PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ketsuno Anajo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anajo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ghostbusters kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Wayne Andrews could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ketsuno Anajo's chin.

Andrews
vs
Anajo

175 cm
25
143 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

174 cm
21
145 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wayne Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ketsuno Anajo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews blocks a jab.
Anajo's corner calls for a 1-2. Anajo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Anajo.
Andrews walks into a jab.
Anajo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anajo works the jab nicely.
Andrews looks to throw the jab but Anajo is out of range.
Anajo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Andrews takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Andrews avoids the body shot from Anajo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Andrews keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Andrews.
Andrews checks a low kick from Anajo.
Anajo throws an overhand right that lands on Andrews's shoulder, as Andrews tries to avoid the shot.
Andrews defending well as Anajo loads up on a big left hand.
Andrews throws a jab but it's blocked by Anajo.
Ketsuno Anajo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrews throws a lazy uppercut
and Anajo counters with a nice uppercut.
Anajo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ketsuno Anajo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews lands the left hand.
Andrews misses with an uppercut
and Andrews takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anajo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anajo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Andrews misses with a hook.
Andrews misses with a two punch combination.
Anajo connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anajo fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anajo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Andrews.
Anajo tries to clinch but Andrews moves out of range.
Anajo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice takedown defense from Anajo. No joy for Andrews on that attempt.
Anajo moves out of range of the strikes.
Andrews lands with an uppercut that bounces Anajo off the ropes and back into range.

Anajo is rocked!

It looks like Ketsuno Anajo has been cut.
Andrews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anajo thumps Andrews with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrews takes one to the side of the head.
Andrews on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Andrews misses with a body shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Andrews.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anajo is looking to reverse the position.

Andrews tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Andrews has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Andrews tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Andrews goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Anajo rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Andrews's guard! Nice work there by Anajo!
Andrews keeping moving, preventing Anajo from controlling successfully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Andrews had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anajo defends it easily.

Andrews working for a triangle but Anajo defends it easily.
Anajo wants to control from the top but Andrews keeps moving.

Andrews is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anajo is aware though and is defending well.

Andrews looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Andrews looking for a guillotine here but Anajo defends easily.

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

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Anajo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Anajo trying to control the position but Andrews is working away.

Andrews bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
A low kick from Anajo is predictable there
and Andrews counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anajo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Anajo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Andrews to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Andrews working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Andrews has gone for a leg lock! Anajo slips out almost immediately though and dives into Andrews's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Andrews is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Andrews keeping moving, preventing Anajo from controlling successfully.

Andrews is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Anajo defends well.
Anajo trying to control but Andrews is working from the bottom.

Andrews looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Anajo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Andrews throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Andrews being controlled here, momentarily.

Andrews is looking for a triangle but Anajo pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Andrews has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Anajo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anajo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ketsuno Anajo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ketsuno Anajo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Anajo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anajo misses with a wild body shot.
Anajo scores with a jab. Andrews acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Good leg kick by Anajo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anajo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Andrews at a distance.
Andrews loads up on a big right hand but Anajo slips the punch.
Anajo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anajo lands a jab.
Anajo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anajo throws a leg kick but Andrews checks it.
Anajo connects with a solid leg kick.
Anajo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ketsuno Anajo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anajo tries to score with a low kick but Andrews moves his leg out of the way.
Anajo lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anajo cracks the inside of Andrews's front leg.
A big right from Anajo misses.
Andrews keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anajo moves out of range as Andrews strikes.
Anajo connects with a body shot that sends Andrews's belly button to the back.
Anajo tests Andrews's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anajo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Andrews to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anajo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Andrews's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anajo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Andrews scrambles back to his feet.
Andrews misses with an uppercut.
Andrews swings away with a body shot that misses
and Anajo counters with an inside leg kick.
Anajo lands a jab to Andrews's midsection.
Anajo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anajo catches Andrews with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anajo throws a jab when Andrews was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anajo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andrews.
Andrews is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Andrews shoots for a double leg takedown but Anajo sprawls well. He's pushed Andrews's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Anajo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Andrews.
Andrews throws the left hand but Anajo avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Anajo.
Anajo lunges at Andrews with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Andrews's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anajo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Andrews is rocked!
Andrews looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Anajo lands a nice hook to Andrews's body. Andrews takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Andrews takes a jab right on the kisser.
Oh Andrews is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Andrews tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Anajo swivels and escapes.
Anajo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Andrews.
Andrews swings widly with a right hand
and Anajo counters with a right hand to the body.
Anajo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Andrews. Andrews circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Andrews takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anajo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Andrews. That did some damage!
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 scores with a punch to the head.
Anajo digs a good body shot into Andrews's ribs.
Anajo thumps Andrews with a low kick.
Andrews walks straight into a right hand from Anajo - that's dropped him! Anajo jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Andrews from any more punishment! Andrews complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ketsuno Anajo!