PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duce Bigalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson has chosen The Prince as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that David Anderson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bigalo
vs
Anderson

180 cm
26
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

176 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Duce Bigalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Bigalo drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Anderson is trying to pull guard but Bigalo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bigalo tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Bigalo lands a knee to the body.
Bigalo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bigalo misses with a knee strike.
Bigalo lands a nice knee to the body.
I was talking to Bigalo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Anderson looks winded!
Bigalo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bigalo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bigalo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bigalo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bigalo obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bigalo obliges.
Anderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Anderson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Duce Bigalo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bigalo obliges.
Bigalo lands a nice elbow.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Anderson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bigalo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
Bigalo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bigalo connects with a knee to the head.
Bigalo lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Bigalo lands a nice knee to the body.
Bigalo scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bigalo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bigalo.
Bigalo scores with a knee to the head.
Bigalo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bigalo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bigalo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigalo connects with a knee to the head.
Bigalo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bigalo lands a damaging elbow.

Anderson is rocked!
Bigalo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
Anderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Bigalo finish him?
Bigalo has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Anderson - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Bigalo, and another! Anderson is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Duce Bigalo!
A relieved looking Duce Bigalo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.