PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Volka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by The Prince. Yuri Volka acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Anderson
vs
Volka

176 cm
26
160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

165 cm
27
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yuri Volka!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Volka moves into the clinch successfully.
Volka avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Anderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Volka.
A short left from Volka.
Volka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Volka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Volka avoids it.
Volka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Volka managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Volka dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Volka takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Volka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Volka avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Volka.
Volka lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Volka just leaning against Anderson, taking a breather.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Volka avoids the damage to the body.
Volka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Volka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volka lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Volka.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Volka.
Volka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Volka blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Volka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Volka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Volka.
Anderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Volka is defending well for now.
Volka digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Volka pressing his opponent against the cage.
Volka managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
A short right from Volka on the inside.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Volka on the inside.
Volka is struggling to control the position.
I was talking to Anderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Volka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Anderson is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volka effectively controlling the action here.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left hand lands to the body for Volka.
Volka lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Volka creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Anderson with a big uppercut! Anderson tries to clinch up but Volka pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Anderson to the mat! Anderson covers up and Volka unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yuri Volka!