PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hero Shima (ranked 356 p4p, 285 weight class) and Noah Anderson (ranked 51 p4p, 38 weight class). Shima's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, C. R. E. A. M. Anderson has chosen Bassically by Tei Shi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shima
vs
Anderson

189 cm
30
261
18 - 10 - 0

220 cm
30
273
17 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hero Shima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a body punch but Shima moves out of range.
Shima loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Shima needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Anderson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shima swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anderson cracks Shima with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Anderson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shima takes a step back to recover.
Shima throws a jab but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Anderson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Shima moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Shima swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anderson lands a high kick!

It looks like Hero Shima has been cut.
Anderson throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Anderson catches Shima right on the button with a cross.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson takes a swing at Shima's ribcage but misses.
Anderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anderson throws a lazy head kick
and Shima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Noah Anderson has been cut.
Shima drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shima.
Anderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Shima had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Anderson 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 hook to the body
enabling Shima to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.
Shima avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson lands a jab to the head.
Shima misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Shima 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.
Good shot there by Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A swing and a miss from Shima.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anderson.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shima doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson misses with a lunging right hand
and Shima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson scores with a head kick. Shima tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Shima misses the target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shima lands a nice shot to the body.
Shima works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Anderson lands with a shot to the body.
Shima uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
A swing and a miss from Shima.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shima.
Anderson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Shima slips a straight right by Anderson.
As Anderson tries to get set, Shima tries to push him back and clinch up but Anderson manages to avoid the attempt.
Anderson lunges at Shima with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shima's hand.
A shot to the body from Shima misses
and Shima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shima avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Shima ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson cracks Shima with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Anderson does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Anderson cracks Shima with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shima misses with an uppercut.
Shima avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Shima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson throws a big counter head kick but Shima avoids it with no problem.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shima manages to avoid it.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson scores with a nice strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Anderson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Shima takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Anderson lands a big head kick that sends Shima tumbling to the mat! Anderson takes a step backwards and waves Shima back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Shima is rocked!
Anderson cracks Shima with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Shima tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Anderson pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Shima is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noah Anderson!
Noah Anderson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.