PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Mouth For War. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Anderson
vs
Page

178 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Zipp Zapp

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Page!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Page looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Page moved out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Page.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut

and Page decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Anderson's guard.
Page wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Page looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Anderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Page on the ground.
Page won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
Anderson controls Page momentarily but Page frees himself.
Page stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
Page sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Scott Page wasn't active enough on the ground.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Page sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Anderson duly obliges.

It looks like Scott Page has been cut.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Page.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Page - that will leave a mark!
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Page feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anderson's calf.
Anderson dips to his left and cracks Page with an uppercut!
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Page fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Page moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson walks into a stiff left hand from Page.
Page walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Page does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Page dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Page motions for Anderson to come forward. Page throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Come on Page - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Page's ribcage. Page let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Page gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Page blocks an uppercut.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Page's ribcage. Page let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Page controls the action.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Page.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Page backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Anderson tries a body shot but Page blocks it.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Page misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Page controls his hands.
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.
Page blocks an uppercut.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Page's ribcage. Page let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Page is working for takedown but Anderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Page is struggling to control the position.
Knees to the body from Page.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Page struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pages head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Page swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Page makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Page is pushing Anderson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Page tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Anderson tries to work over Page's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Page struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Page tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Page blocking some punches.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Page's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kevin Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Page sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Page thumps Anderson with a low kick.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Page looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Page slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Page throws a front kick that sends Anderson stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson throws a hook but Page blocks it.
Page keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Page with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.
Page showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Page cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Page does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Page is just out of range.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Page moves out of range.
Page stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Anderson misses the jab.
Page chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Page slips under a jab.
Page lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anderson tests Page's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Page takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Page is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Page ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Page thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anderson if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Page throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Page finds it's way through Anderson's defenses.
Page ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Page scores with a nice right hand.
Page throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Page moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Page avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Page throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Page takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Page slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Anderson thows a body shot but no joy.

Page clinches.
Page stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Page blocks an uppercut.
Page drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anderson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anderson throws a series of strikes that have Page backpedaling.
Kevin Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Page lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anderson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Page.
Anderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The fighters circle momentarily. Page darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson connects with a jab.
Page throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page thumps Anderson with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Page counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Page throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Page wants to pass the guard but Anderson is defending well.
Anderson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Anderson tries to get out of the position.
Page wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anderson keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Page trying to control from half guard but Anderson is working away.

Page is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Anderson has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Page sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Page showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Scott Page's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Page connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Page displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Page staying out of range there.
Page looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Page swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Anderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Both fighters circling a little - Page finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Anderson throws a hook but Page avoids it easily.
Page lands an overhand right.
Page slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Page throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Page avoids it well.
Anderson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Page manages to avoid it.
Page feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anderson's calf.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Page moves away and avoids it.
Page lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Anderson is rocked!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Page - that will leave a mark!
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson backs away from a small jab... but Page lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Anderson crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Page with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Scott Page!