PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Anderson (ranked 2 p4p, 10 weight class) and Charon Lehto (ranked 1 p4p, 4 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bassically by Tei Shi. Noah Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anderson
vs
Lehto

220 cm
34
273
34 - 15 - 0

201 cm
36
275
30 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 34 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charon Lehto!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehto misses with a body kick.
Anderson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anderson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Lehto avoids it.
Lehto slips under a jab.
Lehto misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice body kick.
Lehto wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Anderson is looking to counter with a body kick.
Lehto misses the body punch
and Anderson counters with a body kick that stops Lehto in his tracks momentarily.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anderson counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehto misses with a kick to the body
and Anderson counters with a nice body shot.
Charon Lehto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lehto looks winded!
Lehto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lehto wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lehto counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson wants to slow Lehto down by chopping away at his legs.
Lehto tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Anderson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson lands a nice shot that snaps Lehto's head back.
Lehto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Lehto with the inside leg kick.
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lehto. That did some damage!

Lehto closes the distance and clinches.
Lehto tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lehto.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Lehto.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Lehto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lehto lands a body shot.

Lehto breaks from the clinch.

Lehto clinches with his opponent.
Lehto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Lehto.
Lehto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Noah Anderson has been cut.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson avoiding damage as Lehto throws knees to the body.
A short right from Lehto.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lehto closes the distance and clinches.
Lehto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Lehto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lehto blocking some punches.
Lehto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lehto has Anderson pressed against the cage, preventing Anderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Nice jab there from Anderson.
Lehto lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Anderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lehto slips under a jab from Anderson.
Lehto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lehto tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Lehto avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson misses the body punch
and Lehto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lehto lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Lehto has managed to clinch.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Noah Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noah Anderson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lehto tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Lehto as he connects with a hook.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehto moves away.

Lehto forces Anderson back against the cage and clinches.

Lehto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lehto moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Anderson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lehto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehto misses with a hook to the body
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lehto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lehto swings widly with a right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Noah Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Good work by Lehto as he checks the leg kick.
Lehto misses with a looping left.
Lehto throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Lehto does it's job there.
Lehto throws a solid leg kick but Anderson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lehto.
Lehto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lehto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Lehto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lehto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehto moves away.
Anderson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lehto.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Anderson throws a wild body kick that Lehto sees coming a mile off.
Lehto looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Anderson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Anderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lehto.
Anderson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anderson tries to land a body kick
and Lehto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lehto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehto scores with a punch to the head.
Lehto misses with an uppercut
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehto was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Nice defenses there by Lehto.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lehto.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lehto.
Lehto scores with a nice body kick.

Lehto instigates a clinch.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Lehto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Charon Lehto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lehto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehto avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Lehto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lehto missing with knees to the body.

Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lehto wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehto moves away.
Lehto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lehto misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
A low kick from Anderson is predictable there
and Lehto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Noah Anderson's cut is getting worse.
Lehto moves forwards but Anderson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Anderson is looking to wear down Lehto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lehto thows a body kick. Anderson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Charon Lehto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Noah Anderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lehto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lehto can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Lehto.
Lehto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lehto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lehto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lehto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lehto lands with a left to the head.
Lehto digs a right hand underneath Anderson's ribcage. Anderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lehto.
Lehto tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Lehto back against the cage.
Lehto lands a good knee to the midsection. Anderson won't want to take too many of those.
Lehto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lehto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lehto presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lehto scores with a shot to the side of Anderson's head.
Lehto lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lehto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Lehto dips a shoulder and cracks Anderson with a mighty uppercut! Anderson falls back against the cage and Lehto unloads with a barrage of strikes! Anderson is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Lehto screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charon Lehto!
Charon Lehto is the new heavyweight champion!
Charon Lehto was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.