PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jung Ku Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jung Ku Lee will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Anderson
vs
Ku Lee

180 cm
29
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

184 cm
27
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jung Ku Lee!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson ducks right into an uppercut from Ku Lee.
Ku Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
Ku Lee has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Anderson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Donk. Ku Lee catches Anderson right on the button with a cross.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ku Lee but Ku Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ku Lee slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Anderson.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Ku Lee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ku Lee is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Anderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ku Lee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson trying to control the position but Ku Lee is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Anderson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Anderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ku Lee's waist but Ku Lee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anderson off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ku Lee slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ku Lee goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jung Ku Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown but Ku Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ku Lee throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.
A jab from Ku Lee misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Ku Lee lands with a cross.
A slow jab from Ku Lee misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a takedown
and Ku Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ku Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ku Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ku Lee misses with a hook

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Anderson drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Anderson as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Ku Lee screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Anderson! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Anderson!
John Anderson opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.