PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jones Anderson (ranked 134 p4p, 253 weight class) and Seppo Maki (ranked 15 p4p, 36 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Anderson
vs
Maki

188 cm
28
203
14 - 5 - 0

182 cm
29
186
18 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Maki!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws the left hand but Maki avoids the punch easily.
Maki feints a counter leg kick.
Anderson throws a low kick, looking for Maki's leg but Maki calmly moves out of range.
Anderson tries to land a leg kick but Maki saw it coming and moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Maki down.
Maki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Maki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
A jab from Maki misses.

Anderson clinches up against the cage.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Maki 's eye.

It looks like Seppo Maki has been cut.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Maki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maki throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a jab when Maki was well out of range.
Anderson lands a head kick!
Maki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Maki swings widly with a right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice leg kick.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Maki's head but Maki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Maki! But no joy.
Maki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Maki misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Maki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Maki keeps it at a distance.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maki throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Jones Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson throws a hook but Maki blocks it.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Maki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice cross by Maki.

It looks like Jones Anderson has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maki on the side of the head.
Anderson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson motions for Maki to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid body kick from Anderson.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Maki throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Maki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice cross by Maki.
Anderson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Maki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick
and Maki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson lands with a kick to the temple. Maki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maki!
Anderson misses with a hook. Maki ducked under it nicely.
Anderson misses with a left hand

and Maki counters with a crisp right hand that drops Anderson! Maki lets Anderson back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Anderson is rocked!
Maki throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Maki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maki needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Maki throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Anderson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Maki is out of range and Anderson settles back down.
Maki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Anderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maki misses with a right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maki thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Maki.

Anderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maki swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Anderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maki has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maki.
Maki swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Maki working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anderson checks a low kick from Maki.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Maki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maki if he has to take too many more of those.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
Maki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Maki tries to tie him up.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maki trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maki.
Maki wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Maki's ribcage.
Maki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Maki is trying to maintain a safe position but Anderson gets an underhook and turns Maki into the cage.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maki can do to turn this around?
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maki can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Maki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Maki 's eye.
Maki swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maki wants to break free but Anderson has control.
Maki lands a body shot in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Maki.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maki.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Maki shrugs off.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maki misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Maki misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maki.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Anderson lands a knee to the head.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a knee to the head.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Maki is blocking nicely.
Maki lands a shoulder strike.
Maki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maki working aggressively here.
Maki gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
Maki stalling in the clinch but Anderson improves position.
Maki misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.

Maki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson throws a body punch but Maki moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maki throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to chop away at Maki's legs.
Anderson lands with a hook. Maki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Maki connects with an inside leg kick.
Maki misses with a looping right.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Maki pushes him off.
A shot to the liver by Maki. Beautiful body shot.
Maki avoids a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anderson.
Maki looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Maki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Anderson slips a jab from Maki.
Anderson moves to clinch but Maki breaks away
and Maki counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Anderson lands with a right hand.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Maki moved out of range.
Maki misses with a straight right.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maki.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson throws a jab when Maki was well out of range.
Maki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maki throws a leg kick
and Anderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Maki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Maki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maki misses with an uppercut
and Anderson counters with a left to the body.
Anderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Maki.
Maki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maki counters with a straight right hand.
Maki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maki lands an overhand right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Anderson.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Maki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
Maki throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Maki takes one to the chin there.
Maki throws a sloppy head kick
and Anderson counters with a left to the body.
Anderson slips a jab from Maki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maki misses with a straight left.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Maki's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Maki now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Anderson catches Maki right on the button with a cross.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Maki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maki blocks a head kick by Anderson.
Maki lands an overhand right.
Maki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Maki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Anderson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Maki really felt that one!
A lazy left from Maki finds it's target.
Jones Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maki.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anderson clobbers Maki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maki drops his hands momentarily and Anderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson lands with a hook. Maki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Anderson misses with an attempted mid kick.
It seemed like Maki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maki's corner calls for a 1-2. Maki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Jones Anderson's cut is getting worse.
Maki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Maki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson throws a shot to the body.
Maki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maki misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Maki tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maki moves out of range of the body kick from Anderson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Maki! But no joy.
Jones Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maki moves away.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maki.
Seppo Maki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jones Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anderson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

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