PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeff Howard will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Anderson
vs
Howard

188 cm
24
190 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

168 cm
27
182 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Howard!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Anderson stands up over Howard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.
Anderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Anderson.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson stands up over Howard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Howard keeping full guard, as Anderson tries to pass.
Anderson stands up over Howard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anderson landing with the ground and pound.
Howard is trying to keep Anderson in close.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anderson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Anderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Howard has wrist control.
Anderson chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Anderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Howard's head.
Anderson passes Howard's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Howard looks gassed!
Anderson winds up and cracks Howard with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anderson working Howard over with strikes.
Howard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anderson.
Howard wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.
Howard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Anderson is nestled in close to Howard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Anderson there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anderson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Anderson slips a nice elbow through Howard's hands, connecting with Howard's forehead.
Anderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Anderson is nestled in close to Howard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Howard has hold of Anderson's hands but Anderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Anderson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Anderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Anderson is nestled in close to Howard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Anderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Anderson.
Anderson working over Howard with some ground and pound. Howard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a punch from half guard.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Howard's head.
Anderson lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Anderson there.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Anderson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Howard has hold of Anderson's hands but Anderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anderson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Anderson is nestled in close to Howard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Howard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Anderson there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Anderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Anderson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anderson working Howard over with strikes.
Anderson 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.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Howard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Anderson winds up and cracks Howard with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Anderson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anderson slips a nice elbow through Howard's hands, connecting with Howard's forehead.
Howard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Anderson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Anderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Anderson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ground and pound from Anderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Anderson dominated that round.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Anderson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Howard's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anderson is in close to Howard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Anderson is in close to Howard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Anderson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howard can do to turn this around?
Anderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Anderson works over Howard with some ground and pound from guard.
Anderson with a nice head shot there.
Greg Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anderson distracts Howard with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anderson with a nice head shot there.
Anderson working some strikes from top position.
Howard is breathing heavily.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Anderson chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson working some strikes from top position.
Anderson chips away with some ground and pound.
Howard trying to control the position.
Anderson working some strikes from top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Anderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anderson chips away with some ground and pound.
Howard has momentary wrist control but Anderson slips an elbow through the middle.
Anderson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Anderson stands up over Howard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anderson is working Howard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Anderson works over Howard with some ground and pound from guard.

Anderson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Anderson seems to have locked his on tight now - Howard screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Anderson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Greg Anderson!