PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Anwar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Freyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anwar's entrance music is 1 Thing. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Freyer's choice of entrance music: Milquetoast by Helmet. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Anwar
vs
Freyer

181 cm
26
187 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

182 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Anwar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zander Freyer!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anwar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Freyer is looking to score with low kicks.
Anwar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Freyer throws a solid leg kick but Anwar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Freyer.
Anwar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freyer.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Anwar.
Zander Freyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anwar misses with a straight left.
Anwar blocks a low kick nicely.
Freyer throws a body punch but Anwar moves out of range.
Anwar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Anwar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Freyer.
Anwar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anwar misses with a hook to the body
and Freyer finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Anwar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Freyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Anwar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Freyer misses.
Freyer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anwar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Freyer scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zander Freyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freyer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anwar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anwar is looking to land body kicks.
Freyer throws a leg kick which misses Anwar's front leg but catches the back leg as Anwar tries to avoid it.
Anwar throws a jab when Freyer was well out of range.
Freyer is looking to clinch.
Anwar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anwar misses the shot to the body.
Anwar swings for the body but Freyer moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Freyer - just one landing.
Freyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freyer throws a body punch but Anwar moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Freyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freyer stuffs the takedown.
Anwar misses with a body shot.
Anwar moves away from the strike by Freyer.
Anwar slips under a jab.
Anwar lands a right hook to the body.
Anwar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Freyer lands a leg kick that knocks Anwar off balance momentarily.
A jab from Freyer does it's job there.
Freyer throws a shot from downtown. Anwar moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anwar. Freyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anwar is looking to wear down Freyer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Freyer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Anwar checks a leg kick.
Freyer scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anwar throws a body punch but Freyer moves out of range.
Anwar misses the shot to the body.
Freyer misses with a wild body shot.
Freyer avoids the body shot from Anwar.
Freyer misses with a wild body shot.
Anwar throws a body punch but Freyer moves out of range.
Anwar cracks Freyer with a good jab.
Freyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anwar.
Freyer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Freyer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Freyer connects with a leg kick. Anwar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Freyer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good work by Freyer as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyer scores with a push kick.
Anwar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freyer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Freyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Anwar is just out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Anwar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Anwar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Freyer misses with a body shot.
Freyer throws a hook but Anwar blocks it.
A big left from Freyer misses.
Freyer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freyer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Freyer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Freyer scores with a push kick.
Anwar thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zander Freyer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anwar misses the shot to the body.
Anwar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anwar looks to score with a jab to the body but Freyer is just out of range.
Zander Freyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Freyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anwar moves away.
Freyer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Freyer tries to land a leg kick but Anwar saw it coming and moves away.
Anwar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danga de danga de dang - Anwar scores with a four punch combination!
Freyer throws a leg kick which misses Anwar's front leg but catches the back leg as Anwar tries to avoid it.
Freyer misses with a head kick.
Freyer misses with a wild body shot.
Anwar blocks a leg kick.
Anwar swings for the body but Freyer moves out of range.
Anwar blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyer misses with a lunging right hand
and Anwar counters with a nice body shot.
Anwar takes a swing at Freyer's ribcage but misses.
Anwar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anwar stuns Freyer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Freyer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Freyer swings for the body but Anwar moves out of range.
Anwar 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.
Freyer throws a leg kick that misses.
Freyer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Freyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freyer lands a jab to the head.
Freyer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anwar.
Freyer lands a nice shot to the body.
Anwar just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyer misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freyer misses with a low kick as Anwar jumps back.
Freyer misses with an uppercut.
Freyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anwar misses with a looping right.
Freyer takes one on the button.
Anwar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Freyer. Freyer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Anwar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Freyer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Freyer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anwar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freyer throws a hook but Anwar avoids it easily.
Freyer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anwar's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anwar connects with a crisp jab.
A jab from Anwar misses.
Freyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anwar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Freyer scores with a nice head shot.
Freyer looks to land a body kick but Anwar moved away.
Anwar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anwar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freyer.
A big right from Anwar misses.
Anwar throws a hook but Freyer avoids it easily.
Anwar throws out a powerful jab.
Freyer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Freyer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freyer fakes the leg kick and cracks Anwar in the body.
Freyer tries a head kick but it misses.
Freyer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Anwar throws a body punch but Freyer moves out of range.
Anwar checks the leg kick.
Freyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anwar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A head kick from Freyer lands but Anwar takes it in his stride.
Anwar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Freyer throws a body punch but Anwar moves out of range.
We've been informed that Freyer has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anwar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Freyer as he jumps to the side.
Freyer lands a really nice looking cross but Anwar seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Zander Freyer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Anwar thows a body shot but no joy.
Freyer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anwar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anwar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Freyer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Anwar just misses with a punch to the body.
Anwar misses the shot to the body.
Anwar swings for the body but Freyer moves out of range.
Freyer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Freyer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anwar throws a hook to the side of Freyer's head but Freyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Freyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anwar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anwar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Freyer cracks Anwar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice cross by Anwar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Anwar misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anwar lands with an uppercut that bounces Freyer off the cage and back into range.
Anwar misses with an uppercut.
Freyer connects with an inside leg kick.
Anwar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freyer moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Freyer.
Anwar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Anwar missing with a left hand there. Freyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Freyer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Freyer ducks under a wild hook from Anwar.
Anwar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anwar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freyer manages to avoid it.
Freyer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anwar throws a body punch but Freyer moves out of range.
Anwar throws a jab when Freyer was well out of range.
Anwar ducks under a wild hook from Freyer.
The fighters circling - Freyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Freyer throws a head kick but Anwar moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freyer misses with an uppercut.
Anwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anwar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Freyer.
Anwar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freyer manages to avoid it.
Freyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Anwar circles away.
Nice defenses there by Anwar.
Freyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anwar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anwar lands a nice hook to Freyer's body. Freyer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anwar moves away from the strike by Freyer.
Anwar swings for the body but Freyer moves out of range.
Freyer throws a body kick that misses.
Anwar misses with a head kick.
Freyer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anwar lands with a right hand.
Anwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anwar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Freyer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anwar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Freyer.
Anwar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Freyer throws a jab when Anwar was well out of range.
A slow jab from Anwar misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyer misses with a body shot.
Anwar misses with a body shot.
Anwar takes a swing at Freyer's ribcage but misses.
Freyer connects with a leg kick. Anwar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Freyer misses the jab.
Freyer avoids the body shot from Anwar.
Freyer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
A combination from Anwar does no damage.
Freyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anwar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Freyer is looking to land body kicks.
Freyer digs a good body shot into Anwar's ribs.
Anwar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Freyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Zander Freyer just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Freyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Anwar is just out of range.
Freyer misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Freyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Freyer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anwar swings for the body but Freyer moves out of range.
Anwar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anwar throws a jab when Freyer was well out of range.
Freyer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anwar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freyer connects with a leg kick. Anwar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anwar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Freyer.
Anwar misses with a double jab.
Anwar shoots for a double leg takedown but Freyer sprawls well. He's pushed Anwar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anwar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Freyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anwar manages to avoid it.
Anwar lands a nice shot that snaps Freyer's head back.
Anwar ducks under a wild hook from Freyer.
Anwar cracks Freyer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Anwar throws a nice looking combination but Freyer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anwar misses with a hook. Freyer ducked under it nicely.
Freyer misses with a body punch
letting Anwar counter with a right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Freyer.
Freyer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A solid body kick from Freyer.
Anwar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Freyer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyer throws a low kick, looking for Anwar's leg but Anwar calmly moves out of range.
Anwar ducks under a wild hook from Freyer.
A combination from Freyer does no damage.
Freyer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Freyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Anwar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freyer throws a chopping leg kick but Anwar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Freyer closes the distance and clinches.

Anwar breaks from the clinch.
Freyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anwar moves away.
Anwar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Freyer doesn't seem bothered though.
Anwar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Freyer's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyer missing with a left hand there. Anwar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anwar lands a lovely overhand right.
Anwar looks to score with a jab to the body but Freyer is just out of range.
Anwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anwar misses with a hook
and Freyer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anwar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Freyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freyer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Anwar slips under a jab.
Freyer scores with a jab.
Freyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anwar was well out of range. Poor timing from Freyer.
Anwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anwar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freyer walks into a stiff left hand from Anwar.
Freyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anwar.
Anwar misses with a body shot.
Freyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Freyer misses with a low kick.
Anwar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Anwar - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freyer misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Freyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Freyer misses the shot to the body.
Anwar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Freyer circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Zander Freyer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A shot to the liver by Freyer. Beautiful body shot.
Freyer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anwar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Freyer cracks Anwar with a good jab.
Freyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anwar.
Anwar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Freyer throws a right and a left that Anwar avoids nicely.
Freyer throws a hook but Anwar avoids it easily.
Anwar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Freyer.
Anwar looks to score with a jab to the body but Freyer is just out of range.
Anwar misses with a looping right.
Freyer misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyer missing with a left hand there. Anwar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anwar moves out of range as Freyer strikes.
Freyer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anwar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freyer.
Anwar misses with a body shot.
Anwar misses with a hook.
Freyer looks to throw the jab but Anwar is out of range.
Freyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anwar was well out of range. Poor timing from Freyer.
Freyer lands with a straight right. Anwar didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freyer. Anwar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Freyer misses.
Freyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anwar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Freyer is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Anwar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peter Anwar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anwar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freyer moves away.
Freyer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anwar finds it's way round the side to connect with Freyer's head.
A jab from Freyer finds it's way through Anwar's defenses.
Anwar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Freyer momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freyer swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Freyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Freyer.
Anwar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freyer misses with a body kick.
Freyer throws a looping overhand right but Anwar ducks down to avoid it.
Anwar misses the shot to the body.
Freyer throws a body punch but Anwar moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyer connects with a nice looking jab.
Anwar ducks under a wild hook from Freyer.
Anwar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anwar looks to score with a jab to the body but Freyer is just out of range.
Anwar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Freyer momentarily.
Freyer throws an overhand right that lands on Anwar's shoulder, as Anwar tries to avoid the shot.
Zander Freyer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Anwar misses with a straight left.
Freyer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anwar.
Freyer takes one to the side of the head.
Freyer throws a push kick but Anwar slaps the foot to one side.
Nice shot lands for Anwar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anwar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freyer moves away.
Anwar throws a big shot that misses.
Freyer looks for the body kick but Anwar saw that one coming.
Anwar misses with a body shot.
Anwar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freyer misses with the combination.
Freyer misses the shot to the body.
Freyer misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anwar looks to land a combination. Freyer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Anwar misses with a looping right.
Anwar wants to slow Freyer down by chopping away at his legs.
Freyer is looking to land body kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Anwar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Freyer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 47:49
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 48:48
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Zander Freyer!
Zander Freyer is the new middleweight champion!
An out of breath Zander Freyer thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Peter Anwar had this to say: 'I pushed the pace goin for the knockout and it didnt work out this time. I will be back to get a rematch'.