PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anselmi Kierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kierre
vs
Church

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
271 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Anselmi Kierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Orlando Church!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Church tries to clinch but Kierre is having none of it.
Kierre tries to move into range but Church moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Church tries to clinch up but Kierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Church misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kierre.
Church misses with a few strikes there.
Kierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Church's waist but Church gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kierre off to one side.
Kierre swings for the body but Church moves out of range.
Church misses with the combination.

Kierre shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Church's guard.
Kierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kierre lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Church utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Church controls Kierre momentarily but Kierre frees himself.
Church keeping moving, preventing Kierre from controlling successfully.

Church looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kierre passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Church keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kierre lands with a punch from half guard.
Church should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Church is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kierre throwing shots but Church is blocking nicely.
Kierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Church makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Church thows a body shot but no joy.
Kierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Church doesn't manage to clinch there - Kierre circles away.
Kierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Church.

Kierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Church is trying to maintain the position but Kierre is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Kierre is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Church's head.
Church keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Church is not content to let Kierre control the position.
Kierre stops Church from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Church on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kierre prevents Church from standing back up.
Church looks gassed!
Church is controlling Kierre's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kierre connects with a nice short shot to Church's temple.
Kierre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kierre working over Church with some ground and pound. Church looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kierre trying to control the action but Church is working from the bottom.
Church trying to control here.
Kierre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kierre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kierre trying to control the action but Church is working from the bottom.
Kierre thows a huge punch but Church dodges it nicely.
Church wants to get back to his feet.
Church is concentrating on defense, preventing Kierre from advancing position.
Church is looking to control Kierre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Church avoid being mounted?
Kierre misses with a head shot. Church uses the momentum to regain guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kierre forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmi Kierre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Church loads up on a big right hand but Kierre slips the punch.
Church throws the kick towards the body but Kierre avoids it.
Kierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Church is just out of range.
Church doesn't manage to clinch there - Kierre circles away.

Church shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kierre's guard.
Church preventing the sweep.
Kierre trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Kierre is looking to sweep but instead, Church has passed into half guard.
Kierre manages to get to full guard.
Church trying to control the position from guard on top but Kierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kierre throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Church won't allow Kierre to sweep him here.
Kierre lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Church!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kierre in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kierre lands a heavy elbow.
Kierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Church is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Church's face.
Kierre connects with a bit shot that sees Church covering up! More strikes from Kierre and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kierre is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anselmi Kierre!