PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaus Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Saunders might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fort Minor - Remember the Name. John Saunders could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Klaus Andersen's chin.

Saunders
vs
Andersen

190 cm
30
176 lbs
16 - 4 - 2

188 cm
28
182 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 2, fighting out of London, John Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Klaus Andersen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Saunders darts in and clinches Andersen up against the cage.
Saunders is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Saunders pushes off an throws an elbow but Andersen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Andersen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short right from Saunders.
Saunders is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Andersen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Andersen pushes Saunders back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Andersen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saunders misses with some punches.
Saunders pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Andersen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Saunders is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short body shot lands from Andersen as the two fighters clinch.
Saunders tries to stall but Andersen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Andersen lands a hook that snaps the head of Saunders backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen misses with a punch to the body.
Andersen lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Andersen misses with a body punch.
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Andersen.
Andersen stalling in the clinch but Saunders improves position.
Andersen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Saunders up against the cage.
Andersen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Andersen blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Saunders looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saunders has a couple of punches blocked by Andersen.
Andersen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen can't find room to land a body shot as Saunders controls the action.
Saunders is trying to break the clinch but Andersen has him pressed against the cage.
Andersen throws a punch but it's blocked by Saunders.
Still in the clinch, Andersen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Andersen.
Saunders trying to control the position but instead, Andersen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saunders into the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Saunders.
Saunders missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saunders.
Andersen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Andersen missing with knees to the body.
Andersen lands a nice knee to the body.
Andersen cracks Saunders with a nice body shot.
Saunders misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Andersen.
Andersen leaning against his opponent.
A right hand to the body from Andersen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andersen decides to pull guard.

Andersen has his feet on Saunders's thighs here. He's pushed Saunders off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Saunders screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Klaus Andersen!