PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and chai skantze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 'Trapped Under Ice' by Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Anderson
vs
skantze

175 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, chai skantze!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson punishes skantze's body with a nice straight punch.
skantze tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but skantze is just out of range.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
skantze moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
skantze scoring well with a low kick there.
skantze is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
skantze is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Anderson takes a swing at skantze's ribcage but misses.
skantze throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
skantze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from skantze - that will leave a mark!
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skantze blocks a jab.
Anderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
skantze swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but skantze uses good head movement to avoid it.
skantze tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Anderson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. skantze's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Anderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice shot lands for Anderson.
Anderson works skantze's body with a nice hook.
skantze looks gassed!
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and skantze counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Anderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
skantze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze counters with a head kick. That will keep Anderson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
skantze takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson misses with the combination.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
skantze throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Anderson throws a right hand that skantze ducks under and follows up with a left that skantze also avoids with ease.
skantze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
skantze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on skantze's shoulder, as skantze tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
skantze ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
skantze goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Anderson lands with a hook. skantze tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
skantze slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Anderson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from skantze.
Anderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and skantze counters with a two punch combo.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Anderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
skantze lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by skantze.
Anderson misses with a combination
and skantze counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Anderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
skantze lands with a nice combination. Anderson backs away looking to recover.
Anderson avoids the head kick by skantze.
skantze plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Anderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Anderson takes one to the chin there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Anderson!
skantze takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and skantze counters with a head kick. That will keep Anderson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and skantze counters with a one-two to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from skantze misses.
skantze lands with a nice body kick.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze counters with a two punch combo.
Anderson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

skantze scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
skantze throws a head kick that misses.
skantze moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
skantze blocks a jab.
skantze plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
skantze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
skantze falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze counters with a nice body kick.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jeff Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson lands the left hand.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
skantze scores with a hook to the body. Anderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skantze gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anderson.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. skantze moves away and avoids it.
skantze lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Anderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
skantze lands with a slapping head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. skantze darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by skantze!
skantze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and skantze counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Anderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
skantze misses with the combination.
skantze swinging wilding here.
skantze fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
skantze ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
skantze walks into a jab.
skantze falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and skantze counters with a slapping leg kick.
skantze dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
skantze tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson ducks right into an uppercut from skantze.
Anderson lands a jab-cross combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
skantze lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
skantze displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - skantze scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
skantze with a hook.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze counters with a series of strikes. Anderson will be more careful next time no doubt.
skantze moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
skantze scores with a kick to the body.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
skantze goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
skantze scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
skantze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
skantze works the jab nicely.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
skantze lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
skantze moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and skantze counters with a nice body shot.
skantze throws a combination. Anderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Anderson clobbers skantze with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
skantze lands a jab-cross combination.
skantze throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
skantze throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anderson.
skantze takes a shot to the body in his stride.
skantze throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
skantze closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Anderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and skantze counters with a big head kick but Anderson shrugs it off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
skantze throws a one two combo.
skantze throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

chai skantze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
skantze lands a nice looking body shot.
skantze lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
skantze with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling skantze to counter with a crisp jab.
skantze looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination

and skantze holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
skantze has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. skantze does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and skantze counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Anderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
skantze slips a straight right by Anderson.
skantze misses with a kick to the body.
skantze is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
skantze lands a nice hook to Anderson's body. Anderson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
skantze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson throws a hook but skantze blocks it.
Anderson sizes up skantze with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
skantze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A combination from skantze does no damage.
Anderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and skantze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

skantze moves into the clinch.
Anderson gets through skantze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
skantze leaning against his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Anderson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with skantze's elbow.
Good body shot from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Anderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
skantze tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing skantze back against the cage.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and skantze counters with a big head kick but Anderson shrugs it off.
skantze on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Anderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and skantze counters with a left and a right that stings Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a telegraphed body shot

and skantze holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Anderson has skantze pressed against the cage.
skantze stalling against the cage.
Anderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but skantze has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson controlling the action here for a moment.
skantze blocks a body shot from Anderson.

And that's the end of the fight!
chai skantze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think skantze has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... chai skantze!