PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theodore Van Anderson (ranked 6285 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Kyle (ranked 24243 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Anderson
vs
Kyle

199 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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, Theodore Van Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Owen Kyle!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle blocks a head kick by Van Anderson.
Kyle lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Van Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kyle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Kyle's head.

It looks like Owen Kyle has been cut.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kyle or perhaps it was just good defense by Van Anderson, which made it look bad.
Van Anderson throws out a loose jab but Kyle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kyle is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Van Anderson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Van Anderson misses with a body kick.
Van Anderson goes for a double leg but Kyle avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kyle continues to drive forward.

Van Anderson looking to score a takedown here. Kyle is defending well but Van Anderson drives through and ends up in Kyle's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Van Anderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Van Anderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kyle's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Anderson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Van Anderson drops back looking for a leg! Kyle is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kyle manages to kick Van Anderson off! Van Anderson jumps back into Kyle's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Anderson lands a couple of digs.

Van Anderson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Van Anderson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Van Anderson connects with a couple of short punches.
Van Anderson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Van Anderson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Van Anderson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Van Anderson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Anderson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Van Anderson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kyle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Van Anderson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Van Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Van Anderson stands and throws Kyle's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Van Anderson in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Anderson working the head with strikes.

Kyle is rocked!
The referee asks Van Anderson politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Van Anderson prefers to stall for the moment though.

Van Anderson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Kyle is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Van Anderson yanks on the arm and Kyle is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Van Anderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Theodore Van Anderson!
A very excited looking Theodore Van Anderson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.