PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kabouter Pinnemuts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Anderson
vs
Pinnemuts

176 cm
25
169 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

165 cm
27
165 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Samuel Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kabouter Pinnemuts!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pinnemuts has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Pinnemuts lands with a short shot to the head.

Pinnemuts jumps guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Pinnemuts is pulling down on Anderson's head to control his posture.
Anderson won't allow Pinnemuts to sweep him here.
Anderson wants to get up but he can't break Pinnemuts's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pinnemuts pulls Anderson in close to prevent any damage.
Pinnemuts lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Anderson!
Anderson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Anderson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Anderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pinnemuts on the ground.
Pinnemuts fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinnemuts breaks from Anderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pinnemuts scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Anderson?
Pinnemuts landing shots from mount.
Pinnemuts working the ground and pound effectively.
Pinnemuts lands a big shot there that rocks Anderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Anderson is trying to stand.
Pinnemuts lands a heavy elbow.
Anderson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pinnemuts trying to control but Anderson is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Pinnemuts.
Pinnemuts controlling his opponent.
Pinnemuts punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinnemuts working Anderson over with strikes here.
Pinnemuts postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Anderson looks a forlorn figure.
Pinnemuts has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Pinnemuts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinnemuts with the ground and pound from mount.
Anderson is trying to stand.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Pinnemuts lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pinnemuts postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Anderson looks a forlorn figure.
Pinnemuts in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Anderson is rocked!
Pinnemuts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anderson is looking to escape.
Pinnemuts looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson bucks Pinnemuts off and manages to get back to his feet!
Anderson misses with a double jab.
Pinnemuts misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pinnemuts scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
A right-left combo lands from Pinnemuts.
Samuel Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pinnemuts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pinnemuts takes one on the button.
A slow jab from Pinnemuts misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Pinnemuts.
Pinnemuts looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Pinnemuts lands with an uppercut that bounces Anderson off the cage and back into range.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinnemuts misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Pinnemuts drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Pinnemuts prevents Anderson from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Anderson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pinnemuts takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Pinnemuts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pinnemuts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Pinnemuts fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Anderson, pushing him back against the cage.

Pinnemuts's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pinnemuts has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.

Pinnemuts jumps into guard, dragging Anderson to the mat.
Pinnemuts is adopting a defensive guard.
Anderson wanted to stand there but Pinnemuts had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kabouter Pinnemuts dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Pinnemuts clinches.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.

Pinnemuts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Pinnemuts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pinnemuts takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Pinnemuts avoids nicely.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.

Pinnemuts moves into the clinch.
Pinnemuts lands with a left to the head.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch but Pinnemuts keeps him there for the moment.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Pinnemuts manages to break the clinch.
Pinnemuts lands a lovely overhand right.
Pinnemuts tries to score a power double leg takedown but Anderson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pinnemuts somewhat.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Pinnemuts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson throws a right hand that Pinnemuts ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinnemuts also avoids with ease.

Anderson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinnemuts prevents Anderson from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pinnemuts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pinnemuts trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson wants to stand up but Pinnemuts is controlling him.
Pinnemuts throws a big right hand that misses.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Pinnemuts from controlling successfully.
Pinnemuts throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Pinnemuts stops Anderson from standing up.
Kabouter Pinnemuts has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pinnemuts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pinnemuts scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinnemuts forces his way into half guard.
Pinnemuts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pinnemuts lands with a punch from half guard.
Anderson is trying to stand back up but Pinnemuts is controlling him
Pinnemuts throwing shots but Anderson is blocking nicely.

Anderson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pinnemuts clinches up against the cage.
Pinnemuts lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Pinnemuts has hold of one of Anderson's legs. Anderson is fighting the takedown attempt but Pinnemuts gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pinnemuts pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anderson is keeping the position for now.
Pinnemuts scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pinnemuts trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pinnemuts distracts Anderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pinnemuts with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Pinnemuts is having none of it.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pinnemuts.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Pinnemuts is having none of it.
Pinnemuts landing some decent shots from guard.
Pinnemuts lands a couple of digs.
Pinnemuts wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Pinnemuts makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pinnemuts slips nicely into half guard.
Pinnemuts is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pinnemuts passes to side control.
Pinnemuts taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Pinnemuts working the head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinnemuts working the ground and pound from side control.
Anderson taking a bit of punishment here - Pinnemuts scoring with strikes.
Anderson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pinnemuts has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Pinnemuts cracks Anderson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Anderson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pinnemuts working the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Pinnemuts in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pinnemuts working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kabouter Pinnemuts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Anderson tries to keep at a distance but Pinnemuts has taken the fight into the clinch.

Pinnemuts jumps guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pinnemuts is on top in guard.
Pinnemuts won't allow Anderson to get back to his feet.
Anderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pinnemuts.
Pinnemuts wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.
Pinnemuts stands up over Anderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pinnemuts stops Anderson from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pinnemuts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pinnemuts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pinnemuts throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pinnemuts is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pinnemuts is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pinnemuts drops back looking for a leg! Anderson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Anderson manages to kick Pinnemuts off! Pinnemuts jumps back into Anderson's guard.
Pinnemuts is standing up over Anderson. Anderson looks to escape but Pinnemuts dives into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pinnemuts connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Anderson some visible discomfort.
Pinnemuts lands a nice forearm strike.
Anderson wants to get back to his feet.
Pinnemuts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pinnemuts creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pinnemuts in side control lands a decent elbow.
Anderson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pinnemuts lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Anderson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Samuel Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinnemuts taking a breather here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinnemuts cracks Anderson with a big right hand but Anderson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pinnemuts advances to full mount.
Pinnemuts cracks Anderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pinnemuts lands a big shot there that rocks Anderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Anderson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
BOOM! Pinnemuts connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pinnemuts landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pinnemuts cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pinnemuts raining down shots from the mount!
Pinnemuts landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Oh Anderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinnemuts in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pinnemuts dominating with strikes here.
Anderson really wants to buck Pinnemuts off and get back to his feet.
Anderson is squirming around, avoiding Pinnemuts's attempts to control the action.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Pinnemuts sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pinnemuts scoring with strikes but Anderson is staying in there.
Pinnemuts tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.
Pinnemuts lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pinnemuts with the ground and pound from mount.
Pinnemuts lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinnemuts unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinnemuts looking to finish Anderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Anderson!

Pinnemuts is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Anderson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Anderson is trying to stand up.
The referee warns Anderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Anderson wants to get back to his feet.
Pinnemuts connects with a bit shot that sees Anderson covering up! More strikes from Pinnemuts and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Pinnemuts is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kabouter Pinnemuts!