilpinen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Anderson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anderson in side control, throwing shots but Kilpinen defends.
Kilpinen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Anderson lands a few punches from side control.
Anderson slows the pace down.
Anderson lands a few punches from side control.

Kilpinen is rocked!

Anderson tries for a kimura but Kilpinen is defending well.
Anderson lands some shots froms side control.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.
Kilpinen is still in real trouble! Can Anderson finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Kilpinen seems to have recovered his senses.
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.
Check out the look on Anderson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Anderson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Anderson tries to score with some ground and pound. Kilpinen controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Anderson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Anderson grinds an elbow into Kilpinen's temple.
Kilpinen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kilpinen is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.
Kilpinen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Anderson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Kilpinen looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Anderson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Anderson!
Alexander Anderson retains his light heavyweight title!
Alexander Anderson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.