PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Levar Draco (ranked 1982 p4p, 236 weight class) and Luther Anderson (ranked 1364 p4p, 166 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Draco
vs
Anderson

181 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Levar Draco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luther Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Draco swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Draco circles away.
Draco walks into a jab.
Anderson tries to move into range but Draco moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Draco keeps it at a distance.
Draco is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson connects with a body shot that sends Draco's belly button to the back.
Anderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Draco misses the shot to the body.
Anderson lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Draco throws a counter high kick but Anderson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Anderson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Luther Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson scores with a decent looking hook.
Draco keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson with a jab.
Anderson lands a head shot.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Draco circles away and keeps his distance.
Draco tries a head kick but it misses.

Anderson clinches with his opponent.

Draco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson scores with a shot to the body.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Anderson tries to get set, Draco tries to push him back and clinch up but Anderson manages to avoid the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draco backwards.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draco.
Anderson tries a body shot but Draco blocks it.
I was talking to Draco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Draco controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draco wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Draco avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the ropes.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Draco's head.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Draco jumps guard but Anderson turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Draco missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Draco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Draco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draco has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anderson after a bit of a struggle.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Draco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draco throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Draco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luther Anderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draco.
Draco throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Anderson has Draco up against the ropes in a clinch.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Draco avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the ropes.
Draco is working for takedown but Anderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson prevents Draco from breaking the clinch.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Anderson.
Draco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anderson has him pressed against the ropes.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Draco is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Draco prevents a body shot from Anderson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
Draco blocks an uppercut.
Draco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson gets through Draco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Draco avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the ropes.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draco taking a breather.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draco's elbow.
Draco prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands a left hand.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Draco's ribcage. Draco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luther Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draco is trying to break free.
Draco looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Draco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anderson is keeping busy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
Draco blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luther Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Draco is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Levar Draco has been cut.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDraco.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draco.
Anderson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Draco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Anderson.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Draco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draco with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.

Draco is rocked!

Anderson drives through and clinches with Draco against the ropes.
Oh Draco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot in the inside from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Draco to his knees! Anderson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luther Anderson!