PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Price (ranked 672 p4p, 1930 weight class) and Abraham Andersson (ranked 100 p4p, 288 weight class). Pete Price has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Price
vs
Andersson

182 cm
22
212
10 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
215
5 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Abraham Andersson !
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price misses with a hook. Andersson ducked under it nicely.
Price throws a jab when Andersson was well out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Andersson enables Price to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Andersson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Price throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Price looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Andersson keeping moving, preventing Price from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Andersson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Price has passed into half guard!
Price trying to control from half guard but Andersson is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price tries to pass to full mount but Andersson defends it.
Andersson trying to control here.
Price wants to lay and pray for a moment but Andersson keeps working.
Price wants to pass the guard but Andersson is defending well.
Andersson trying to control from the bottom.
Price missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Price seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Price throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Andersson is trying to get back to full guard.

Price is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Andersson is looking to get back to full guard here but Price has managed to pass to side control instead.
Price in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Price advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price controlling from mount.

Price goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Andersson is on top in guard.
Price keeping moving, preventing Andersson from controlling successfully.

Price is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Andersson defends well.
Andersson trying to control the position from guard on top but Price is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Price is looking for a triangle but Andersson pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Price looking for a sweep. Not yet Price, not yet.

Price looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Price keeping moving, preventing Andersson from controlling successfully.
Price trying to keep a closed guard but Andersson is proving a slippery customer.
Andersson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Price dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Andersson doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
It looked like Price was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Andersson .
Price moves away from the strike by Andersson .

Price shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Price was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Price just content to control the position.
Andersson is looking for a sweep.
Price trying to control the position but Andersson is working away.
Price throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Price looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Andersson felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
You can see the frustration on Andersson 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Price is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Andersson can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Andersson gets back to half guard.
Andersson wants to improve his position but Price is controlling well.

Price is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Andersson defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Price uses his free foot to push down on Andersson 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Andersson .
Andersson wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

Price looking for the RNC.
Andersson tries to escape but Price has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Price avoiding Andersson 's attempts to control his hands.

Price looking for the choke but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson is trying to break free.
Price just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Andersson tries to roll but Price sticks to his back.
I would not like to be Andersson right now.
Andersson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's four 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.
Andersson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Andersson is trying to control but can't.

Andersson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pete Price overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Andersson looking for submissions off his back.
Andersson wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Price is looking to advance position but Andersson won't allow it.
Price thows a huge punch but Andersson dodges it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Price dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Price throws a hook to the side of Andersson 's head but Andersson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Andersson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Price misses with a looping right.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt
and Price counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Price takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Andersson blocks a jab.
Price walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Andersson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Andersson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Price connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Andersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Price takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Price takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andersson feints a jab promting Price to slip. Andersson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Price slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Price closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Andersson pushes Price back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Andersson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Andersson misses with a punch to the body.
Price scores with a shoulder strike.
Andersson scores with a shoulder strike.
Andersson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Price tries to work over Andersson 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Price is trying to trip Andersson . He has hold of a leg but Andersson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Price persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Andersson has his foot on Price's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Price works his way back into a safe position though.
Price works over Andersson with some ground and pound from guard.
Price stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andersson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Price wants to control from the top but Andersson keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price looking to sit in guard and control but Andersson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andersson trying to control the position from guard on top but Price is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Price working a defensive guard but Andersson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Price is trying to improve his position.
Price can't do much from the bottom here.
Andersson tries to advance to mount but can't.
Pete Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Price!
Andersson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Price sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Andersson is pressing down on Price's thigh, looking to free his foot. Price is holding on for now.
Andersson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Price does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Price has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Andersson is working away from the top position though.
Andersson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Price keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price gets back to full guard.
Andersson wants to pass the guard but Price is keeping the position.
Price keeping moving, preventing Andersson from controlling successfully.
Andersson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andersson wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.
Price seems keen to control Andersson 's posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Abraham Andersson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A right-left combo lands from Andersson .

And that's the end of the fight!
Abraham Andersson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Price has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Price!
Pete Price seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.