PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grisha Egorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Anders
vs
Egorov

190 cm
25
197 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aaron Anders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grisha Egorov!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egorov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Anders misses.
Egorov misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Egorov misses with a low kick as Anders jumps back.
Egorov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anders scores with a push kick.
A punch combination from Egorov misses.
Anders throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Egorov tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.
Egorov misses with a head kick.
Egorov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Anders gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Aaron Anders has been cut.
Aaron Anders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anders works Egorov's body with a nice hook.
Egorov tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.
Anders avoids a punch combination nicely.
Egorov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anders.
Anders fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anders throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anders moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Egorov misses with a takedown attempt - Anders sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anders throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egorov tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Egorov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Egorov doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Egorov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anders.
Anders feints and then cracks Egorov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Egorov down.
Sloppy strikes from Egorov. Those never looked like landing.
Egorov throws a right and a left that Anders avoids nicely.
Anders scores with a kick to the body.
Aaron Anders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anders throws a right and a left that Egorov avoids nicely.
Anders slips a jab and a cross from Egorov.
Egorov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anders.
Egorov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Egorov looks gassed!
Egorov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Anders is fending him off so far but Egorov persists. Nope, Anders circles away and we're back to standing.
Anders lands with a kick to the ribs.
Egorov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anders lands a nice leg kick that just misses Egorov's sensitive parts.
Egorov takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Egorov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid body kick from Anders.
Egorov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Egorov tries to bum rush Anders with a series of wild strikes but Anders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Egorov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anders circles away quickly and effectively.
Egorov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anders.
Egorov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anders.
Egorov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anders.
Egorov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anders throws a right and a left that Egorov avoids nicely.
Anders misses with a wild combination.
Anders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Egorov.
Anders scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Egorov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anders.
Anders misses with the combination.
Anders throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egorov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Egorov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick from Anders lands but Egorov takes it in his stride.
Egorov misses with a wild combination.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Egorov.
Anders connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egorov. That did some damage!
Anders scoring well with a low kick there.
Egorov throws a series of punches but Anders avoids them all with ease.
Egorov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Egorov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good leg kick by Anders there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Egorov misses with the combination.
Anders lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Anders scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders cracks the inside of Egorov's front leg.
Anders delivers a nice body kick.
Anders throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Egorov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Egorov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anders. Anders obviously looking to wear him down.
Anders scores with a leg kick.
Anders connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egorov misses with a few strikes there.
Anders avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anders goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick from Anders lands but Egorov takes it in his stride.
Anders throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anders misses with a wild body shot.
Anders scoring well with a low kick there.
Anders lands a high kick!
Egorov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Anders.
Anders avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anders throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Anders dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Anders's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Anders lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aaron Anders is winning the standup battle so far.
Anders cracks the inside of Egorov's front leg.
Egorov throws a series of punches but Anders moves out of range.
Egorov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Egorov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Egorov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Egorov misses with a two punch combination.
Anders lands with a shot to the body.
Anders slips a straight right by Egorov.
Egorov throws a right hand that Anders ducks under and follows up with a left that Anders also avoids with ease.
Anders digs a good hook to Egorov's body.
Egorov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anders.
Anders is looking to wear down Egorov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Anders connects with a leg kick. Egorov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Egorov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anders throws a combination. Egorov tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Egorov is breathing heavily.
Anders misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anders misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Egorov throws a right and a left that Anders avoids nicely.
Anders rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Egorov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egorov takes a kick to the side of the head.
Anders throws a front kick that sends Egorov stumbling back into the cage.
Anders misses with a two punch combination.
Egorov swinging wildly here.
Anders throws a quick inside leg kick.
Egorov misses with a series of wild punches.
Egorov misses with a looping right.
Anders lands with a thumping leg kick.
Egorov misses with a two punch combination.
Egorov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Egorov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anders. Anders obviously looking to wear him down.
Anders buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egorov. That did some damage!
Egorov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Egorov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anders chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Egorov misses with a wild combination.
Anders lands a nice leg kick that just misses Egorov's sensitive parts.
Egorov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anders fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anders throws a head kick that Egorov semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egorov misses with a series of wild punches.
Anders scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anders scores with a head kick. Egorov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Anders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Egorov.
A combination from Anders does no damage.
Egorov misses with a few strikes there.
Anders scores with a spinning back kick!
Egorov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Anders can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Egorov misses.
Anders scores with a head kick.
Anders lets loose with a powerful body kick. Egorov will feel that in the morning.
Anders keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anders lands a nice leg kick that just misses Egorov's sensitive parts.
Anders connects with an inside leg kick.
Egorov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Egorov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anders misses with a series of wild punches.
Anders pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Egorov back to the cage. Anders follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Egorov misses with a double jab.
Anders throws a shot to the body.
Anders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anders throws a right hand that Egorov ducks under and follows up with a left that Egorov also avoids with ease.
Egorov throws a series of punches but Anders moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Egorov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sloppy strikes from Egorov. Those never looked like landing.
Anders throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Anders there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anders throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Egorov is looking to clinch but Anders is avoiding it.
Anders throws a sloppy head kick and Egorov moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Egorov. Those never looked like landing.
Egorov misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egorov tries to clinch up.
Anders swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Egorov. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Egorov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anders.
Egorov throws a right hand that Anders ducks under and follows up with a left that Anders also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Anders misses.
Egorov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Anders dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Anders's cut.
That's time! Anders's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Egorov takes a kick to the side of the head.
Egorov misses with a double jab.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Egorov.
Anders turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Anders finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Egorov tries to bum rush Anders with a series of wild strikes but Anders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Egorov tries a head kick but it misses.
Egorov wants to land a leg kick but Anders is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anders. That's going to slow Egorov down.
Anders fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Anders.
Anders misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egorov.
Egorov fails with the takedown.
Anders works over Egorov's head and body with a nice combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Egorov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anders throws a front kick that sends Egorov stumbling back into the cage.
A punch combination from Egorov misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A thudding body kick lands there by Anders!
Anders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Egorov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egorov. That did some damage!
Egorov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Egorov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anders.
Anders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egorov. That did some damage!
Egorov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Anders can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anders. Egorov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Egorov misses with a low kick.
Egorov throws out a loose jab but Anders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anders explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Egorov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Egorov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Anders looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No joy there for Egorov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anders lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egorov tries to clinch up.
Egorov fails to land with a series of punches.
Egorov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Anders lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egorov lands a nice shot that snaps Anders's head back.
Anders throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Egorov throws a body kick that misses.
Egorov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anders misses with a two punch combination.
Anders buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anders looks for the body kick but Egorov saw that one coming.
Aaron Anders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Egorov throws a series of punches but Anders moves out of range.
Anders chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anders defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Egorov.
Egorov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anders scores with a nice body kick.
Anders lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders lands a high kick!
Egorov swinging wildly here.
Anders keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aaron Anders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grisha Egorov.
Anders lands with a slapping head kick.
Anders throws out a leg kick but Egorov moves out of range and Anders only half commits.
Egorov misses with a series of wild punches.
Anders is looking to slow Egorov down with leg kicks.
Anders connects with a leg kick. Egorov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anders lands a jab to Egorov's midsection.
Some wild striking there from Egorov.
Anders with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anders slaps away a takedown attempt from Egorov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Anders throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Egorov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders throws a leg kick which misses Egorov's front leg but catches the back leg as Egorov tries to avoid it.
Anders lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No joy there for Egorov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Anders there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anders buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Egorov is looking to clinch but Anders is avoiding it.
Egorov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Egorov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anders lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egorov fails to land with a series of punches.
Egorov is trying desperately to land a takedown but Anders is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Egorov.
Anders lands with a nice combination. Egorov backs away looking to recover.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anders feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Egorov's calf.
Anders throws a push kick but Egorov slaps the foot to one side.
Anders throws a head kick that misses.
Grisha Egorov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aaron Anders is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Anders - that will leave a mark!
Anders slips a jab and a cross from Egorov.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Anders showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anders has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Anders!