PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Anderson (ranked 4911 p4p, 4266 weight class) and Noel Pham (ranked 543 p4p, 484 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.

Anderson
vs
Pham

185 cm
18
181
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
18
188
0 - 0 - 0

Brawler
Prefers standup

Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noel Pham!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Pham appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anderson throws the kick towards the body but Pham avoids it.
Pham connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Anderson's hands.
Tommy Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Pham tenderised Anderson's leg. Anderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pham.
Anderson throws a head kick that Pham semi-blocks.
Anderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pham blocks a jab.

Anderson pushes Pham up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pham swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pham wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Pham to work.
Pham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A bit of stalling here from Anderson.
Anderson stalling the fight.
Anderson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pham moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Pham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Pham tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Pham in a clinch.

Anderson breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pham connects with the punch.
Pham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Pham back into the ropes.
Pham prevents Anderson from breaking the clinch.
Anderson taking a breather.
Anderson blocking some punches.

Pham manages to break the clinch.

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.

Pham's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pham scores with a nice right hand.
Pham takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Anderson is rocked!
Anderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pham.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pham blocks the body kick.
Pham cracks Anderson with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Anderson is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Anderson is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Anderson could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Noel Pham!