PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arn Anderson (ranked 1377 p4p, 166 weight class) and Jan Kriel (ranked 1509 p4p, 185 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by The Enforcer. Kriel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Anderson
vs
Kriel

171 cm
30
180 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

178 cm
29
181 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arn Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kriel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Anderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Kriel tries a quick counter leg kick but Anderson is wise to it.
Kriel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Kriel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Arn Anderson has been cut.
Kriel lands a jab to the nose.
A lazy body kick from Kriel
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Kriel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Kriel avoids it well.
Kriel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kriel tries to bum rush Anderson with a series of wild strikes but Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Anderson.

It looks like Jan Kriel has been cut.
Kriel misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Arn Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kriel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kriel throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Kriel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Kriel in a clinch.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kriels head.
Kriel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kriel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kriel backwards.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Kriel.
Our sources have told us that Anderson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Kriel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kriel crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Kriel.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Kriel.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kriel gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kriel lands with a light punch inside.
Kriel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Kriel tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Kriel.
Kriel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kriel swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson tries a body shot but Kriel blocks it.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Kriel's ribcage. Kriel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Kriel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Kriel tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Kriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson tries to work over Kriel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kriel throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Kriel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kriel crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
Kriel misses with a punch to the body.
Kriel avoiding damage.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kriel avoids it.
Kriel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kriel blocks a body shot from Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Kriel.
Knees to the body from Kriel.
Kriel lands an elbow inside.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Kriel lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kriel fails to land.
Kriel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Kriel is trying to maintain a safe position but Anderson gets an underhook and turns Kriel into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right hook to the body lands for Kriel.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kriel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kriel lands an uppercut.

Arn Anderson's cut is getting worse.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kriel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Kriel dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kriel lands a big head kick that sends Anderson tumbling to the mat! Kriel takes a step backwards and waves Anderson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kriel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Kriel counters with an inside leg kick.
A left lands for Anderson.
Anderson misses with a shot to the body
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson misses with a hook to the body
and Kriel counters with a good low kick that Anderson was not able to check.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kriel.
Anderson misses with a hook

and Kriel counters with a crisp one two that drops Anderson! Kriel thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Anderson to his feet! Anderson is in big trouble!

Anderson is rocked!
Kriel lands a right hook to the body.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kriel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anderson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Arn Anderson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Kriel is out of range.
Kriel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Kriel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Anderson scores with a body shot.
Anderson scores with a leg kick.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kriel moves away.
Kriel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Anderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderson.
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!
Kriel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Anderson.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Kriel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kriel counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Jeez, Arn Anderson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Anderson misses with a right hand
and Kriel counters with a nice uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arn Anderson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jan Kriel!
Jan Kriel decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.