PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Austin Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Roscrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Anderson
vs
Roscrow

185 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
207 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shane Roscrow!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roscrow looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Roscrow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roscrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shane Roscrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roscrow slips a straight right by Anderson.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Roscrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Roscrow takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Roscrow.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roscrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roscrow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roscrow throws a combination that misses
and Roscrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick from Roscrow.
Anderson with a hook.
A jab from Anderson does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roscrow misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A punch combination from Roscrow misses.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Roscrow.
Roscrow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anderson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Roscrow throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Anderson stuns Roscrow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roscrow looks gassed!
Roscrow misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Roscrow does a little dance to reset his feet.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Anderson with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Roscrow is rocked!
Anderson looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Roscrow covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Austin Anderson!