PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between anderson bain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sterling Archer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). anderson bain could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sterling Archer's chin.

bain
vs
Archer

185 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
21
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, anderson bain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sterling Archer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Archer tries to clinch but bain moves out of range.
bain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Archer circles away quickly and effectively.
Archer throws the left hand but bain avoids the punch easily.
bain moves out of range as Archer throws a body kick.
A big right from bain misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Archer.

Archer rushes bain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
bain working hard to break the clinch.

bain breaks from the clinch.
Archer tries to close the distance and clinch up but bain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
bain misses with the body kick
letting Archer counter with a right hand.

Archer has bain up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Archer.
Archer lands an elbow inside.

It looks like anderson bain has been cut.
Archer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

bain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Archer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
bain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Archer circles away quickly and effectively.
bain misses with a few strikes there.
bain throws a left and a right that both miss
and Archer counters with a nice uppercut.
bain is breathing heavily.
bain fails to land with a series of punches.

Archer clinches up with bain and pushes him back against the cage.
Archer working bain over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Archer lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Archer obliges.
A knee to the head by Archer.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Archer just misses with a elbow thrown towards bain's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Archer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Archer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Archer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Archer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Archer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Archer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice body kick there by Archer.
bain takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
anderson bain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Archer closes the distance and clinches.
Archer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through bain's defenses.
Archer lands a nice elbow.
Archer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

bain is rocked!
Archer has bain pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. bain is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Archer - that's hurt bain badly! Oh, another knee lands and bain is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but bain doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Sterling Archer!