PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sotokorin De Brux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Brux comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Katatonia - Saw You Drown (Vocal Cover) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sotokorin De Brux will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Anderson
vs
De Brux

173 cm
23
163 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
159 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, John Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sotokorin De Brux!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on De Brux's shoulder, as De Brux tries to avoid the shot.
De Brux misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson wants to clinch.
De Brux avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sotokorin De Brux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
De Brux ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
De Brux looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Brux lands with a right hand.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but De Brux pushes him off.
De Brux scores with a shot to the body.
De Brux fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Anderson clinches with his opponent.
De Brux tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing De Brux back against the cage.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as De Brux controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Brux's brow.
Anderson pushes De Brux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The referee is keeping an eye on Anderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

De Brux's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson tries to clinch but De Brux moves away
and De Brux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Brux moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Anderson tries to clinch up
and De Brux counters with a left and a right that stings Anderson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Brux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Brux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Brux throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from De Brux tenderised Anderson's leg. Anderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Brux missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Brux lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.
De Brux scores with a nice right hand.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Brux.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Some wild striking there from De Brux.
De Brux plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like John Anderson has been cut.
Anderson lands the left hand.
De Brux walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson tries to clinch
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Brux looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
De Brux is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Brux throws out the jab.

Anderson moves into range and clinches up with De Brux.
De Brux tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing De Brux back against the cage.
De Brux misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from De Brux.
Anderson wants to stall.
De Brux swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Brux misses with a body punch.
De Brux working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Brux.
De Brux misses with a body punch.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but De Brux avoids the damage to the body.
De Brux misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Brux misses with a knee to the head.
De Brux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Brux.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Brux.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
De Brux can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Brux throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson tries to work over De Brux's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Brux is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Brux.
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!
De Brux working aggressively here.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Brux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Brux on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Brux prevents a body shot from Anderson.
De Brux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Brux throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
De Brux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson just leaning against De Brux, taking a breather.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as De Brux controls the action.
De Brux misses with some punches.
De Brux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Brux misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sotokorin De Brux dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Anderson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Brux thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Brux looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Anderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Brux, pushing him back against the cage.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
De Brux swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Brux lands a body punch.
De Brux landing knees to the head.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.

De Brux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sotokorin De Brux seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by Anderson.
De Brux thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Brux tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from De Brux.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - De Brux circles away.
Anderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to clinch but De Brux is avoiding it.
Anderson wants to clinch up but De Brux keeps it at a distance.
Anderson throws the kick towards the body but De Brux avoids it.
De Brux lands with a slapping head kick.
Anderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Brux swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
De Brux fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Brux throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Brux.
John Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Brux swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
De Brux throws a front kick aimed at Anderson's knee but Anderson avoids it well.
De Brux uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
De Brux throws a poor cross that misses

and Anderson moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Brux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson blocks a body shot from De Brux.
De Brux lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Brux's elbow.
De Brux wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Brux tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Brux slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Anderson wants to clinch
and De Brux counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson wants to clinch but De Brux slips to the side
and De Brux counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson wants to clinch.

Anderson rushes De Brux and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Brux breaks from the clinch.
Anderson scores with a nice head shot.
Anderson tries to clinch there but De Brux circles away.
De Brux misses with a hook

and Anderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Brux.
De Brux tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Brux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Brux's elbow.
De Brux lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anderson or not.
John Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Brux tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Brux tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
De Brux misses with an elbow strike.
De Brux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Brux tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
De Brux pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Brux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Brux has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
De Brux blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson tries a body shot but De Brux blocks it.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Brux has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from De Brux.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Brux swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Brux swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson tries to clinch up.
De Brux throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
De Brux lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sotokorin De Brux will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on John Anderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

De Brux ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Brux counters with a slapping leg kick.
De Brux thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anderson if he has to take too many more of those.
De Brux connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Brux misses with a hook
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
De Brux keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson is looking to clinch but De Brux is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick from De Brux misses.
Anderson wants to clinch.

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Brux working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Brux.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
De Brux letting Anderson take a breather here.
De Brux tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Brux working aggressively here.
De Brux throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Brux throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Brux lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
De Brux scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
De Brux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Brux struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Brux lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Brux misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
De Brux misses with the head strike.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anderson trying to stall but De Brux improves his position.
De Brux lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Brux throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
De Brux is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.
De Brux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
A short left from De Brux.
Anderson trying to stall but De Brux improves his position.
De Brux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Brux lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Brux.
Anderson wants to stall.
De Brux misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Brux's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Brux.
De Brux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Brux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
De Brux has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
De Brux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Brux misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as De Brux controls the action.
De Brux lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
John Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

De Brux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Brux checks a leg kick.
De Brux circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson tries to clinch up.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
De Brux has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
A head punch on the inside from De Brux fails to land.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of De Brux's head.
De Brux is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Brux misses with a knee strike.
Anderson gets through De Brux's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Brux misses with some punches.
De Brux pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Brux scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Brux being controlled against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
De Brux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from De Brux.
A short left from Anderson.
Sotokorin De Brux is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
De Brux misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sotokorin De Brux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Brux has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sotokorin De Brux!