PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between William Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Clouds over Califorina-Devil Driver kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! William Christopher could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Logan Anderson's chin.

Christopher
vs
Anderson

185 cm
21
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Christopher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Logan Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Christopher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anderson prevents a takedown attempt there.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Christopher.
Christopher tries for a takedown but Anderson circles away easily
and Anderson counters with a thumping low kick.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Christopher wants to clinch

and Anderson moves into the clinch.
Christopher is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Anderson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Christopher. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Christopher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Christopher goes for a takedown attempt but Anderson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Anderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Christopher. Christopher gets slowly back to his feet.
Anderson is looking to clinch.

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Anderson stalling.
Christopher tries to pull guard but Anderson won't allow it.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Anderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anderson stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Logan Anderson.
Anderson tries to clinch but Christopher moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Christopher.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Anderson breaks the clinch.
Christopher throws a head kick that misses.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Christopher.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Christopher looking to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Christopher - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christopher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Anderson gets a clinch.
Christopher managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Christopher tries to pull guard but Anderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Christopher drops back down to his feet.
Christopher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson taking a breather.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Anderson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Anderson has Christopher up against the cage in a clinch.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Christopher fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Anderson sprawls well initially but Christopher persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Anderson is trying to stand up here but Christopher is controlling him well.
Christopher throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anderson is refusing to be controlled, as Christopher sits in half guard.
Christopher missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of William Christopher.

Christopher scores with a takedown into Anderson's guard.
Christopher is pushing down on Anderson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Anderson is fighting to maintain full guard but Christopher has managed to sneak the leg through.
Christopher is keen to just control but Anderson is a slippery customer.
Anderson tries to kick Christopher off but Christopher keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because William Christopher wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Anderson takes the fight into the clinch.

Christopher breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christopher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Logan Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.

Christopher tries to keep at a distance but Anderson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Christopher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Anderson walks away with a smile on his face. Christopher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Christopher is defended easily by Anderson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Anderson misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Christopher keeps it at a distance.
Christopher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Anderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Christopher tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Christopher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christopher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Christopher prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson slowing the pace effectively.
Christopher fails to pull guard.
Anderson tries a body shot but Christopher blocks it.
Christopher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Anderson pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Christopher tries to pull guard but Anderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Christopher drops back down to his feet.
The referee is keeping an eye on Anderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that William Christopher will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Anderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Christopher managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Christopher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson stalling in the clinch.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Christopher's head.

It looks like William Christopher has been cut.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Christopher keeps the fight on the outside.

Anderson drives through and clinches with Christopher against the cage.
Christopher changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Anderson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Christopher throws a head kick that misses
and Anderson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Christopher's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Anderson breaks the clinch.

Anderson has Christopher up against the cage in a clinch.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
William Christopher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christopher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anderson. Anderson obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters circling a little - Anderson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Anderson clinches.
Anderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Anderson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Anderson as Christopher shoots in.
Christopher ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Christopher circles away quickly and effectively.

Anderson moves into the clinch.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Christopher, pushing him back against the cage.
Anderson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Christopher tries to pull guard but Anderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Christopher drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Christopher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Anderson's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Christopher shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anderson as he avoids it easily.

Anderson clinches.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anderson.
Anderson throws a nice head kick!
Logan Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Anderson takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christopher blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:30

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