PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Dudley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Anderson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dudley
vs
Anderson

182 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

160 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « SFL ↑ 5x160Q

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Dudley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Anderson !
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dudley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dudley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dudley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dudley controlling from mount.
Anderson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Anderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Dudley working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dudley landing strikes, looking to finish!
Anderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dudley cracks Anderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dudley raining down hammerfists from mount.
Anderson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dudley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anderson hang on?
Dudley pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dudley is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Anderson is surviving well by controlling Dudley's body position as best he can.
Anderson really wants to buck Dudley off and get back to his feet.
Dudley putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Anderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dudley scoring with strikes but Anderson is staying in there.
Anderson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Dudley landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Dudley controlling from mount.
Dudley scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Anderson ?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dudley looking to control and managing it successfully.
Anderson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Anderson looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley with good strikes from the mount here!
Dudley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dudley landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Dudley controlling from the full mount.
Dudley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Anderson looks a forlorn figure.

Anderson is rocked!

It looks like John Anderson has been cut.
Dudley is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Anderson goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Dudley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Eric Dudley!
After winning the bout, Eric Dudley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.