PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Anderson (ranked 1398 p4p, 1091 weight class) and Azriel Pandens (ranked 181 p4p, 150 weight class). Anderson's entrance music is Chase the bag (King Von). A fine choice. Azriel Pandens told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Anderson
vs
Pandens

173 cm
42
144
31 - 20 - 2

173 cm
37
159
31 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 31 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Azriel Pandens!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Hemmingworth and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pandens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Anderson misses.
It seemed like Pandens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Pandens moves out of range easily.
Pandens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
We've been informed that Pandens has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pandens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Pandens takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Pandens motions for Anderson to come forward. Pandens throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pandens takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A cross from Anderson lands.
Pandens on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anderson is looking to slow Pandens down with leg kicks.
Pandens misses with a head kick.
Pandens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Pandens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandens scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Pandens moved out of range nicely.
Pandens misses the shot to the body.
Ryan Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson throws a right hand that misses
and Pandens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson cracks Pandens with an open hand slap.
Pandens slips a jab from Anderson.
A nice side step and Pandens releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Anderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Pandens's head.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Pandens appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Anderson connects with a crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pandens 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pandens digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pandens blocks a jab.
Pandens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pandens throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut lands for Pandens. That snapped Anderson's head back.
Pandens misses with a straight left.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Pandens moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Anderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pandens moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Pandens connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pandens throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick from Pandens lands but Anderson takes it in his stride.
Anderson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Pandens walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Pandens throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pandens scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pandens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandens throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson throws a hook but Pandens avoids it easily.
Anderson throws a head kick but Pandens moves out of range.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Pandens saw that one coming.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson connects with a right hand. Pandens shakes it off.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pandens was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Pandens should have avoided that one.
Pandens walks into a stiff left hand from Anderson.
A head kick misses from Pandens.
Anderson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anderson blocks the body kick.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Pandens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Pandens's head but Pandens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pandens looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pandens misses with a body shot.
Anderson throws a counter high kick but Pandens was just alert enough to avoid it.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderson tests Pandens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Anderson misses
and Pandens counters with a series of strikes. Anderson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Pandens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson with a hook.
Pandens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pandens lands a jab.
Pandens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Pandens chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pandens lands a lovely overhand right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Anderson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Anderson misses with an uppercut. Pandens saw that one coming.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Anderson with a jab.
A low kick lands for Pandens.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pandens throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Pandens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pandens scoring well with a low kick there.
Pandens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Anderson swings widly with a right hand
letting Pandens counter with a right hand.
Pandens looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
Pandens tries to land a leg kick but Anderson saw it coming and moves away.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Pandens slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Pandens slips under a jab from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Pandens misses.
Anderson checks a low kick from Pandens.
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
and Pandens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Pandens.
Some bone on bone action there as Anderson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pandens slips a straight right by Anderson.
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Pandens swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pandens misses with a low kick.
Pandens missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pandens keeps Anderson at a distance using the push kick.
Pandens walks into a jab.
Anderson misses with a left hand
and Pandens counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pandens fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Pandens off the cage and back into range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pandens moves away from the strike by Anderson.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pandens cracks Anderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Anderson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A cross from Anderson lands.
Anderson jabs Pandens right on the nose. Pandens blinks but takes it well.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pandens tries a quick counter leg kick but Anderson is wise to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pandens.
Anderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Anderson throws a good cross that connects.
Anderson throws a right hand that misses
and Pandens counters with a straight right hand.
Pandens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Pandens slips the punch.
Anderson lands a high kick!
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pandens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Pandens let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Pandens.
Pandens moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Pandens.
Pandens has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Anderson feints a jab promting Pandens to slip. Anderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pandens slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Anderson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pandens lands a high kick!
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pandens takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pandens slips a jab from Anderson.
Anderson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pandens slips under a jab from Anderson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pandens throws a sloppy head kick
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick from Anderson lands but Pandens takes it in his stride.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Pandens attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pandens blocks a jab.
Pandens is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Anderson with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Pandens slips a jab from Anderson.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandens.
Pandens feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
Ryan Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Pandens throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Danga de danga de dang - Anderson scores with a four punch combination!
Pandens throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pandens throws a combination. Anderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pandens.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Anderson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pandens slips under a jab from Anderson.
Pandens is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Anderson with a body shot.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Pandens's shoulder, as Pandens tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson moves out of range as Pandens strikes.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Pandens might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Anderson has got the better of the exchanges.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pandens loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Anderson is looking to counter punch.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pandens can do to turn this around?
Jab, jab by Anderson - just one landing.
Anderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Pandens off the cage and back into range.
Pandens swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandens throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab lands there for Anderson.
Anderson misses with a left hand
and Pandens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pandens drops his hands momentarily and Anderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pandens slips a straight right by Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandens walks into a jab.
Good leg kick by Pandens.
Pandens bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pandens! But no joy.
Pandens throws a leg kick but Anderson checks it.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Pandens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Pandens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Pandens moved out of range.
Pandens uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
It seemed like Pandens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Anderson works over Pandens's head and body with a nice combination.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Pandens.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Pandens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pandens throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick from Pandens, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Decent striking displayed by Anderson there.
Pandens takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anderson misses with a right hand
and Pandens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pandens on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pandens throws a body kick that misses.
Pandens throws a front kick aimed at Anderson's knee but Anderson avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pandens moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anderson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pandens throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pandens momentarily.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Pandens attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Anderson misses with a left hand
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Anderson misses with a hook. Pandens ducked under it nicely.
Pandens lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pandens slips under a jab.
Anderson blocks a low kick nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Pandens is out of range.
Azriel Pandens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Pandens misses with a straight right.
Pandens moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Anderson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pandens on the side of the head.
Anderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pandens throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Anderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson misses with a left hand
and Pandens counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A big left from Pandens misses.
Pandens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pandens appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Pandens throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Anderson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson slips under a jab from Pandens.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pandens is looking for the big counter here.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson throwing a counter right hand but Pandens manages to avoid it.
Pandens slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a double jab.
Nice shot by Anderson.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Pandens counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anderson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Anderson!
Ryan Anderson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.