PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Oshima Hisaki (ranked 3947 p4p, 3294 weight class) and Neal Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hisaki
vs
Anderson

180 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
160
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oshima Hisaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Neal Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Hisaki in a clinch.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisaki controls his hands.
Anderson slows down the pace here.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hisaki backwards.
Anderson digs a right hand into Hisaki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hisaki's gas tank.
Hisaki displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anderson up against the cage.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hisaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Anderson gets through Hisaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson works on Hisaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Hisaki tries to pull guard but Anderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Hisaki drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hisaki.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hisaki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hisaki is looking to take this one to the mat.

Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hisaki doesn't seem bothered though.
Neal Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
Hisaki is breathing heavily.

Anderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anderson pushes Hisaki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Hisaki tries to tie him up.
Hisaki tries to pull guard but Anderson won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oshima Hisaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hisaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hisaki fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hisaki jumps guard but Anderson stands there with Hisaki around his waist. Hisaki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Anderson avoiding damage as Hisaki throws knees to the body.
Anderson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hisaki.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Hisaki pulls Anderson into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hisaki looking for a guillotine here but Anderson defends easily.
Anderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hisaki working a defensive guard but Anderson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Anderson is staying tight to Hisaki's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hisaki wants to control but Anderson postures up.

That's four 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.
Hisaki wants to get back to his feet but Anderson drags him back down.
Hisaki is trying to improve his position.
Hisaki is trying to control Anderson's posture but Anderson avoids it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anderson taking a breather here.
Hisaki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hisaki tries to get out of the position.
Hisaki gets back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Neal Anderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hisaki tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Anderson wants to counter the offense by Hisaki and move into the clinch position.
Anderson scores with a jab. Hisaki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hisaki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Hisaki rushes Anderson and presses him up against the cage.
Hisaki takes a shot to the head.
Hisaki fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.

Anderson drives through and clinches with Hisaki against the cage.
Hisaki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Anderson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oshima Hisaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hisaki blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.

Hisaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hisaki.

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Hisaki in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Hisaki tries to pull guard but Anderson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hisaki fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A right hook to the body lands for Anderson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hisaki blocking some punches.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Hisaki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisaki controls his hands.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hisaki backwards.
Hisaki is trying to break free.
A right hook to the body lands for Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hisaki blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hisaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisaki controls his hands.
Hisaki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anderson pulls his leg out and moves away.

Anderson forces Hisaki back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Hisaki, against the cage.
Hisaki is trying to pull guard but Anderson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hisaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hisaki is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Hisaki wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hisaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson cracks Hisaki with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hisaki backwards.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hisaki's elbow.
Hisaki is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Hisaki blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Hisaki tries to pull guard but Anderson won't allow it.
Hisaki tries to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hisaki tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Hisaki back against the cage.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Anderson.
Neal Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Hisaki prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Hisaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson tries a body shot but Hisaki blocks it.
Hisaki tries to pull guard but Anderson won't allow it.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hisaki backwards.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Hisaki stalling against the cage.
Hisaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Anderson smiles and moves away.

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Hisaki in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Neal Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! 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 closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hisaki backwards.
Hisaki blocks an uppercut.

Hisaki pulls guard successfully.
Anderson content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson won't allow Hisaki to sweep him here.
Hisaki seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson pushes down on Hisaki's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hisaki trying to hold on to Anderson's head to control him but Anderson postures up.
Hisaki misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hisaki tries to kick Anderson off but Anderson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Anderson prevents Hisaki from improving his position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Anderson gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hisaki has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisaki controls his hands.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Hisaki controls the action.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hisaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hisaki changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Anderson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hisaki scores with a head kick. Anderson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hisaki is trying to force a seperation but Anderson has the dominant position.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hisaki's elbow.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hisaki controls his hands.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hisaki.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Anderson.
Hisaki wants to break free but Anderson has control.
Neal Anderson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hisaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Hisaki is trying to break free.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Anderson misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hisaki tries for a takedown but Anderson manages to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Hisaki wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Hisaki.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Neal Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Anderson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 26:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neal Anderson!