PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Anderson (ranked 9 p4p, 94 weight class) and Charon Lehto (ranked 4 p4p, 15 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Bassically by Tei Shi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
Lehto

220 cm
31
273
23 - 11 - 0

201 cm
33
275
17 - 4 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charon Lehto!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehto throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Lehto connects with a single shot there.
Lehto moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Lehto.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lehto.

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

Anderson breaks the clinch.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lehto.
Lehto looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
Anderson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
No joy there for Lehto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lehto misses with a body punch
and Anderson counters with a solid body kick.
Lehto lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Lehto misses.
Anderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Anderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Lehto.
Lehto misses with a wild body shot.
Lehto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Noah Anderson has been cut.
Lehto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson clobbers Lehto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anderson tries to move into range but Lehto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lehto throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lehto walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Anderson.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lehto.
Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lehto tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lehto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Both fighters circling a little - Anderson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lehto misses with a hook to the body
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.
Anderson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Danga de danga de dang - Lehto scores with a four punch combination!
Anderson scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Lehto misses its intended target.
A counter left hand to the body from Anderson misses its target.
Lehto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lehto looks winded!
Anderson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Charon Lehto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lehto misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Lehto throws a low kick, looking for Anderson's leg but Anderson calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Lehto's head.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lehto.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lehto.
Anderson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Lehto scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lehto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Anderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lehto.
Lehto misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Anderson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lehto! Anderson lets Lehto back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
and Anderson counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Lehto! He's just covering up as Anderson starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noah Anderson!
Noah Anderson retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Noah Anderson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.