PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Ku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Cant be touched. Leo Anderson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Anderson
vs
Ku

188 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leo Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Ku!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ku scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alex Ku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ku looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Anderson throws a series of punches but Ku avoids them all with ease.
Anderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ku was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Ku keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Ku, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ku will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ku throws a combination. Anderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ku misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anderson tries a low kick but Ku avoids it.
Ku scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ku lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ku.
Ku misses with a double jab

and Anderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ku.
Ku displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ku swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Ku.
Ku lands a jab-cross combination.
Ku throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
Ku swinging wildly here.
Ku misses with a combination

and Anderson counters by clinching up.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Ku's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anderson prevents Ku from breaking the clinch.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.

Anderson manages to pull guard.
Anderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ku is one step ahead there.

Anderson wriggles free and stands up.
Ku misses with a double jab

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
Anderson won't allow Ku to get back to his feet.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ku swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ku controls Anderson momentarily but Anderson frees himself.
Ku throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ku trying to strike off his back.
Ku wants to get back to his feet but Anderson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ku is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ku controls Anderson momentarily but Anderson frees himself.
Anderson stands up over Ku, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anderson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

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.
Ku trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ku's guard.
Ku wants to get back to his feet.
Ku is pressing down on Anderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Ku is keeping the position.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Ku keeps moving.
Ku can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Anderson controls the pace.

Ku pushes Anderson off and scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Anderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ku lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Ku throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anderson counters with a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Ku stuffs the takedown.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ku throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ku displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anderson.
Ku lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ku gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A left and a right from Ku both land. Nice combination.
Ku throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Ku misses.
Ku misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ku falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Ku scores with a three punch combo!
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Ku pushes him off.
Ku looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ku.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Ku shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leo Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ku throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Anderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ku misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ku misses with a wild combination.
Ku rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Ku.
Ku slips a straight right by Anderson.
Ku is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's two 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.
Ku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ku scores with a one two! Anderson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Leo Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Good work by Ku as he checks the leg kick.
Ku lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ku!
Ku misses with the combination.
Anderson scores with a nice right hand.
Ku throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anderson counters with a three punch combo that has Ku backing up. Ku nods at Anderson to acknowledge the strikes.
Ku looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ku misses with a two punch combination.
Ku looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Ku swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Anderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ku is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anderson is keeping busy.
Ku wants to break free but Anderson has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson has Ku pressed against the cage, preventing Ku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ku wants to break free but Anderson has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Anderson.
Ku wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson prevents the takedown attempt.
Ku is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.
Ku is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Ku manages to break the clinch.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Ku avoids them all with ease.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ku.
Ku falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a left and a right that stings Ku.
Ku throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anderson counters with a good, hard body kick but Ku shrugs it off.
A combination from Ku does no damage.
Ku misses with a jab, cross combination.

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.
Ku misses with a combination

and Anderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ku's efforts to push away.
Ku wants to break free but Anderson has control.
Ku jumps guard but Anderson stands there with Ku around his waist. Ku gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ku wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ku's efforts to push away.
Ku tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ku is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ku has his back to the cage.
Ku has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Anderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Anderson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Anderson trying to control the position here.
Anderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ku's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Anderson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

No joy there for Ku, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anderson scores with a one two! Ku had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Anderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ku gets full guard.
Ku wants to sweep but no luck.

Ku pushes Anderson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Ku lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ku.
Ku dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ku throws a right and a left that Anderson avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ku swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Anderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ku has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ku can't break the clinch.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Ku wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.

Anderson pulls guard.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ku being controlled here momentarily.
Anderson looking to control.

Ku gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A punch combination from Ku misses.
Ku throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Ku does no damage.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Ku circles away.
Ku misses with the combination.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ku looks to land a combination. Anderson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A combination from Ku does no damage.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Ku pushes him off.
Anderson lands a two punch combo.
Ku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ku lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ku.
Ku lands a jab-cross combination.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ku counters with a series of strikes. Anderson will be more careful next time no doubt.

Anderson moves into the clinch.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ku misses with a double jab
and Anderson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ku throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Ku pushes him off.
Ku misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ku.
Ku misses with a double jab.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ku.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Ku keeps it at a distance.

Anderson moves into the clinch.
Ku wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Ku wants to break free but Anderson has control.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.

That's four 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.
Ku fails to land with a series of punches.
Ku throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ku misses with a double jab
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ku misses with the combination.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Ku looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Ku.
Ku lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Ku moves out of range.
Ku swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ku showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Alex Ku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leo Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anderson 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

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