PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renerye Sale Anderson (ranked 2416 p4p, 307 weight class) and Bina Raga (ranked 2578 p4p, 328 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Can't be touched. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sale Anderson
vs
Raga

188 cm
24
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
182 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Renerye Sale Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bina Raga!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raga throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Anderson lands a body shot.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Raga is looking for the big counter here.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Raga avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Anderson backs off Raga throws a huge counter combo but Anderson manages to avoid it all.
Anderson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Raga counters with a series of strikes. Anderson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Anderson 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 misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Raga's head.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raga.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raga lands with an overhand left.
Raga chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raga misses with a looping right.
Renerye Sale Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raga moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Raga scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raga.
Raga throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Raga swinging wildly here.
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Raga.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Anderson lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Anderson feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Raga sprawling to the canvas! Raga rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Anderson finish him?!

Raga is rocked!
Anderson moves out of range as Raga throws a body kick.
It looked like Anderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Raga.
Raga is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Raga fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Raga up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Anderson from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Raga's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Renerye Sale Anderson!
Renerye Sale Anderson thanked the fans post fight for their support.