PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Cline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anders Petersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anders Petersen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cline
vs
Petersen

156 cm
21
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Geoffrey Cline!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Petersen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cline shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Petersen is trying to escape back to his feet but Cline uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Cline wants to control but Petersen is keeping him busy.
Petersen is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Petersen tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Cline presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Cline really is a fat lump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petersen is working to get back to half guard.
Cline looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cline swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Petersen is now in Cline's guard. A big mistake from Cline there, giving up the dominant position!
Petersen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cline's guard.
Petersen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cline works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cline looking to control.
Petersen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Petersen trying to control the position from guard on top but Cline is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Petersen stands and steps away. Cline gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Petersen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Petersen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cline blocks a low kick nicely.
Cline seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Petersen shoots in and bounces Cline off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Petersen trying to control but Cline is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cline has Petersen pulled in close to control his posture.
Petersen looking to sit in guard and control but Cline gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Petersen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cline controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Petersen looking to control.
Petersen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Petersen wants to stand up but Cline is controlling him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Petersen working a defensive guard here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Petersen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anders Petersen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Petersen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Cline counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Petersen makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Petersen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cline back to the cage. Petersen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Geoffrey Cline has been cut.
Cline avoids the body shot from Petersen.
Cline swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petersen thuds his right hand into Cline's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petersen with a jab.

Cline is rocked!
Cline walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Cline limp body while Petersen jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anders Petersen!