PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Time To Fight Wright (ranked 360 p4p, 667 weight class) and Jones Anderson (ranked 38 p4p, 73 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wright
vs
Anderson

189 cm
26
198
16 - 11 - 0

188 cm
27
203
9 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Time To Fight Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wright misses with a hook.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Wright looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Anderson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Wright checks it.
Wright stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anderson.
Anderson connects with a right hand. Wright shakes it off.
Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wright jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wright 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.
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright checks a low kick from Anderson.
Wright attempts a counter takedown but Anderson avoids it well and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Good shot there by Anderson.
Anderson scores with a body shot.
Wright misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wright scores with a jab to the head.
Anderson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Jones Anderson has been cut.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Wright changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright moves forwards but Anderson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Anderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wright fails to pull guard.
Wright tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Anderson smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Time To Fight Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wright manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Wright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands an overhand right.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson slips a jab from Wright.
Wright jabs at Anderson's body.
Wright on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anderson lands with a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Wright saw that one coming.
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wright moves forwards but Anderson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Anderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wright looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Anderson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Anderson wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wright takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Wright shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Anderson eats them both and turns towards Wright to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Anderson misses with a leg kick.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson lands with a straight right. Wright didn't see that one coming.
Anderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wright bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson with the inside leg kick.
Wright dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Anderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wright had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wright is trying to pull guard but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Wright tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anderson to keep the fight standing.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
Anderson lands with a light punch inside.
Wright drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Anderson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Wright shrugs off.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Wright is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Anderson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jones Anderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wright on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anderson. Anderson obviously looking to wear him down.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson scores with a nice right hand.

Wright drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Anderson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Wright is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Anderson to the mat. Anderson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wright trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Wright from controlling successfully.
Anderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Wright trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Anderson misses with the body kick

and Wright counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Anderson trying to control here.
Wright tries to pass to full mount but Anderson defends it.
Anderson is holding on to half guard well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Anderson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Anderson wants to stand up but Wright is controlling him.
Wright trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Wright throws an elbow that misses. Anderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wright's guard. Nice move by Anderson!

Wright looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright is trying to keep Anderson in close.

Wright throws his legs up looking for a submission but Anderson uses it to pass to side control.
Anderson controls the position from side control.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wright is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.
Wright regains half guard.
Anderson prevents Wright from improving his position.
Anderson not doing much here.
Wright pushes Anderson off looking to stand but Anderson dives back in and keeps control.
Wright trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wright wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wright moves out of range of the body kick.
Wright doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jones Anderson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Wright fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Anderson avoids it really well and circles away.
Wright throws a body shot but no joy.

Anderson has Wright up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wright or not.
Wright takes a shot to the head.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wright is trying to pull guard but Anderson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wright avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Wright tries to tie him up.
Jones Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wright is working for takedown but Anderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Time To Fight Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Anderson.
Anderson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
Wright takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Wright is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wrights head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Wright's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Time To Fight Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Wright has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anderson after a bit of a struggle.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Wright in his tracks for a moment.
Wright tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anderson gets underhooks to prevent Wright's takedown attempt.
Wright goes for a takedown attempt but Anderson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson scores with a push kick.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wright doesn't seem phased though.
Wright takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Anderson forces Wright back against the cage and clinches.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Wright blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Wright changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Anderson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jones Anderson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wright lands a jab to the head.
A good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson lands a head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.
Wright needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anderson.
Wright shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Anderson sprawls well. Anderson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wright gets slowly back to his feet.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Wright tries for a takedown but Anderson manages to get underhooks.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Anderson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Anderson is working Wright over against the cage.
Wright goes for a takedown in the clinch but Anderson prevents it.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright goes for a takedown attempt but Anderson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wright takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

And that's the end of the fight!
Jones 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jones Anderson!
A victorious Jones Anderson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.