PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Held (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loki Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Held's entrance music is pantera - floods. A fine choice. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Loki Andersen enters the cage!

Held
vs
Andersen

175 cm
23
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Held!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Loki Andersen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andersen tries to clinch up.
Held avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andersen misses with a double jab.

Held closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Andersen did well to prevent Held getting side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Andersen pushes Held off and gets back to his feet.
Held throws a quick inside leg kick.

Held is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Andersen's half guard.
Held thows a huge punch but Andersen dodges it nicely.
Held wants to stand but Andersen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Held decides to return to a standing position.

Andersen pushes Held up against the cage in a clinch.
Andersen tries to score a body lock takedown but Held shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen can't break the clinch.
Held blocks the elbow strike.
Held is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andersen is defending well for now.

Andersen pulls Held into guard.
Held pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Andersen is keeping the position for now.

Andersen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Held is aware though and is defending well.
Andersen wants to get back to his feet but Held is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Andersen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Held postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Held throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Andersen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Held postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Held connects with a right hand. Andersen shakes it off.
Andersen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Held showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Andersen.
Andersen tries to clinch up but Held circles away and keeps his distance.
Held connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Andersen fails with the takedown

and Held counters by moving into the clinch.
Andersen looks gassed!
Held avoids the elbow strike from Andersen, against the cage.
Held putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Andersen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Held breaks from the clinch.
Andersen tries to clinch

and Held decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Andersen's guard.
Andersen keeping moving, preventing Held from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Held is looking to work some ground and pound but Andersen has wrist control.
Held throwing strikes but missing.
Held might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Held's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Held trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Held decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Held drives through with a takedown into guard.
Held trying to control but Andersen is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Held accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Held thows a big elbow that misses.
Held is looking to work some ground and pound but Andersen has wrist control.
Andersen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Held.
Andersen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andersen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Andersen keeping moving, preventing Held from controlling successfully.

Held drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Andersen dives on top into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Held dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Andersen misses with a combination

and Held counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Held working hard to break the clinch.
Held lands a body punch.
Held pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Andersen breaks the clinch.
Andersen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Held counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Held.
Andersen keeping moving, preventing Held from controlling successfully.
Held cracks Andersen with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Held stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andersen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Andersen is breathing heavily.
Held is looking to work some ground and pound but Andersen has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Held wants to control from the top but Andersen keeps moving.
Held tries to free his leg and advance position but Andersen is retaining full guard.
Held has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Andersen is proving hard to escape from.
Held trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Andersen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Held counters with a series of strikes. Andersen will be more careful next time no doubt.

Held has closed the distance and engaged Andersen in a clinch.

Held manages to break the clinch.
Andersen misses with a double jab

and Held counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Held stands and steps away. Andersen gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen misses with a double jab

and Held counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Held stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andersen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Held throwing strikes but missing.

Held stands up and waves to Andersen to follow him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Held will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Held lands with a thumping leg kick.
Loki Andersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Held counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Andersen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Held defends it easily.

Held decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bill Held is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Held is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Andersen's half guard.
Andersen wants to control but Held is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Held looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Held is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Andersen regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Held.

Andersen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Held is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Held throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Andersen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Held trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Held controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Held dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Andersen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Held to the mat! Held manages to get full guard.
Held wants to stand but Andersen is controlling the position.
Andersen trying to control but Held is working from the bottom.
Held is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Andersen has gone for a leg lock! Held slips out almost immediately though and dives into Andersen's guard.
Held trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Held tries to free his leg and advance position but Andersen is retaining full guard.
Held postures up.
Held wants to control from the top but Andersen keeps moving.
Held is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Andersen is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Held throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Andersen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Andersen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Held.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Andersen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Held moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Held.
Andersen wants a takedown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Held.
Held pushes Andersen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Andersen is looking to break free of the clinch but Held has double underhooks.
Held holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Andersen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Held breaks from the clinch.

Held closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Andersen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Andersen letting Held take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Held throws a knee to the head but misses.
Held will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Andersen up against the cage.
Held is trying to break the clinch but Andersen has him pressed against the cage.
Held trying to control the position but instead, Andersen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Held into the cage.
Held holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Andersen lands a takedown into guard.

Held is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Andersen defends well.
Andersen wants to control from the top but Held keeps moving.
Andersen sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen wants to control from the top but Held keeps moving.
Held controlling the position.
Andersen is working Held over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Held looking to control.
Andersen trying to control but Held is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Held looking to hit a scissor sweep but Andersen is one step ahead there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Loki Andersen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Held has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Held!