PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Anka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Anka
vs
Ripper

210 cm
24
275 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

192 cm
24
270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalle Anka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Ripper!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Ripper gets a clinch.
Ripper drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anka pulls his leg out and moves away.

Anka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ripper tries to improve position but can't.
Ripper is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

It looks like Jack Ripper has been cut.

Anka is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ripper has escaped the position, nice work there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ripper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ripper tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ripper can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ripper throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Anka landing strikes.
Ripper can't do much from the bottom here.
Anka scoring with punches from side control.
Ripper is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripper is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Anka has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Anka working the ground and pound from side control.
Anka grinds an elbow into Ripper's temple.
Anka landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ripper tries to buck Anka off but Anka is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ripper looks gassed!
Anka working the head with strikes.

Anka tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ripper tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ripper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ripper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ripper takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anka working the body and head with strikes.
Anka working the body and head with strikes.
Anka working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Anka lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ripper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Anka working the ground and pound.
Anka working the body and head with strikes.
Anka moves into full mount!
Anka working the ground and pound effectively.
Anka with the ground and pound from mount.
Anka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Anka blocks Ripper's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ripper is trying desperately to improve position.
Anka working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Anka.
Anka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ripper swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Anka landing strikes from the mount and Ripper is in trouble!
Anka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Anka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ripper is looking to get to half guard.
Anka 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.
Anka scoring with strikes but Ripper is staying in there.
Anka postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ripper looks a forlorn figure.
Ripper is desperately trying to improve his position but Anka has a good base and remains in mount.
Ripper is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anka lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Anka connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
BOOM! Anka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Anka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Anka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Anka misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anka lands a big shot there that rocks Ripper but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Anka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anka avoids the attempt from Ripper to control.
Ripper working to try and regain half guard.
Anka breaks from Ripper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Anka.
Anka lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Anka punching from mount but Ripper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anka scoring with strikes but Ripper is staying in there.
Ripper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Poor strikes thrown by Anka there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ripper is desperately trying to improve his position but Anka has a good base and remains in mount.
Anka looking to finish Ripper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ripper!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Anka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Ripper's cut.
That's time! Anka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ripper is looking to clinch but Anka is avoiding it.
Anka swats away the attempt to clinch by Ripper.
Kalle Anka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ripper shoots in looking for a takedown. Anka tries to sprawl out of it but Ripper keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Anka manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Anka throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ripper.

Anka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ripper is trying to force a seperation but Anka has the dominant position.
Anka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ripper can do to turn this around?
Anka lands an elbow that stopped Ripper in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Jack Ripper's cut even more.
Anka lands an elbow just above Ripper 's eye.
Ripper prevents a takedown attempt there.
Anka changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ripper fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Anka shoots in for a takedown but Ripper shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kalle Anka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ripper darts in and clinches Anka up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Ripper.
Anka misses with a knee strike.
Ripper goes for a takedown attempt but Anka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripper doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Anka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ripper striking off his back but it's not causing Anka any problems.
Anka stopping the sweep attempt from Ripper.
Anka chips away with some ground and pound.
Anka makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Anka wants to pass the guard but Ripper is keeping the position.

Anka drops back looking for a leg! Ripper is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ripper manages to kick Anka off! Anka jumps back into Ripper's guard.
Ripper trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Anka scoring with punches to the head and body.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Anka takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the head but Anka blocks with his arms.

Ripper manages to break the clinch.
Anka doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ripper counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Anka looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Anka is looking for a sweep. Ripper is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anka gets back to full guard.

Anka looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ripper is looking to work some ground and pound but Anka has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ripper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Anka working Ripper over with strikes.
Anka winds up and cracks Ripper with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anka not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ripper is looking to improve his position.
Anka working Ripper over with strikes.
Ripper is looking to improve his position.
Anka working the head and body with strikes.
Anka landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Anka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Ripper moves into the clinch.
Anka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ripper tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Anka smiles and moves away.

Ripper gets a clinch.
Ripper lands a left hand.
Ripper managing to block the knees to the body from Anka.
Anka lands a knee to the head.

Ripper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripper wants to clinch.

Anka closes the distance and pushes Ripper back into the cage.
Anka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ripper gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Anka wants a takedown but no success here.
Ripper has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Anka is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ripper looking to stall.
Ripper gets underhooks to prevent Anka's takedown attempt.
Anka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ripper prevents it.
Ripper blocks the elbow strike.
Anka misses with an elbow over the top.
Anka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripper prevents a takedown attempt there.

Ripper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anka fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Ripper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Anka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Ripper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ripper is looking to clinch but Anka is avoiding it.
Anka fails to land the takedown.

Anka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Anka preventing the sweep.
Ripper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ripper controls Anka momentarily but Anka frees himself.
Anka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anka is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ripper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Anka.
Ripper trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ripper has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anka tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ripper counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Anka missing with punches from the bottom.
Ripper looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anka is defending against the submission attempts here by Ripper.
Ripper missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Anka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Anka striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Anka striking from the bottom here.
Ripper tries to stand but Anka is controlling from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A slapping body kick lands there for Anka.
Anka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ripper sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anka somewhat.

Ripper moves into range and clinches up with Anka.

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.
Ripper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anka has Ripper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ripper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kalle Anka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ripper wants a takedown.
Ripper works on Anka's body with a couple of short punches.
Ripper is pressed up against the cage. Anka has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ripper down to the mat. Ripper avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ripper is looking to clinch but Anka is avoiding it.
Anka connects with a jab.
Ripper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anka shoots in for a double leg but Ripper sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Anka shoots for a takedown but Ripper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Anka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Anka tries to keep at a distance but Ripper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ripper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anka lands an elbow inside.
Ripper pushes off an throws an elbow but Anka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ripper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Anka has picked Ripper up - he's going for a ride! Anka dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ripper is trying to stand up here but Anka is controlling him well.
Anka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anka lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ripper misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kalle Anka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anka is nestled in close to Ripper, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ripper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Anka lands strikes from half guard.
Ripper works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ripper has momentary wrist control but Anka slips an elbow through the middle.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Anka fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ripper misses with a takedown attempt - Anka sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anka shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ripper as he jumps to the side.
Ripper closes the distance looking to clinch

so Anka counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anka with a nice head shot there.
Jack Ripper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Anka throwing strikes but missing.
Ripper wants to sweep but no luck.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anka's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anka scoring with some ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Ripper moves into the clinch.

Anka is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Ripper can't fight it off and eventually Anka manages to take the fight to the floor. Ripper looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ripper's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ripper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ripper doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kalle Anka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anka lands a couple of digs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kalle Anka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalle Anka!