PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Anderson (ranked 3906 p4p, 319 weight class) and AB Positive (ranked 5083 p4p, 395 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
Positive

178 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Sportivité

Pit Bull Development
Juggernaut And Gladiators(90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, AB Positive!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson has Positive up against the ropes in a clinch.
Positive gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Positive makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Positive preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Positive looking for a sweep. Not yet Positive, not yet.
Positive has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Julius Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

Anderson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Anderson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Positive is defending against the submission attempts here by Anderson.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Anderson seems to be looking for submissions.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Positive's head.
Positive wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Anderson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Positive wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Anderson in particular looking to stall.

Anderson stands up and beckons Positive to join him on the feet.
Positive cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Positive throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick from Positive.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Positive keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Positive only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Positive throws a front kick that sends Anderson stumbling back into the ropes.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Positive lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily.
Positive throws a lazy body kick

and Anderson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Anderson.
Positive looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anderson is one step ahead there.
Positive looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson passes into half guard.
Positive trying to hold on to Anderson's head to control him but Anderson postures up.
Anderson prevents Positive from improving his position.
Anderson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Anderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Anderson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Positive has managed to free his arm - good work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Positive can do anything to dispel that myth.
Anderson is taking a breather. Positive says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Positive trying to hold on to Anderson's head to control him but Anderson postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
AB Positive is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Positive was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Positive moves into range and clinches up with Anderson.

Positive breaks from the clinch.
Positive chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Positive.
Positive feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
Positive throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Anderson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Positive counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Anderson clinches with his opponent.
Positive creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.

It looks like David Anderson has been cut.
Positive lands a damaging elbow.
Positive comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Positive avoiding damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Positive escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Positive connects with an inside leg kick.
Positive throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Positive sprawls and moves away.
Positive cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Positive lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Positive.
Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Positive.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Positive can pounce on him.
Anderson tries for a takedown but Positive sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Positive. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.
Anderson backing away here, and Positive unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Positive scoring well with a low kick there.
Positive throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Positive lands a head kick!
Positive cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Positive scores with a head kick. Anderson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Anderson is rocked!
Positive fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Positive! Anderson is out on his feet! Positive rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Anderson is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Anderson is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AB Positive!
AB Positive gave a mention to Juggernaut And Gladiators(90% Laundry) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).