PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Narushima
vs
Anderson

177 cm
35
216 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

178 cm
29
215 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Narushima throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Andrew Anderson has been cut.
Narushima throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Narushima.
Narushima throws a lazy head kick
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Narushima missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Narushima slips a jab from Anderson.
Narushima pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Narushima has managed to clinch.
Narushima is stalling here.
Narushima lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anderson wants to stall.
Narushima throws a knee to the head but misses.
Narushima misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Narushima.
Narushima scores with a knee to the head.
Anderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Narushima won't allow it.
Narushima tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Narushima 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.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Narushima looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Narushima taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Narushima throws a knee to the head but misses.
Narushima looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Narushima with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Narushima avoiding damage.
Anderson tries to break free but Narushima pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima misses with a knee to the head.
Narushima is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Narushima tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Narushima trying to land knees to the body.
Narushima lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Narushima obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narushima trying to land knees to the body.
Narushima using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Narushima misses with a knee strike.
Narushima using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Narushima landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Narushima tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Narushima effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima trying to land knees to the body.
Narushima tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Anderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Narushima has him pressed against the cage.
Narushima tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Narushima stalls.
Narushima with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Narushima.
Narushima stalling the fight.
Narushima tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Narushima tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Narushima landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Narushima with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Andrew Anderson's cut even more.
Anderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Narushima landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Anderson wants to break free but Narushima has control.
Narushima slowing the pace effectively.
Narushima throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Narushima throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Narushima tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Narushima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Anderson'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.

No luck with that takedown attempt from Anderson.
Narushima lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narushima.
Anderson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Anderson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Narushima's guard.

Narushima manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Narushima is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Narushima.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narushima pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Narushima is looking to clinch.
Narushima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Narushima wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Narushima avoids it with no problem.
No luck for Anderson with that takedown attempt.
Ryo Narushima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima throws a head kick that Anderson semi-blocks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Narushima.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Narushima.
Narushima goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Narushima throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Narushima lands a head kick. Anderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Narushima is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Narushima moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Narushima.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Narushima pinned against the cage. Narushima gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Narushima.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Narushima misses with a body kick.
Narushima tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ryo Narushima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Anderson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Anderson trying to control the position but Narushima is working away.
Narushima taking a bit of punishment here - Anderson scoring with strikes.
Narushima on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Narushima tries to get out of the position.
Anderson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Narushima some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima pushes Anderson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Anderson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Anderson working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Anderson throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Anderson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Anderson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson lands a few punches from side control.
Anderson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Narushima is avoiding damage well.
Andrew Anderson has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with punches from side control.
Narushima tries to buck Anderson off but Anderson is having none of it.

Anderson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Anderson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Anderson grinds an elbow into Narushima's temple.
Anderson trying to control the position but Narushima is working away.
Anderson lands some shots froms side control.
Anderson trying to control the action but Narushima is working from the bottom.
Anderson working the ground and pound from side control.
Anderson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Narushima is avoiding damage well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ryo Narushima will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andrew Anderson'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. This is the final round!

Narushima wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.

Anderson waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Narushima. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Narushima to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Narushima is rocked!

It looks like Ryo Narushima has been cut.
Anderson postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Narushima covers up, he's hurt! Anderson keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Anderson and the ref steps in to end the fight! Anderson can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Anderson!
Andrew Anderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.