PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Rackham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brownie Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rackham
vs
Anderson

182 cm
29
193 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

185 cm
38
186 lbs
31 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Rackham!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Brownie Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rackham is looking to land body kicks.
Good leg kick by Anderson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rackham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rackham loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Anderson slips a jab from Rackham.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Rackham.
Anderson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Rackham blocks it well.
Rackham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Rackham throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a thumping low kick.
Anderson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rackham.

Anderson clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rackham as Anderson tries to tie him up.
Rackham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rackham presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson avoiding damage as Rackham throws knees to the body.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rackham.
Rackham is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rackham working Anderson over with knees to the body.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rackham connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Brownie Anderson has been cut.
Nice body punch from Rackham.
Anderson leaning against his opponent.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rackham blocks it with crossed arms.
Rackham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rackham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Rackham.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Rackham 's eye.
Anderson connects with a knee to the 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!
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rackham throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rackham, against the cage.
Rackham tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Anderson avoiding damage as Rackham throws knees to the body.
Rackham trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Rackham.
Rackham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rackham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rackham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rackham blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rackham blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson landing knees to the head.
Rackham trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Rackham has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Rackham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Rackham's head.
Rackham pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rackham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rackham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rackham lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rackham lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rackham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson tries a body shot but Rackham blocks it.
Rackham tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rackham, against the cage.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Anderson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anderson tries to work over Rackham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Rackham.
Rackham lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.

Rackham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice straight punches there by Rackham. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rackham.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Rackham clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brownie Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brownie Anderson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rackham.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Rackham throws a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
Anderson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rackham throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
Jack Rackham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. Rackham looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A head kick misses from Rackham.
Rackham fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Rackham's shoulder, as Rackham tries to avoid the shot.
Rackham throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Rackham throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rackham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rackham throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.
Rackham misses with a body kick.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Rackham.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham throws a leg kick that misses.
Rackham wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rackham.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Rackham.
A shot to the body from Rackham misses
and Anderson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rackham tries to clinch but Anderson moves away
and Anderson counters with a nice body shot.
Rackham throws a combination that misses
and Anderson counters with a good, hard body kick but Rackham shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Rackham there.
A punch combination from Rackham misses.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rackham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson connects with a crisp jab.
Rackham is looking to score with low kicks.
Rackham on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rackham throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Anderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rackham is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Anderson cracks Rackham with a good jab.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Rackham.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Rackham.
Rackham throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Rackham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rackham misses with a looping left.
Anderson scores with a leg kick.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Rackham's head but Rackham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
Rackham blocking some punches.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rackham avoids it.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Rackham looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rackham throws an elbow but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Anderson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rackham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rackham.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rackham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rackham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rackham working Anderson over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Rackham.
Anderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Anderson tries to work over Rackham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rackham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rackham tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rackham avoids it.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rackham.
Rackham lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Rackham tries to stall but Anderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rackham obliges.
Anderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rackham throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brownie Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brownie Anderson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rackham connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Anderson to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Rackham!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jack Rackham!
Jack Rackham retains his middleweight title!
Jack Rackham seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.