PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silva Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Pasanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by u can't win. Lauri Pasanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Pasanen

195 cm
21
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
188 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silva Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lauri Pasanen!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pasanen cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Anderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pasanen doesn't seem bothered though.
Pasanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Pasanen.
Anderson defending well as Pasanen loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pasanen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Anderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pasanen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Pasanen.
Pasanen misses with a hook
and Anderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pasanen.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pasanen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pasanen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pasanen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Pasanen is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Anderson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Anderson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Anderson tries to lock up and control but Pasanen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pasanen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pasanen lands a nice shot to the head.
Anderson can't escape the position.
Pasanen lands a heavy elbow.
Pasanen punching from mount but Anderson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pasanen working for a guillotine from mount but Anderson is in no mood to give up.

Pasanen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Anderson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Pasanen misses with a head shot.
Pasanen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.

Pasanen working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pasanen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pasanen avoids the attempt from Anderson to control.
Anderson taking shots to the head.
Anderson can't escape the position.
Pasanen landing shots from mount.
Pasanen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Anderson because Pasanen loaded up on that one.
Anderson is trying to escape the mount.
Pasanen landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Pasanen scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Pasanen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anderson hang on?

Anderson is rocked!
Pasanen thowing shots but they're missing.
Pasanen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Anderson?

Pasanen is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Anderson has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Anderson!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pasanen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anderson manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pasanen manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Pasanen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pasanen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pasanen blocks a leg kick.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pasanen.
Pasanen's corner calls for a 1-2. Pasanen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pasanen misses with a shot to the body
and Anderson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pasanen's knee momentarily.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pasanen.
Anderson slips under a jab from Pasanen.
Pasanen tries to work over Anderson's front leg with a kick but Anderson checks it.
Pasanen lands a nice looking body shot.
Pasanen checks a low kick from Anderson.
Pasanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson throws a leg kick which misses Pasanen's front leg but catches the back leg as Pasanen tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Anderson.

It looks like Lauri Pasanen has been cut.
Pasanen misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pasanen's knee momentarily.
Pasanen throws a low kick but Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson misses with a kick to the body.
Pasanen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pasanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson lands a head kick!
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Pasanen counters with a nice body shot.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pasanen.
Silva Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Pasanen avoids the body shot from Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Anderson. Those never looked like landing.
Pasanen throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Anderson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Pasanen.
Pasanen throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pasanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pasanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Pasanen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pasanen shoots in for a double leg but Anderson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Anderson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pasanen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pasanen advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Pasanen has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Pasanen landing shots from mount.
Anderson tries to lock up and control but Pasanen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pasanen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Pasanen goes for an armbar but Anderson turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Anderson.
Pasanen will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Anderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pasanen 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 crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pasanen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Anderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Anderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lauri Pasanen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pasanen misses with a left hand
and Anderson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pasanen misses with a combination
and Anderson counters with a right hand to the body.
Pasanen fails with the takedown.
Anderson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Pasanen is just out of range.
Pasanen misses with a jab to the body
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pasanen misses with a jab to the body
and Anderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pasanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pasanen avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Pasanen misses with a hook
and Anderson counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pasanen is out of range and Anderson settles back down.
Lauri Pasanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pasanen lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasanen throws a good cross that connects.
Pasanen wants to slow Anderson down by chopping away at his legs.
Pasanen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Anderson.
Pasanen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Anderson tries to avoid it but Pasanen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Anderson to the ground. Anderson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Pasanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson wants to land a leg kick but Pasanen is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anderson, right into the meat.
Nice straight punches there by Anderson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Anderson.
Pasanen throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Anderson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Anderson lands a nice shot that snaps Pasanen's head back.

That has opened up Lauri Pasanen's cut even more.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pasanen.
Pasanen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pasanen throws a sloppy body shot
and Anderson counters with an inside leg 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!
Pasanen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Andersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Pasanen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Anderson is trying to defend but Pasanen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pasanen wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
Pasanen trying to control from Anderson's half guard. Anderson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Anderson pulls Pasanen in close to prevent any damage.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Pasanen from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to hit a switch here but Pasanen passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Anderson there!

Anderson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pasanen.
Anderson is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pasanen raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Anderson wants to control but Pasanen is having none of it.
Pasanen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Anderson?
Pasanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pasanen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anderson hang on?
Pasanen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pasanen controlling the position easily from mount.
Pasanen throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silva 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

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