PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Anders
vs
Fury

179 cm
25
150 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
142 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

KaotiK
SP Ultimate Nutrition

Spartan Nutrition
KaotiK

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight 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 Amsterdam, Ben Anders!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Fury!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anders lands a front kick.

Anders tries to sprawl but Fury drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fury has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Rape Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fury sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anders defending well though.
Fury is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Anders wants to get back to his feet.
Fury lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fury landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fury seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Anders won't allow Fury to pass to mount.
Fury scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Anders looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury working over Anders with some ground and pound. Anders looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fury is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fury is looking to take a break and control but Anders is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fury landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fury slips a nice elbow through Anders's hands, connecting with Anders's forehead.
Fury lands strikes from half guard.
Anders makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Anders.
Anders is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Extreme MMA (7 Elites $250/week) that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Fury with a nice head shot there.
Anders keeping moving, preventing Fury from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury works over Anders with some ground and pound from guard.

Fury got a little sloppy there for a moment and Anders has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fury has managed to get both his arms back between Anders's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fury is in close to Anders's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fury postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fury postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Anders looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Anders has momentary wrist control but Fury slips an elbow through the middle.
Fury is in close to Anders's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fury working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Anders has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fury can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Anders is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury with a nice head shot there.
Fury keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Anders's head.
Fury postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Anders is rocked!

Anders is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fury passes Anders's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nice strikes from Fury there.
Oh Anders is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Anders looking for subs from the bottom but Fury mounts him!
Fury lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Anders is out cold! Fury jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Fury!
Frank Fury is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Frank Fury thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.