PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mason Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lasse Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Simon Says. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
Kongo

183 cm
27
197 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

170 cm
23
188 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

5th Round
Crippler's Corner

.: AFFAKETION :.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mason Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Kongo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kongo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kongo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kongo takes the fight into the clinch.
Anderson being controlled against the cage.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kongo backwards.
Kongo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kongo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Kongo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kongo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kongo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kongo is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kongo presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Anderson is leaning against Kongo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kongo blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kongo lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kongo.
Kongo cracks Anderson with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Kongo.
Kongo has Anderson pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lasse Kongo.
Kongo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Kongo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo blocks a jab.
Anderson scores with a one two! Kongo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Kongo clinches up against the cage.
Kongo throws a head punch that misses.
Kongo blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Kongo misses with a body punch.
Anderson goes for a takedown attempt but Kongo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kongo is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson throws the left hand but Kongo avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kongo fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Kongo misses.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kongo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Anderson's hands.

Kongo takes the fight into the clinch.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson tries to work over Kongo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kongo wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson takes a swing at Kongo's ribcage but misses.
Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Kongo checks it.
Kongo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Anderson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Anderson controlling the position from side mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kongo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kongo is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lasse Kongo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Anderson drives through and clinches with Kongo against the cage.
Kongo swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kongo is struggling to control the position.
Kongo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anderson or not.
Anderson is working Kongo over against the cage.
Anderson is looking to control Kongo's arms but Kongo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anderson has his back to the cage.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Kongo takes a shot to the head.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Kongo.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson jumps guard but Kongo stands there with Anderson around his waist. Anderson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kongo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Kongo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson stalling against the cage.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Kongo stalling in the clinch.
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Kongo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Kongo controls his hands.
Kongo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kongo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kongo.
Kongo has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Kongo blocks an uppercut.
Kongo misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to stall but Kongo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kongo misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Come on Kongo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kongo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Anderson.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Kongo tries to tie him up.
Kongo misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson stalling in the clinch but Kongo improves position.
Kongo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kongo scores with a shot to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kongo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kongo - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Kongo.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kongo stalling in the clinch.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kongo misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lasse Kongo.
Kongo clinches but Anderson breaks the clinch

and Anderson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kongo's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kongo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Anderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Kongo keeps moving.
Anderson won't allow Kongo to sweep him here.
Anderson content to stall in guard here.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
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 Mason Anderson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Kongo checks the leg kick.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kongo is just out of range.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Kongo moves away and avoids it.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a hook. Kongo ducked under it nicely.
Kongo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Anderson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kongo's knee momentarily.

Kongo has Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Kongo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lasse Kongo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kongo lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Anderson has clasped his hands together around Kongo's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kongo keeps working.
Kongo being controlled for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo is trying to control Anderson's posture but Anderson avoids it.
Anderson trying to control the action but Kongo is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mason Anderson.
Kongo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Anderson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kongo tries to move into range but Anderson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lasse Kongo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kongo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mason Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kongo's sensitive parts.
Anderson scores with a jab.
Anderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Anderson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kongo closes the distance looking to clinch

so Anderson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anderson advances position into side control!
Anderson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Anderson!