PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Anzar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pascal Tr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that George Anzar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily George Anzar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Anzar
vs
Tr

188 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
200 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Anzar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pascal Tr!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Anzar blocks the low kick.
Tr staying out of range there.
Anzar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tr slips a straight right by Anzar.
Nice defenses there by Tr.
A left lands for Anzar.
A bone on bone clash there as Anzar blocks the leg kick.
Tr avoids the body shot from Anzar.
Tr misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anzar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anzar looks to score with a jab to the body but Tr is just out of range.
Tr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tr defending well as Anzar loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anzar misses with a double jab.
Tr tries to score a power double leg takedown but Anzar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tr somewhat.
Tr walks into a left hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anzar.

Tr moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anzar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anzar working aggressively here.
Anzar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Anzar fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tr jumps guard but Anzar turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Anzar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anzar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anzar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Anzar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
George Anzar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tr swinging wildly here.
Anzar scoring well with a low kick there.
Anzar with a nice cross.
Anzar blocks a head kick by Tr.

Tr has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anzar's elbow.
Anzar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Anzar breaks from the clinch.
Tr slips under a jab.
Anzar tries to clinch there but Tr circles away.
Tr tries a quick counter leg kick but Anzar is wise to it.

Tr pushes Anzar up against the cage in a clinch.
Anzar lands a left hand.
Anzar'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.
Anzar connects with a knee to the head.
Tr tries to circle away but Anzar has him pinned against the cage.

Anzar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anzar throws a looping overhand right but Tr ducks down to avoid it.
Tr tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anzar misses with a looping left.
Tr drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Anzar defends it well.

Anzar drives through and clinches with Tr against the cage.
Anzar misses with some punches.
Anzar has a couple of punches blocked by Tr.
Anzar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anzar swings wildly with an uppercut but Tr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anzar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Anzar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tr blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Anzar.
Anzar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anzar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Anzar dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tr closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anzar looks to land a left hand but Tr moved out of range nicely.
Tr throws a one two combo.
Anzar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anzar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Anzar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tr.
Pascal Tr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anzar throws a big shot that misses.
Tr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anzar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anzar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tr if he has to take too many more of those.
Anzar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Tr misses.
Anzar misses the shot to the body.
Tr throws a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anzar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Anzar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Anzar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anzar swings widly with a right hand
and Tr counters with a one-two to the body.
Anzar avoids a kick to the body.

Tr pushes Anzar up against the cage in a clinch.

Anzar manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anzar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Anzar clinches up with Tr and pushes him back against the cage.

Anzar breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Anzar misses.
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!
Some wild striking there from Anzar.
Tr now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anzar.
Anzar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tr was well out of range. Poor timing from Anzar.
A left lands for Anzar.
Tr checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tr blocks a head kick by Anzar.
Anzar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anzar misses the jab.
Tr is looking for the big counter here.
Anzar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tr can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tr walks into a jab.
Tr keeps the fight on the outside.
Tr feints the counter takedown.
Anzar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Anzar darts in trying to clinch
and Tr counters with a left and a right that stings Anzar.

Anzar drives through and clinches with Tr against the cage.
Anzar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tr working hard to break the clinch.
Tr prevents a body shot from Anzar.
Tr blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anzar lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anzar as Tr tries to tie him up.
Tr tries to circle away but Anzar has him pinned against the cage.
Anzar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Anzar.
Tr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anzar has him pressed against the cage.
Anzar misses with the head strike.
Tr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anzar misses with the head strike.
Tr tries to break free but Anzar pushes him back against the cage.
Anzar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Anzar dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Tr moves out of range of the strikes.
Tr lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Anzar misses with a body shot.
Tr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anzar darts in trying to clinch
and Tr counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Anzar wants to clinch up but Tr keeps it at a distance.

Anzar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anzar landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Anzar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anzar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tr avoids the body shot from Anzar.
Anzar jabs Tr to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anzar looks to land a right hand but Tr moved out of range.
Anzar throws a right hand that misses
and Tr counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Anzar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tr.
Anzar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anzar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Tr takes the fight into the clinch.
Anzar pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anzar misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tr can't break the clinch.
Anzar lands a nice uppercut.
Anzar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anzar is pushing Tr up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tr blocking some punches.
George Anzar has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Anzar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anzar throws a series of punches but Tr moves out of range.
Anzar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tr is out of range.
Tr steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Anzar.
Tr shoots for a takedown but Anzar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Anzar misses the target.
George Anzar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anzar tries to clinch there but Tr circles away.
George Anzar is winning the standup battle so far.
Anzar moves out of range of the body kick.
Anzar misses with an uppercut. Tr saw that one coming.
Tr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tr moves out of range of the strikes.
Tr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anzar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Anzar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
George Anzar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anzar tries to clinch up.
Tr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tr misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anzar manages to avoid it.
Anzar lands a right hook to the body.
Anzar thuds a left hand into Tr's body.
Tr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tr.
Anzar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anzar misses the shot to the body.
Anzar misses with a straight right.
Tr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Tr has closed the distance and engaged Anzar in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tr.
Pascal Tr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anzar avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Anzar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anzar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Anzar!