PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alen Delon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delon's entrance music is Prayer Of The Refugee. A fine choice. Alen Delon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Delon
vs
Anderson

185 cm
24
204 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

183 cm
26
198 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
STEEL PENN'S - STEEL TERROR: Video Proven 160Q

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alen Delon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson wants to slow Delon down by chopping away at his legs.
Delon throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson dips to his left and cracks Delon with an uppercut!
Delon 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.
Delon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anderson lands a nice looking body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Delon is defended easily by Anderson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alen Delon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Delon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Delon quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Delon wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Anderson trying to control from half guard but Delon is working away.
Anderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Delon defending well though.
Delon missing with punches from the bottom.
Delon is trying to stand back up but Anderson is controlling him
Delon manages to get to full guard.
Delon controls Anderson momentarily but Anderson frees himself.
Delon manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Anderson is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delon wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.
Anderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Delon wants to control but Anderson has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson is trying to stand.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Delon wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
Delon throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Anderson to regain full guard.
Delon throws a big elbow that misses.
Delon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delon postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Delon postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Delon won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
Delon trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Delon throws a big elbow that misses.
Delon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Delon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Delon trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Delon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Delon prevents Anderson from getting back to his feet.
Delon throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Delon postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Delon lands a couple of digs.
Delon tries to free his leg and advance position but Anderson is retaining full guard.
Delon throws a big right hand that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delon looking to pass the guard.
Delon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson wants to stand up but Delon is controlling him.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alen Delon dominated that round.
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.

Anderson swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Delon has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Delon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Anderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delons head.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Delon avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Delon.
Anderson tries a body shot but Delon blocks it.
Anderson is leaning against Delon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Delon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Anderson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Delon is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Anderson is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alen Delon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Delon controls his hands.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Delon's head.
Delon prevents a body shot from Anderson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson landing knees to the head.

It looks like Alen Delon has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delon wants to take the fight to the mat but Anderson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A hook to the body from Anderson.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
Delon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Anderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Delon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Delon blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollo Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Delon gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Anderson.
Anderson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Delon.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Delon has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anderson after a bit of a struggle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.

Anderson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Anderson winds up and cracks Delon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Anderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Delon defending well though.
Delon has hold of Anderson's hands but Anderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.

Delon kicks Anderson off and gets back to his feet.
Anderson throws out a leg kick but Delon moves out of range and Anderson only half commits.
Anderson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Anderson wants to land a leg kick but Delon is out of range.
Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Anderson instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson gets through Delon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Delon.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Anderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Delon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Delon controls his hands.

Delon has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Anderson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Delon keeps control of the position as Anderson tries to break free.
Anderson turns into Delon and is now in his guard.
Anderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Delon looking for a sweep. Not yet Delon, not yet.
Anderson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Delon's head.
Delon 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.
Delon is working hard here to advance position.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Delon is retaining full guard.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Delon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Delon is looking to sweep but instead, Anderson has passed into half guard.
Delon makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Delon.
Anderson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alen Delon's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Anderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Delon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delon.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Delon controls the action.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Delon controls his hands.
Delon tries to score a body lock takedown but Anderson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Delon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Anderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson tries to work over Delon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by Anderson.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delon takes a shot to the head.
Anderson pushes Delon back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson digs a right hand into Delon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Delon's gas tank.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anderson.
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!
Anderson pushes Delon back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Delon is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alen Delon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson works on Delon's body with a couple of short punches.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Anderson wants the takedown. Delon is fighting it off but Anderson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Delon's guard against the ropes.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Delon keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Anderson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Delon is looking to stand back up but Anderson counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Delon.
Apollo Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson wants to pass to mount but Delon is defending the position.
Delon wants to get back to full guard.
Well, if Anderson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Delon is looking to improve his position.
Anderson is thwarting Delon's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delon wants to improve his position but Anderson is controlling well.
Anderson is keen to just control but Delon is a slippery customer.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Anderson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Delon kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Anderson wants to land a leg kick but Delon is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anderson, right into the meat.
Anderson thumps Delon with a low kick.
Anderson throws a front kick aimed at Delon's knee but Delon avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Delon down.
Anderson throws a solid leg kick but Delon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Anderson wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Delon checks a leg kick.
Delon swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Delon checks it.
Alen Delon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Delon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Anderson lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Delon under the eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Apollo 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Apollo Anderson!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Apollo Anderson!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Apollo Anderson!

Apollo Anderson wins by unanimous decision!
Apollo Anderson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Seven Sins™, into his post fight interview.