PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ty Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Zanella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
Zanella

183 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
166 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ty Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bernardo Zanella!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson is looking to clinch but Zanella is avoiding it.
Zanella scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zanella throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zanella moves away.
Zanella plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Anderson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zanella's head.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
Anderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zanella sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zanella throws a series of strikes that have Anderson backpedaling.
Zanella lands a body shot.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Zanella.
Anderson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anderson tries to pull guard but Zanella holds him up against the cage and eventually Anderson drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ty Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Zanella has double underhooks.
Zanella crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Zanella.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zanella.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanella unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Zanella is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zanella putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zanella is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Anderson avoiding damage as Zanella throws knees to the body.
Zanella stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zanella lands a shoulder strike.
Zanella trying to land knees to the body.
Zanella lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zanella lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ty Anderson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zanella tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Zanella connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.
Zanella with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Zanella.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zanella.
Zanella with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zanella pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zanella tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson avoiding damage as Zanella throws knees to the body.
Zanella is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zanella.
Zanella throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Zanella lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Anderson has picked Zanella up - he's going for a ride! Anderson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Anderson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zanella flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Zanella wants to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Anderson lands a big shot there that rocks Zanella but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Anderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zanella squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Anderson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Zanella has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Zanella is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Zanella lands a high kick!
Anderson tries to clinch but Zanella is having none of it.
Zanella scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Anderson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zanella circles away.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt - Zanella sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anderson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bernardo Zanella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zanella slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
Zanella using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zanella tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zanella tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zanella using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zanella scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Zanella has double underhooks.
Zanella missing with knees to the body.
Zanella prevents Anderson from breaking the clinch.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Zanella.
Zanella pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Anderson breaks the clinch.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Zanella shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Zanella pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zanella as he avoids it easily.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bernardo Zanella dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ty Anderson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zanella thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Zanella lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good exchange - Anderson coming out on top.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Anderson.
Anderson shoots for a takedown but Zanella saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zanella lands a right hook to the body.
Zanella misses with a jab to the body
and Anderson counters with an outside leg kick.
Zanella moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Zanella misses with a head kick.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ty Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zanella throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson shoots for a takedown but Zanella saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zanella lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zanella scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ty Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
Anderson tries to bum rush Zanella with a series of wild strikes but Zanella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zanella misses with a double jab.
Zanella lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zanella pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Anderson.
Nice uppercut lands for Zanella. That snapped Anderson's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanella misses with a head kick.
Zanella keeps the fight on the outside.

Zanella has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Zanella scores with a knee to the head.
Zanella lands a damaging elbow.
Zanella trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zanella lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson avoiding damage as Zanella throws knees to the body.

Anderson jumps guard.
Zanella won't allow Anderson to get back to his feet.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Zanella stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zanella scores with a head kick.
Zanella scores with a nice strike.
Zanella misses with a combination

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Zanella won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanella parries the strikes from Anderson easily there. Anderson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Zanella to escape.
Zanella is not content to let Anderson control the position.
You can see the frustration on Zanella's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Anderson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Zanella wants to get back to his feet but Anderson drags him back down.
Anderson working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anderson advances to full mount.
Anderson lands a heavy elbow.
Anderson working Zanella over with strikes here.
Anderson blocks Zanella's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
A nice elbow there by Anderson.
Zanella's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Anderson unloading with bombs!
Anderson controlling the pace for now.
Anderson dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ty Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ty Anderson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Anderson looks to clinch
and Zanella counters with a three punch combo that has Anderson backing up. Anderson nods at Zanella to acknowledge the strikes.
Zanella throws a body kick that misses.
Zanella misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zanella misses with a two punch combination.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Zanella to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Zanella keeps it at a distance.
Anderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zanella misses with a series of wild punches.
Zanella wants to clinch

and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control.
Zanella is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Anderson trying to control the position but Zanella is working away.
Anderson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Zanella!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zanella?
Zanella is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Anderson.
Zanella is trying to stand up.
Zanella is in all sorts of trouble here.
Zanella wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Anderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zanella?
Zanella is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Anderson looking to control but Zanella is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Anderson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Anderson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Zanella can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Anderson swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Zanella is now in Anderson's guard. A big mistake from Anderson there, giving up the dominant position!
Zanella not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zanella won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Zanella controls from within his opponent's guard.
Zanella throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Zanella controlling him for the moment.

Anderson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Anderson tries to strike from the bottom.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zanella with a nice head shot there.
Ty Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zanella throwing strikes but missing.
Zanella tries to stand but Anderson is controlling from the bottom.
Anderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Zanella is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Zanella has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Anderson to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Zanella is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Anderson pulls down on the head and he's put Zanella to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ty Anderson!