PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mr Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Anderson
vs
Tyyp

180 cm
37
173 lbs
28 - 8 - 1

190 cm
35
185 lbs
20 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mingi Tyyp!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyyp tries for a takedown but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tyyp connects with a jab.
Tyyp turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anderson tries a low kick but Tyyp avoids it.
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tyyp counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tyyp misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tyyp with a hook.
Anderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tyyp bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Anderson there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Tyyp throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.

Anderson gets tackled into the cage by Tyyp. Tyyp maintains the clinch.
Tyyp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tyyp is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tyyp or not.
Anderson is trying to break the clinch but Tyyp is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyyp.
Tyyp is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tyyp has his back to the cage.
Anderson pushes Tyyp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyyp trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Tyyp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Tyyp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Tyyp's head.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyyp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Tyyp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyyp has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyyp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyyp throws a series of strikes that have Anderson backpedaling.
Anderson lands a jab to the nose.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Tyyp's head.
Tyyp takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Tyyp throws a low kick, looking for Anderson's leg but Anderson calmly moves out of range.
Tyyp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Tyyp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyyp throws a sloppy head kick
and Tyyp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mingi Tyyp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson misses with a body punch
and Tyyp counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Tyyp. Those never looked like landing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tyyp is defended easily by Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tyyp gets tackled into the cage by Anderson. Anderson maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Tyyp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Tyyp misses with a hook from the clinch.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the liver by Anderson. Beautiful body shot.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Tyyp.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson is looking to counter punch.
Mr Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson slips under a jab from Tyyp.
A head kick misses from Tyyp.
It looked like Anderson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Anderson connects with a looping right hand.
Tyyp throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson misses with a kick to the body.
Tyyp misses with a head kick.
Tyyp tries a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
It looked like Anderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyyp connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyyp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Tyyp.
The fighters circling - Tyyp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyyp checks a low kick from Anderson.
Tyyp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyyp misses with a body shot.
Tyyp throws a good cross that connects.
Anderson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson lands a slapping body shot.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyyp.
A quick step to the side and Anderson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyyp throws a sloppy head kick
and Anderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mingi Tyyp will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tyyp rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anderson counters with a good low kick that Tyyp was not able to check.
Anderson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tyyp connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Tyyp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson tests Tyyp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tyyp lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Tyyp moved out of range nicely.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson scores with the left hand. Tyyp knows he should have avoided that one.
Tyyp will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tyyp.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyyp misses with a straight right.
As Tyyp backs away, Anderson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Anderson misses with a right hand
and Tyyp counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tyyp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyyp moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Anderson throwing a counter right hand but Tyyp manages to avoid it.
Tyyp takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Anderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyyp walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Tyyp throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyyp manages to avoid it.
Tyyp swings widly with a right hand
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
Tyyp getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyyp slips a straight right by Anderson.
Mingi Tyyp seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tyyp's head backwards.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Tyyp ducks down to avoid it.
Tyyp misses with a body shot.
Tyyp lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyyp slips a straight right by Anderson.
Tyyp tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyyp defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.

A jab-cross combination lands for Anderson and sends Tyyp crashing to the mat! Anderson follows him down to the mat - Tyyp regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Tyyp is rocked!

It looks like Mingi Tyyp has been cut.

Anderson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tyyp has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tyyp is still in real trouble! Can Anderson finish him?
Tyyp felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Anderson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tyyp can do to turn this around?

Anderson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tyyp doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Anderson.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tyyp taking some punishment here, with Anderson in his half guard.

Anderson is looking for a kimura but Tyyp is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Anderson to get the leverage.
Anderson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Tyyp quite badly. Tyyp pulls Anderson in close trying to recover. Anderson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Tyyp on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Tyyp doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr Anderson!
After winning the bout, Mr Anderson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.