PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Becker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Becker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Justus Köhncke - Timecode kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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
Becker

183 cm
26
198 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

187 cm
28
186 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Becker!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Becker takes a kick to the side of the head.
Anderson cracks the inside of Becker's front leg.
Apollo Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Becker has his takedown stuffed
and Anderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson misses with a body punch

and Becker counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Becker being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Becker is having none of it.
Becker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Becker preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson wants to stand up but Becker is controlling him.
Becker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Anderson is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Anderson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anderson tries a body shot but Becker blocks it.
Anderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Becker tries for a takedown but Anderson manages to get underhooks.
Apollo Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Becker.
Becker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Anderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Becker is working for takedown but Anderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Becker looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Becker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Becker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Anderson is defending well.
A hook to the body from Anderson.
A short right from Anderson.
Becker fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Anderson.
Becker blocking some punches.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Becker backwards.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Becker's ribcage. Becker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Becker is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Becker tries for a takedown but Anderson manages to get underhooks.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Anderson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Becker.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Anderson.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Anderson.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Becker backwards.

Anderson wants the takedown. Becker is fighting it off but Anderson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Becker's guard against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Becker has momentary wrist control but Anderson slips an elbow through the middle.
Anderson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
Anderson distracts Becker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anderson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Anderson forces his way into half guard.
Becker tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
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 working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Becker is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Anderson pulls his head out easily.
Becker wants to improve his position but Anderson is controlling well.
Anderson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Becker taking some punishment here, with Anderson in his half guard.
Anderson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Becker is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Anderson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Becker wants to get back to his feet.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Anderson 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.

Becker looking for submissions off his back.
Becker tries to roll over but Anderson keeps him under control.
Anderson slips a nice elbow through Becker's hands, connecting with Becker's forehead.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Anderson working over Becker with some ground and pound. Becker looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice strikes from Anderson there.
Anderson moves nicely into side control.
Anderson is putting a hurting on Becker here, landing some big shots from side control.
Anderson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Becker to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Anderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Becker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Anderson moves into the clinch.
Anderson gets underhooks to prevent Becker's takedown attempt.
A short body shot lands from Anderson as the two fighters clinch.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Becker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.
Anderson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Becker.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Becker blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson lands a left hand.
Anderson pushes Becker back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Apollo Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Becker backwards.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Anderson wants the takedown. Becker is fighting it off but Anderson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Becker's guard against the ropes.
Anderson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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.
Becker is breathing heavily.
Anderson content to stall in guard here.
Anderson stands and throws Becker's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Becker takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Becker on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Anderson cracks Becker with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Becker 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 lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Becker takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Becker is rocked!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Becker is working to avoid the ground and pound but Anderson connects with a decent elbow.
Becker is still in real trouble! Can Anderson finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Becker is looking for a sweep.
Anderson grinds an elbow into Becker's temple.
Anderson working the ground and pound.
Anderson is chipping away with strikes.
Becker is trying to improve his position.
Anderson is working Becker over with some ground and pound from side control.
Anderson is working Becker over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a strong strike to the head of Becker. That's dazed him! Anderson looking to finish here. Becker is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Anderson lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apollo Anderson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Apollo Anderson thanked Seven Sins™ for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).