PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlos Narvaez (ranked 1794 p4p, 1095 weight class) and Ryan Anderson (ranked 137 p4p, 90 weight class). Narvaez comes into the arena with Ñetas for Life - Anvesh Mallick blaring out of the sound system. Anderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chase the bag (King Von) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Narvaez
vs
Anderson

172 cm
30
145
20 - 9 - 3

173 cm
44
144
36 - 23 - 2

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Narvaez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narvaez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Narvaez.
Narvaez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Narvaez connects with the punch.
Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Narvaez.
Anderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice body punch from Narvaez.
We've been informed that Anderson 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.
Narvaez walks into a stiff left hand from Anderson.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anderson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Narvaez moves into range and clinches up with Anderson.
Narvaez lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narvaez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Narvaez lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Narvaez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Narvaez is working Anderson over against the ropes.
Anderson looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson gets through Narvaez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Narvaez swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
A short body shot lands from Narvaez as the two fighters clinch.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narvaez.
Anderson is trying to break free.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Narvaez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Narvaez moved out of range nicely.
Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Narvaez cracks Anderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A nice leg kick from Narvaez, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a nice shot that snaps Anderson's head back.
Narvaez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throws the left hand but Narvaez avoids the punch easily.
Narvaez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Narvaez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That kick from Narvaez tenderised Anderson's leg. Anderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Narvaez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Narvaez 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 straight right.
Narvaez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Anderson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Narvaez moves away from the strike by Anderson.
As Anderson backs away, Narvaez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Anderson throws the left hand but Narvaez avoids the punch easily.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Narvaez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.
Narvaez thumps Anderson with a low kick.
Anderson tests Narvaez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson scores with a jab to the head.
Good leg kick by Narvaez.
Narvaez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson thumps Narvaez with a low kick.
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 Carlos Narvaez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Narvaez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Narvaez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Narvaez avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a double jab.
Narvaez scores with a body shot.
Narvaez lands a body shot.
Narvaez defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Narvaez's shoulder, as Narvaez tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ryan Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narvaez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Anderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Narvaez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Narvaez is looking to counter punch.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Narvaez is out of range.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narvaez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
A big left from Anderson misses.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez slips a jab from Anderson.
Narvaez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Narvaez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Narvaez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Narvaez's shoulder, as Narvaez tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Narvaez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Narvaez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Narvaez saw that one coming.
Narvaez lands with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Anderson. Those never looked like landing.

Narvaez closes the distance and clinches.
Narvaez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Narvaez 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!
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Narvaez lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narvaez.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Narvaez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Narvaez.
Narvaez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Carlos Narvaez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Narvaez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Narvaez tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson is trying to push Narvaez away but Narvaez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Good body shot from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Narvaez lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Narvaez.
Good body shot from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Narvaez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Narvaez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Ryan Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Narvaez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Narvaez lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily.
Narvaez digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
Ryan Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson takes one to the side of the head.
Anderson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Narvaez lands a jab to the nose.
Narvaez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Narvaez 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.
Anderson misses with a hook. Narvaez ducked under it nicely.
Narvaez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Narvaez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Narvaez scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Narvaez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Narvaez scrambles back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Narvaez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Narvaez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Narvaez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Narvaez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick from Narvaez, right into the meat of the thigh.
Narvaez cracks a nice hook into Anderson's ribs.
Narvaez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Narvaez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Narvaez moves out of range easily.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Narvaez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Narvaez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Narvaez 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.
Narvaez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Anderson misses with a hook.
A quick step to the side and Narvaez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Narvaez moves out of range easily.
Anderson throws a right hand that misses
and Narvaez counters with a right hand to the body.
Narvaez throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Narvaez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Narvaez connects with a body shot that sends Anderson's belly button to the back.
Narvaez lands a nice hook to Anderson's body. Anderson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good leg kick by Narvaez.
Anderson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Narvaez defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Narvaez to counter with a crisp jab.
Narvaez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
That kick from Narvaez tenderised Anderson's leg. Anderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narvaez connects with a body shot.
Narvaez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Narvaez is looking to wear down Anderson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Anderson throws a jab when Narvaez was well out of range.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Narvaez's head but Narvaez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Narvaez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Anderson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Narvaez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Narvaez 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Narvaez!
A relieved looking Carlos Narvaez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.