PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ketsuno Anajo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anajo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ghostbusters. Ketsuno Anajo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anajo
vs
Byrne

174 cm
18
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Core Tokyo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ketsuno Anajo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne tries to close the distance and clinch but Anajo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Byrne is looking to clinch.
Byrne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byrne misses with the combination.

Anajo clinches up with Byrne and pushes him back against the ropes.
Anajo lands an uppercut.
Byrne throws a punch but it's blocked by Anajo.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Anajo lands with a left to the head.
Anajo lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Anajo.
Anajo dodges an elbow strike from Byrne.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anajo.
Anajo gets through Byrne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anajo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anajo lands a hook that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
Anajo slowing the pace effectively.
Byrne tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Anajo smiles and moves away.
Anajo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Byrne paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne tries to clinch
and Anajo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anajo is stalling here.
Byrne tries to break free but Anajo pushes him back against the ropes.
Anajo lands an uppercut.
Byrne working aggressively here.
Anajo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anajo scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byrne.
Byrne throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Anajo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anajo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Byrne tries to break free but Anajo pushes him back against the ropes.
Byrne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byrne should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Byrne fails to pull guard.
Byrne misses with some punches.

Anajo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anajo jabs at Byrne's body.
Byrne looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anajo finds it's way round the side to connect with Byrne's head.
Ketsuno Anajo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Byrne tries to keep at a distance but Anajo has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Anajo.
Anajo digs a right hand underneath Byrne's ribcage. Byrne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anajo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anajo has Byrne pushed against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Byrne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anajo lands a shot to the body.
Anajo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anajo lands a body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anajo.
Anajo pushes Byrne back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anajo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anajo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Byrne up against the ropes.
Anajo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
Come on Anajo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Anajo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anajo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Anajo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byrnes head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anajo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anajo.
Anajo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
Nice body punch from Anajo - that landed with a thud.
Come on Anajo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hook to the body lands for Anajo.
Byrne has a couple of punches blocked by Anajo.
Byrne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Anajo lands a right hand.
Anajo taking a breather.
Anajo gets through Byrne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anajo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anajo leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Anajo cracks Byrne with a nice body shot.
Anajo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Byrne.
Anajo holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Anajo scores with a shoulder strike.
Anajo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Anajo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anajo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anajo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anajo lands a body shot in the clinch.

Anajo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Anajo moves into range and clinches up with Byrne.
Byrne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byrne misses with a punch on the inside.
Byrne letting Anajo take a breather here.
Byrne misses with a punch on the inside.
Anajo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anajo pushes Byrne back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anajo is struggling to control the position.
A nice left hand lands by Anajo.
Byrne misses with some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anajo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Anajo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anajo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Anajo takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ketsuno Anajo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anajo moves into range and clinches up with Byrne.
Nice body punch from Anajo.
Anajo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Anajo scores with a hook to the body.
Anajo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anajo lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anajo.
Ketsuno Anajo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anajo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Anajo taking a breather.
Anajo scores with a hook to the body.
Anajo stalling in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Anajo as the two fighters clinch.
Anajo working Byrne over with knees to the body.
Anajo just leaning against Byrne, taking a breather.
Anajo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Byrne is breathing heavily.
Anajo lands a body punch.
Anajo taking a breather.
Anajo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byrnes head.
Anajo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anajo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anajo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Byrne counters with a series of strikes. Anajo will be more careful next time no doubt.

Anajo closes the distance and clinches.
Anajo presses Byrne against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Anajo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Anajo slowing the pace effectively.
A short uppercut from Anajo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anajo.
Anajo is struggling to control the position.
Anajo scores with a shot to the side of Byrne's head.
Anajo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Byrne can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from Anajo - that landed with a thud.
Anajo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anajo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anajo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Anajo on the inside.
Anajo lands a right hand.
Anajo stalling in the clinch.
Byrne throws a punch but it's blocked by Anajo.
Byrne is looking to control Anajo's arms but Anajo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Byrne has his back to the ropes.
Anajo gets through Byrne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anajo lands a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Anajo.
Anajo gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byrne.
Byrne wants to stall.
Anajo digs a right hand underneath Byrne's ribcage. Byrne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anajo lands with a right to the head.
Anajo lands an elbow inside.
Anajo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anajo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Anajo.
Anajo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anajo is working Byrne over against the ropes.

Anajo breaks the clinch.
Byrne walks into a straight right hand from Anajo.

Anajo forces Byrne back against the ropes and clinches.
Anajo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Anajo digs a right hand underneath Byrne's ribcage. Byrne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anajo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Anajo.
Anajo presses Byrne against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Anajo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Anajo.
Anajo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Byrne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Anajo.
Anajo has Byrne pushed against the ropes.
Byrne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Anajo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Anajo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anajo.
Anajo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byrnes head.
The referee calls for Anajo to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ketsuno Anajo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anajo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Anajo instigates a clinch.
Anajo has Byrne pushed against the ropes.
Byrne takes an elbow to the temple.
Byrne being controlled against the ropes.
Anajo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Anajo - that landed with a thud.
Anajo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byrne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A shot in the inside from Anajo.
Anajo stalling in the clinch.
Anajo cracks Byrne with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anajo lands a shot to the body.
The referee calls for Anajo to work.
Anajo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Byrne or not.

Anajo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anajo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Anajo misses with a hook. Byrne ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ketsuno Anajo dominated that second round.
That's time! Anajo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Anajo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Anajo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Byrne.
Anajo misses with a head kick.
Byrne throws a leg kick
and Anajo counters with a one-two to the body.
Byrne throws a nice looking combination but Anajo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anajo misses with a two punch combination.
Anajo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Byrne closes the distance but Anajo moves to the side
and Anajo counters with a leg kick.
Byrne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anajo forces Byrne back against the ropes and clinches.
Byrne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anajo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Byrne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anajo.
Anajo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anajo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Anajo lands a body shot.

Anajo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Anajo closes the distance and clinches.
Anajo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byrnes head.
Byrne is trying to break free.
A right hook to the body lands for Anajo.
Anajo leaning his opponent against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Anajo.
A short right from Anajo.
Anajo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
Anajo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anajo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anajo landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Anajo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anajo lands a head kick!
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!
Anajo throws a leg kick that misses.
Anajo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Byrne's sensitive parts.
Byrne clinches but Anajo breaks the clinch
letting Anajo counter with a right hand.
Anajo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anajo.
Anajo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Anajo forces Byrne back against the ropes and clinches.
Anajo is working Byrne over against the ropes.
Anajo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Anajo lands a shot to the body.
Anajo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Anajo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Anajo.
Anajo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anajo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Anajo.
The referee calls for Anajo to work.
Nice elbow from Anajo.
Anajo scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anajo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ketsuno Anajo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anajo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anajo digs a right hand underneath Byrne's ribcage. Byrne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anajo lands a nice uppercut.
Anajo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Simon Byrne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anajo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anajo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Anajo presses Byrne against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Anajo is struggling to control the position.
Anajo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anajo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Anajo lands with a right to the head.
Anajo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
Anajo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
A short left from Anajo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Anajo.
A frustrated look appears on Byrne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Anajo.
Anajo scores with a hook to the body.
Come on Anajo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ketsuno Anajo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anajo 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:24
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:24
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ketsuno Anajo!