PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jon Erik Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Efriam Haldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Erik Andersen
vs
Haldi

159 cm
34
137 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

167 cm
27
144 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Erik Andersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Efriam Haldi!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Haldi clinches up against the cage.
Andersen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haldi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Haldi receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Andersen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Andersen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andersen is defending well for now.
Haldi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Andersen working hard to break the clinch.
Andersen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haldi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Andersen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haldi is defending well for now.
Haldi tries for a takedown. No joy.
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Haldi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Haldi using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Andersen is looking to control Haldi's arms but Haldi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Andersen has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haldi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Andersen avoids it.
Haldi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Andersen avoids it.
Haldi lands with a light punch inside.
Haldi lands a nice elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Haldi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Andersen tries to land knees in the clinch but Haldi avoids the damage to the body.
Haldi tries to work over Andersen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Andersen backwards.
Andersen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andersen misses with a knee to the head.

Haldi is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Andersen can't fight it off and eventually Haldi manages to take the fight to the floor. Andersen looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Haldi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andersen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Andersen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Andersen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Haldi controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haldi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Andersen is keeping the position for now.

Andersen working for a triangle but Haldi defends it easily.
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!

Andersen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Haldi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Haldi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Andersen looking for a sweep. Not yet Andersen, not yet.
Andersen is working hard here to advance position.
Haldi pushes down on Andersen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Andersen tries to get to full guard but Haldi has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Haldi is trying to work for a kimura but Andersen is defending well.
Haldi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Haldi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Andersen sees it coming and defends easily.
Andersen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Haldi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Andersen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Haldi is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Andersen working for a choke but Haldi is defending well.
Haldi turns into Andersen and is now in his guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andersen keeping moving, preventing Haldi from controlling successfully.
Andersen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Efriam Haldi will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A combination from Andersen does no damage.
A left lands for Haldi.
Andersen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Andersen throws a predictable looking body shot

and Haldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andersen is defending well for now.
Haldi crunches a lovely knee into Andersen's ribcage.
Haldi scores with a shot to the side of Andersen's head.
Haldi is working for takedown but Andersen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Andersen managing to block the knees to the body from Haldi.
Andersen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Haldi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Andersen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Haldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haldi looking to stall.
Andersen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Haldi.
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!
Haldi goes for a takedown attempt but Andersen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jon Erik Andersen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Efriam Haldi.
Good shot there by Andersen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen moves out of range of the strikes.
Andersen misses with a hook. Haldi ducked under it nicely.
Andersen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Haldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Andersen misses with a body punch

and Haldi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Andersen lands a damaging elbow.
Andersen tries to land knees in the clinch but Haldi avoids the damage to the body.
Andersen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haldi.
Haldi lands a good knee to the midsection. Andersen won't want to take too many of those.
Andersen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haldi is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haldi.
Andersen missing with knees to the body.
Haldi missing with knees to the body.
Andersen working hard to break the clinch.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andersen is defending well for now.
Haldi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Andersen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haldi stalling in the clinch but Andersen improves position.
Haldi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Andersen prevents it.
Andersen with a knee to the head.

It looks like Efriam Haldi has been cut.
Andersen avoiding damage as Haldi throws knees to the body.
Andersen is looking to control Haldi's arms but Haldi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Andersen has his back to the cage.
Haldi lands a body shot.
Andersen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haldi.
Knees to the body from Andersen.

Andersen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Andersen misses with a two punch combination.
Andersen punishes Haldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Jon Erik Andersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andersen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Andersen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Haldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andersen.
Andersen is looking to wear down Haldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Andersen is looking to clinch but Haldi is avoiding it.
Haldi defending well as Andersen loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Andersen slips a jab from Haldi.
Andersen lands with a shot to the body.
Haldi swings for the body but Andersen moves out of range.
Haldi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Andersen can pounce on him.
Haldi moves out of range of the body kick from Andersen.
Andersen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haldi.
Haldi lands with a good body shot.
Haldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Andersen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andersen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Haldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Andersen on the side of the head.
Haldi misses with a series of wild punches.
Andersen throws a low kick but Haldi moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Haldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Haldi lands a good knee to the midsection. Andersen won't want to take too many of those.
Andersen takes an elbow to the temple.
Haldi takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andersen throws an elbow but it misses.
Haldi trying to stall but Andersen improves his position.
Andersen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Andersen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haldi is defending well for now.
Haldi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Andersen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Haldi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Andersen tries a knee to the head but Haldi blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Haldi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Andersen.
Andersen lands a nice knee to the body.
Haldi landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Efriam Haldi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Efriam Haldi's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Andersen misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Andersen misses.
Haldi throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Andersen. Haldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haldi misses with the combination.
A slow jab from Andersen misses its intended target.
Andersen throws a series of punches but Haldi moves out of range.
Andersen misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Haldi.
Haldi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Andersen throws a big shot that misses.
Andersen lands with a nice body kick.
Haldi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Andersen swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen with a hook.
Andersen throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Haldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Andersen misses with a right hand

and Haldi moves into the clinch.
Haldi prevents a body shot from Andersen.
Haldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Andersen missing with knees to the body.
Haldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Andersen.
Haldi blocks a body shot from Andersen.
Andersen misses with a body punch.
Haldi controlling the action here for a moment.
Haldi lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Haldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Haldi.
Haldi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Andersen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haldi lands a body shot.
Jon Erik Andersen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haldi scores a nice knee to the body.
Haldi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Andersen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haldi just leaning against Andersen, taking a breather.
Efriam Haldi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Haldi lands a damaging elbow.
Haldi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Andersen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haldi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haldi landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Haldi.
Haldi misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Haldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haldi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haldi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Andersen up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen tries to land knees in the clinch but Haldi avoids the damage to the body.
Haldi slows down the pace here.
Andersen tries to work over Haldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Andersen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haldi avoids it.
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Andersen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haldi's elbow.
Andersen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haldi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haldi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haldi scores with a knee to the head.
Haldi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Andersen tries to land knees in the clinch but Haldi avoids the damage to the body.
Haldi with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haldi presses Andersen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Haldi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haldi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Andersen up against the cage.
Haldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haldi gets through Andersen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Haldi avoiding damage as Andersen throws knees to the body.
Haldi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Andersen.
Haldi scores with a knee to the head.
Haldi avoiding damage.
Andersen swings wildly with an uppercut but Haldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haldi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Andersen's defenses.
Efriam Haldi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Andersen misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Efriam Haldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Haldi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Efriam Haldi!
During a confident post fight interview, Efriam Haldi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.