PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damion Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arn Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gutierrez
vs
Anderson

185 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damion Gutierrez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arn Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gutierrez shoots and misses
and Anderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gutierrez thinking.
Anderson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gutierrez tries for a takedown but Anderson circles away easily
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Gutierrez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Gutierrez slips under a jab.
Horrible takedown by Gutierrez or perhaps it was just good defense by Anderson which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damion Gutierrez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gutierrez tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gutierrez lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Anderson has eaten all the pies!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anderson as he avoids it easily.
Damion Gutierrez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gutierrez tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson lands a jab to Gutierrez's midsection.
Gutierrez is breathing heavily.

A jab-cross combination lands for Anderson and sends Gutierrez crashing to the mat! Anderson follows him down to the mat - Gutierrez regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Damion Gutierrez has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Anderson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
It looks like Anderson is going to stand back up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Arn Anderson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Gutierrez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Gutierrez's head but Gutierrez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gutierrezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gutierrez on the side of the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gutierrez. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Anderson misses with a two punch combination.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Anderson lands with a right hand.
Gutierrez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gutierrez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gutierrez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Anderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gutierrez drops his hands momentarily and Anderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gutierrez moves forwards but Anderson connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Anderson cracks a nice hook into Gutierrez's ribs.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gutierrez wants to clinch.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Gutierrez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Gutierrez avoids it well.
Anderson lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gutierrez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Anderson clobbers Gutierrez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gutierrez manages to avoid it.
Gutierrez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gutierrez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Arn Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gutierrez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Anderson lands with a good body shot.
Gutierrez moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arn Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damion Gutierrez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gutierrez doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gutierrez is just out of range.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Gutierrez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gutierrez.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gutierrez.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Gutierrez's head but Gutierrez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gutierrez shoots in for a takedown but Anderson shows good takedown defense.
Gutierrez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Arn Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Anderson connects with a body shot that sends Gutierrez's belly button to the back.
Anderson cracks Gutierrez with a good jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anderson works over Gutierrez's head and body with a nice combination.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gutierrez.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Gutierrez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gutierrez.
Anderson lunges at Gutierrez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gutierrez's hand.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Gutierrez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson works Gutierrez's body with a nice hook.
Gutierrez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson tries to bum rush Gutierrez with a series of wild strikes but Gutierrez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gutierrez staying out of range there.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Gutierrez uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swings for the body but Gutierrez moves out of range.
Anderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gutierrez's head.
Gutierrez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anderson misses the jab.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Anderson cracks Gutierrez with a good jab.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gutierrez ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson scores with a three punch combo!
Jab by Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson jabs Gutierrez right on the nose. Gutierrez blinks but takes it well.

Gutierrez is rocked!

Anderson cracks Gutierrez with an uppercut from hell and Gutierrez crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Anderson's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Oh Gutierrez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gutierrez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gutierrez is keeping the position for now.
Gutierrez seems to have got his legs back now.
Anderson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Arn Anderson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Anderson punishes Gutierrez's body with a nice straight punch.
Gutierrez ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swings for the body but Gutierrez moves out of range.
Anderson swings for the body but Gutierrez moves out of range.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gutierrez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Gutierrez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson feints a jab promting Gutierrez to slip. Anderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gutierrez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gutierrez moves away.
Gutierrez walks into a stiff left hand from Anderson.
Gutierrez takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gutierrez blocks a jab.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anderson works Gutierrez's body with a nice hook.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Gutierrez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anderson lands with a good body shot.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gutierrez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson lands with a straight right. Gutierrez didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gutierrez slips under a jab from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Gutierrez moved out of range.
Anderson lands with a nice combination. Gutierrez backs away looking to recover.
Anderson misses the jab.
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gutierrez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gutierrez avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Gutierrez avoids them all with ease.
Anderson lands with a nice combination. Gutierrez backs away looking to recover.
Anderson scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anderson.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Gutierrez ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson throws a shot to the body.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gutierrez slips under a jab.
Anderson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gutierrez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Gutierrez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anderson throws out a powerful jab.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body. Gutierrez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tests Gutierrez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson lands with a right and another and another! Gutierrez is in big trouble! Anderson lands again and this time it's lights out for Gutierrez! A quality knockout there for Anderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arn Anderson!