PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Arn Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Jose Binay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the ring accompanied by The Enforcer. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Anderson
vs
Jose Binay

171 cm
26
180 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

180 cm
38
165 lbs
27 - 18 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Amped Performance

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arn Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Jose Binay!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Binay moves into range and clinches up with Anderson.
Binay tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
A short right from Anderson.
Binay throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson lands with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Binay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Binay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Binay.

Binay drives through and clinches with Anderson against the ropes.
Binay with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson tries a body shot but Binay blocks it.
Binay misses with a punch on the inside.
Binay misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Binay.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Binay controls his hands.
Binay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Binay.
Our sources have told us that Anderson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Binay misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Binay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Binay backwards.
Binay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Binay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Binay misses with a punch on the inside.
Binay creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Binay fails to land.
Binay misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Binay pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Binay has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Anderson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Binay can turn it around.
A body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Binay lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson lands a left hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Anderson.
Binay with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Binay.
Binay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch lands to the side of Anderson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Binay.
Anderson tries to clinch but Binay is having none of it.
Binay misses with a straight left.

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Anderson lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Anderson looks to land a combination. Binay sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Binay wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Anderson cracks Binay with a good jab.
Anderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arn Anderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Binay clinches up with Anderson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Arn Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Binay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Binay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Binay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Binay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Binay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Binay controls his hands.
Anderson tries to work over Binay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Binay tries to clinch up.
Anderson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Binay steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.

Binay moves into the clinch.
Anderson is working Binay over against the ropes.
Binay throws a head punch that misses.
Binay misses with a body punch.
Binay's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Binay scores with a nice right hand.

Binay clinches up with Anderson and pushes him back against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Binay.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Binay.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Anderson is trying to force a seperation but Binay has the dominant position.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Binay lands a right hand.
Binay has Anderson pressed against the ropes, preventing Anderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Binays head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Binay can do to turn this around?
Binay misses with a body punch.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Binay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Binay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Binay.

It looks like Arn Anderson has been cut.
Binay pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson avoiding damage as Binay throws knees to the body.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Binay scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Binay.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Binay backwards.
A knee to the head by Binay.
Binay lands with a light punch inside.
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 Arn Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arn Anderson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Binay pushes him off.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Binay moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Binay.
Binay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Arn Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Binay fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anderson takes one to the side of the head.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Binay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Binay thuds a left hand into Anderson's body.

Binay gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Binay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Binay scores with a shot to the side of Anderson's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Binay struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Binay throws an elbow that misses.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Binay.
Binay fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Binay clinches up with Anderson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Binay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Binay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
Binay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Binay tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Binay fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson lands a really nice looking cross but Binay seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binay misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Binay.
Anderson tries to counter by clinching up but Binay breaks away and moves out of range.
Binay wants to clinch.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That kick from Anderson tenderised Binay's leg. Binay is trying to keep his angry face on.
Binay tries to clinch up.
Anderson moves out of range as Binay strikes.
Mario Jose Binay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Binay takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Binay tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Binay doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Binay. Binay circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sloppy strikes from Anderson. Those never looked like landing.

Binay has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Arn Anderson did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Arn 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.

Anderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Binay is able to avoid easily.
Binay misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anderson there as he acknowledges the shot.

Binay closes the distance and clinches.
Binay has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Binay throws a head punch that misses.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson tries to bum rush Binay with a series of wild strikes but Binay uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Binay moves away.
Anderson swings for the body but Binay moves out of range.
Binay tries to clinch
and Anderson counters with a solid body kick.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Binay.
Binay moves away from the strike by Anderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Binay gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Anderson avoiding damage as Binay throws knees to the body.
Binay blocking some punches.
Binay pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Binay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Binay darts in trying to clinch
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Binay tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Binay loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Binay takes one on the button.

Binay rushes Anderson and presses him up against the ropes.
Binay lands a left hand.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Binay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Binay tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Binay is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binay looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Binay trying to land knees to the body.
Binay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Binay controls his hands.
A short right from Anderson.

It looks like Mario Jose Binay has been cut.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Binay takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Binay fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Binay lands an impressive looking overhand right. Anderson doesn't seem phased though.
Decent striking displayed by Anderson there.
Anderson lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Anderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Binay, pushing him back against the ropes.
Binay tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Binay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arn Anderson had his way with Mario Jose Binay in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Binay tries to clinch
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mario Jose Binay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Binay.
Binay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Binay - just one landing.
Binay throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Binay doesn't seem bothered though.
Binay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Binay takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good shot there by Binay.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Binay down.
Nice shot lands for Anderson.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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!
Binay tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson tries to clinch but Binay moves out of range.
Binay jabs Anderson right on the nose. Anderson blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Binay darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Binay throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Binay.
Binay misses with a looping right.
Arn Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Binay slips under a jab.

Binay rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Binay lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson tries to work over Binay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Binay misses with a knee strike.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.

Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson lands a jab to Binay's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binay is looking to clinch.
Binay misses with a wild body shot.
Binay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Binay wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
and Binay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Binay takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good shot there by Anderson.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson scores with a decent looking hook.
Binay might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Binay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Binay takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Binay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Binay lands a head kick. Anderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Binay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arn Anderson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 49:47
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arn Anderson!
After the fight, Arn Anderson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.