PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rebel Smith (ranked 1535 p4p, 1555 weight class) and Ryan Anderson (ranked 210 p4p, 213 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Anderson's choice of entrance music: Chase the bag (King Von). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Smith
vs
Anderson

175 cm
36
162
18 - 14 - 0

173 cm
38
144
24 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rebel Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Smith slips a jab from Anderson.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Smith throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Smith staying out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anderson walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Anderson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Anderson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Smith with a jab.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
It looked like Smith was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Anderson.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice cross by Anderson.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Smith.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Anderson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Anderson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Smith moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Smith swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Anderson throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Anderson lands a head kick!

Smith is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
Smith slips a straight right by Anderson.
Smith avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Smith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith catches Anderson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anderson avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Smith was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Smith digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Anderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.
Smith takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anderson, as that shot connected.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Smith swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Smith moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith cracks Anderson with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big left from Anderson misses.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Ryan Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith slips a jab from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a looping left.
Jab by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Smith slips a straight right by Anderson.
It looked like Smith was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Smith lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson slips under a jab from Smith.
Anderson lands a head shot.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Nice shot by Smith.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith cracks Anderson with a good jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryan Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
As Smith backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Smith manages to avoid it all.
A left and a right from Anderson both land. Nice combination.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.

Anderson sends Smith crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Anderson is motioning to the referee to let Smith up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson misses with a looping left.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Anderson should have avoided that one.
Anderson throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Smith throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith misses the jab.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Anderson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Nice body punch from Smith.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Smith works over Anderson's head and body with a nice combination.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith is looking to wear down Anderson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Smith staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smith lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anderson's corner calls for a 1-2. Anderson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Smith drops his hands for a split second and Anderson immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Smith face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Anderson follows up with a right hand that knocks Smith into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryan Anderson!
A victorious Ryan Anderson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.