PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Speedy Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ingemar Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Atkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to big in japan. Anders comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gods Son kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Atkins
vs
Anders

167 cm
27
150 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

175 cm
26
151 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160
Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Speedy Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ingemar Anders!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkins tries to clinch there but Anders circles away.
Anders misses with a body kick.
Anders throws a sloppy head kick and Atkins moves out of range easily.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atkins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Atkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anders looking to stall.
Atkins taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anders creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Atkins missing with knees to the body.
Atkins letting Anders take a breather here.
Anders is trying to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Anders blocks an uppercut.
Anders throws a head punch that misses.
Anders softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anders throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders throws a punch but it's blocked by Atkins.
Atkins prevents a body shot from Anders.
Anders swings wildly with an uppercut but Atkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Atkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Atkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anders has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Anders tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anders pushes Atkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anders's elbow.
Anders lands a left hand.
Atkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Atkins scores with a hook to the body.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Anders lands a nice uppercut.
Anders can't find room to land a body shot as Atkins controls the action.

Anders breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Anders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders misses with a few strikes there.
Anders connects with a single shot there.
Anders lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Atkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Atkins moves in looking to clinch but Anders pushes him off.

Atkins instigates a clinch.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Anders.
Atkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anders.
Atkins slowing the pace effectively.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Atkins as Anders tries to tie him up.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atkins stalling the fight.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Anders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atkins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Atkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anders is trying to push Atkins away but Atkins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Anders looking to slow down the pace here.
Atkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Atkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
Atkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Anders breaks from the clinch.
Anders checks the leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Anders.
Speedy Atkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anders has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Atkins clinches up with Anders and pushes him back against the cage.
Anders is trying to maintain a safe position but Atkins gets an underhook and turns Anders into the cage.
Atkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
Anders on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anders pushes Atkins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Anders controls the action.
Atkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Anders gets an underhook and turns Atkins into the cage.
Atkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anders.
Atkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anders taking a breather.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Anders controls the action.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Anders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anders avoiding damage as Atkins throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Atkins as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Atkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Atkins trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Atkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Speedy Atkins 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.

Anders throws a low kick but it's checked well by Atkins.
Atkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Atkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anders tries to score with a low kick but Atkins moves his leg out of the way.
Anders throws a series of punches but Atkins moves out of range.
Atkins tries to clinch there but Anders circles away.

Anders tries to keep at a distance but Atkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anders tries to stall but Atkins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atkins misses with some punches.
Anders is trying to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling him.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Anders is stalling here.
Speedy Atkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins pushes Anders back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Anders prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins cracks Anders with a nice body shot.
Anders lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Anders avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Anders - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Atkins missing with knees to the body.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins blocks a body shot from Anders.
A left hand lands to the body for Atkins.
Atkins looking to throw knees to the head but Anders is blocking nicely.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Anders misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike.
Anders goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anders softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Atkins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atkins lands with a right to the head.

Anders breaks the clinch.
Anders throws a hook to the side of Atkins's head but Atkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.
Atkins misses with the combination.

Atkins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Atkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anders displaying some good clinch control by pressing Atkins up against the cage.
Atkins gets through Anders's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Atkins.
Atkins lands with a right to the head.
Atkins working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Anders's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anders as Atkins tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
The referee is keeping an eye on Atkins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Atkins is looking to control Anders's arms but Anders gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atkins has his back to the cage.
Atkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anders struggles to land a body shot inside as Atkins controls his hands.
Anders scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anders stalling the fight.
A short body shot lands from Atkins as the two fighters clinch.
Anders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anders is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Atkins is keeping busy.
Anders lands a left hand that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Anders scores with a nice hook to the head.
Atkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anders wants to get back to striking at distance but Atkins won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders throws an elbow that misses.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Atkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anders is defending well for now.
Atkins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anders's face.
Atkins taking a breather.
Anders can't find room to land a body shot as Atkins controls the action.
Atkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Anders avoids the damage to the body.
Anders lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anders misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Atkins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Speedy Atkins dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Anders goes for a double leg but Atkins avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Atkins continues to drive forward.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Anders takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Anders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Atkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Atkins misses
and Anders counters with a good low kick that Atkins was not able to check.
Atkins is looking to clinch but Anders is avoiding it.
Atkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Atkins slips under a jab from Anders.
Nice jab there from Anders.
A bone on bone clash there as Atkins blocks the leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Atkins fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Anders is out of range.
Atkins tries to clinch but Anders moves out of range.
Anders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Atkins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Atkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Anders is just out of range.
Atkins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anders.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Anders gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Atkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anders makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Atkins really felt that one!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anders lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Atkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Atkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Atkins stalks Anders and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Anders's face. Anders staggers backwards, shaken.
Anders plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Atkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Anders throws a shot from downtown. Atkins moves away and avoids it.
Atkins has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Atkins walks into a left hand.
Anders throws a push kick but Atkins slaps the foot to one side.
Some wild striking there from Atkins.
Atkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Atkins works over Anders's head and body with a nice combination.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Anders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Atkins is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Atkins rushes Anders and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anders blocking some punches.
Atkins lands a nice uppercut.
Anders throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Atkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Anders stalling in the clinch but Atkins improves position.
Atkins tries a body shot but Anders blocks it.
Anders misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anders lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Atkins or not.
A frustrated look appears on Anders's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Atkins's elbow.
Anders pushes Atkins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Atkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ingemar Anders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atkins blocks a body shot from Anders.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders wants to get back to striking at distance but Atkins won't allow it.
Atkins keeps control of Anders as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anders scores with a shot to the side of Atkins's head.
Anders prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Atkins as the two fighters clinch.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anders misses with a body punch.
Anders struggles to land a body shot inside as Atkins controls his hands.
Anders looking to slow down the pace here.
Atkins looking to slow down the pace here.
Maybe Atkins would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A right hand to the body from Anders.
Atkins misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Atkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders tries to circle away but Atkins has him pinned against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Atkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anders's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anders is looking to control Atkins's arms but Atkins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anders has his back to the cage.
Anders lands with a right to the head.
Anders scores with a hook to the body.
Anders prevents a body shot from Atkins.

Anders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anders misses with a low kick.
Anders throws a hook to the side of Atkins's head but Atkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Anders tries to keep at a distance but Atkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Atkins taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anders misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anders blocks an uppercut.
Anders lands a hook to the side of the head.
Speedy Atkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ingemar Anders.
I think Atkins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Speedy Atkins!
Speedy Atkins decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.