PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zak Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Little Evil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Testament - D/N/R. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Anderson
vs
Evil

170 cm
23
158 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

173 cm
23
149 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Chainsaw Shack - dress for less
KAISER

Syndicate Drugs

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zak Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Little Evil!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Evil defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anderson.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Evil gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Anderson counters with a left and a right that stings Evil.
Evil lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Evil throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Evil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Evil sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Anderson somewhat.
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Evil to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Zak Anderson has been cut.
Anderson with a poor takedown
and Evil counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zak Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evil.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Evil swinging wildly here.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Evil does no damage.

Evil shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Anderson is trying to maintain the position but Evil is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Evil is looking for a kimura but Anderson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evil to get the leverage.
Evil tries to pass to full mount but Anderson defends it.
Evil wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.
Anderson trying to hold on to Evil's head to control him but Evil postures up.
Evil looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Evil looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evil prevents Anderson from improving his position.
Anderson trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Evil wants to control but instead Anderson manages to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Evil is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evil wants to pass the guard but Anderson is defending well.
Anderson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Anderson looking to control.
Evil throwing strikes but missing.
Anderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Evil's guard.

Evil is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Evil is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anderson is aware though and is defending well.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Evil is keeping the position for now.
Anderson postures up in Evil's guard and throws a big left but Evil blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evil keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson preventing the sweep.
Evil is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Evil throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Anderson escapes and throws Evil's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Evil tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Anderson wants to control the pace but Evil is squirming around nicely.
Anderson working Evil over with strikes here.

Anderson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Evil has worked his arm free - good work by Evil!
Anderson wants to control but Evil is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Little Evil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zak Anderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Evil with a poor takedown
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Evil lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Evil throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evil lands with a shot to the body.
Evil misses with a looping left.
Evil misses with a left hand

and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control.
Evil manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Anderson wants to control but Evil is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Evil is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anderson is looking to improve his position.
Evil is keen to just control but Anderson is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to control Evil's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anderson avoid being mounted?
Evil prevents Anderson from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Evil is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Anderson defends it well.
Anderson is refusing to be controlled, as Evil sits in half guard.
Anderson controlling the position well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Evil perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Anderson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Anderson.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Evil from controlling successfully.
Anderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Evil not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Anderson pulls Evil in close to prevent any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Evil misses with a jab to the body
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Evil shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Anderson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evil trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Evil might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Anderson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Evil looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Little Evil hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Anderson dives in and grabs Evil's left leg, looking for a takedown. Evil pushes down on Anderson's head and hops out.
Evil tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.

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.
Anderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Evil's head.
Evil has his takedown stuffed
and Evil takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good exchange - Evil coming out on top.
Evil is looking to clinch.
Evil misses with a double jab

and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control.
Evil tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Anderson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Evil keeps working.
Evil is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Anderson off and has taken his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evil struggling to keep hold of the position.
Anderson turns into Evil and is now in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Anderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zak Anderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Evil falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Anderson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Anderson in particular looking to stall.
Anderson throwing shots but Evil is blocking nicely.
Evil works his way to full guard. Good work.
Evil preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Evil has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Anderson is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Evil.

Anderson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Anderson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Evil stops Anderson from passing to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evil struggling a bit here.
Zak Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Evil gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Evil looking for subs from the bottom but Anderson mounts him!
Evil keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Anderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Evil is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Evil wants to control but Anderson is having none of it.
Evil is looking to get to half guard.
Anderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Evil tries to hold on but Anderson postures up.
Evil is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson landing shots from mount.
Anderson tries to push Evil's head away but Evil is holding on tight.
Anderson with a couple of short strikes.
Evil tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Anderson unloading with bombs!
Anderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Anderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evil is looking to escape.
Evil manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Anderson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Evil to regain full guard.
Anderson advances position into side control!
Evil is looking to reverse the position.
Evil wants to control but Anderson postures up.
Evil gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Anderson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Evil controlling the position well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zak 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

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