PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Apollo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Vector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vector has chosen Hollywood Undead-Undead as his entrance music. Vinnie Vector has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Vector

183 cm
30
198 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

190 cm
38
201 lbs
28 - 13 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinnie Vector!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Anderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Vector gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anderson.
Anderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Anderson misses with a looping right.

Vector rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vector throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vector lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vector tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vector stalls.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vector backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Vector throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vector blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vector blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but Vector blocks with his arms.
Anderson letting Vector take a breather here.
Anderson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vector tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vector misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vector misses with some punches.
Anderson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vector.
Vector lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vector connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vector is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vector backwards.
Vector with a knee to the head.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Vector backwards.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vectors head.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vector backwards.
Vector looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Vector is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vector has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Vector blocks an uppercut.
Anderson tries to work over Vector's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Vector.
Anderson takes a shot to the head.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anderson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Vector scores with a nice strike.
Anderson cracks the inside of Vector's front leg.
Vector ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Vector lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Vector moved away.
Anderson lands a leg kick that knocks Vector off balance momentarily.
Apollo Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vector looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vector moves out of range of the body kick from Anderson.
Vector misses with a two punch combination.
Anderson scores with a three punch combo!
Some bone on bone action there as Anderson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vector wants to land a leg kick but Anderson is out of range.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Anderson lands a nice shot that snaps Vector's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson checks a low kick from Vector.
Vector swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.

Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Vector.
Vector blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vector tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Vector misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vector.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Vector wants to stall.
Vector lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vector tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Vector's ribcage. Vector let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vector is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vector swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson is leaning against Vector and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson gets through Vector's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Vector controls the action.
Vector misses with some punches.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Apollo Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vector is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Anderson lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vector backwards.
Anderson cracks Vector with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Vector goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Vector wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Apollo Anderson!
Our winner, Apollo Anderson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.