PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bittor Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell. Xavier has chosen Jane's Addiction- Mountain Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
Xavier

179 cm
33
169 lbs
24 - 19 - 0

180 cm
42
184 lbs
33 - 30 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bittor Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier is trying hard to land a takedown here. Anderson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Anderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Xavier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Xavier closes the distance and clinches up with Anderson, looking for a takedown. Xavier pushes Anderson against the cage but Anderson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Xavier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bittor Xavier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson misses with a hook. Xavier ducked under it nicely.
Xavier misses with a takedown attempt - Anderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anderson attempts a counter takedown but Xavier avoids it well and moves away.
Sparky Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bittor Xavier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier goes for a double leg but Anderson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Anderson continues to drive forward.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Xavier is defended easily by Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a solid leg kick.
Xavier fails to land the takedown.

Xavier manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Anderson on his heels. He'll look to pass Anderson's guard now, I'm sure.
Anderson controls Xavier momentarily but Xavier frees himself.
Xavier throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.

Xavier avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson controlling the position.

Anderson has an active guard here but Xavier has managed to pass into half guard.
Anderson tries to get to full guard but Xavier has control of the leg.
Anderson is refusing to be controlled, as Xavier sits in half guard.
Xavier looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Xavier thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Anderson's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson actively working from the bottom here.
Anderson trying to hold on to Xavier's head to control him but Xavier postures up.
Xavier trying to control the action but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Xavier is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Xavier is trying to control. Anderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Xavier is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Xavier is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Anderson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Anderson manages to get to full guard.

Anderson looking for a guillotine here but Xavier defends easily.
Xavier wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bittor Xavier will probably get the nod.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Anderson misses with an uppercut.

Anderson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Xavier quickly recovers to half guard.
Xavier is staying active underneath Anderson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Anderson is looking for a kimura but Xavier is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Anderson to get the leverage.

Xavier is defending against the submission attempts here by Anderson.
Anderson trying to mount his opponent but Xavier defends it.
Sparky Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier is not content to let Anderson control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xavier is trying to get back to full guard.
Anderson trying to mount his opponent but Xavier defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier trying to control here.
Anderson uses his free foot to push down on Xavier's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Xavier.
Xavier wants to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.

Anderson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Xavier can do to turn this around?
Anderson tries to control but Xavier wriggling away.
Anderson content just to control the position here.
Xavier gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to control but Xavier is keeping him busy.
Xavier trying to control here.
Xavier wants to improve his position but Anderson is controlling well.
Xavier moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Xavier wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment.

Xavier is looking for a triangle but Anderson pushes his legs off easily.
Xavier looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Anderson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Anderson is looking for a kimura but Xavier is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Anderson to get the leverage.

Xavier actively working from the bottom here.

Anderson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson trying to mount his opponent but Xavier defends it.

Anderson is looking for a kimura but Xavier is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Anderson to get the leverage.
Anderson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Xavier is in all sorts of trouble here.
Anderson trying to control but Xavier is having none of it.
Anderson seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Xavier is holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson looking to control and managing it successfully.

Anderson has hold of Xavier's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Xavier manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Anderson looking to control but Xavier is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Xavier tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Anderson trying to control but Xavier is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anderson avoids the attempt from Xavier to control.
Xavier is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparky Anderson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Anderson misses with an attempted mid kick.

Xavier feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Anderson is pulling down on Xavier's head. It's preventing any offense from Xavier, at least for the moment.
Anderson trying to control the position.
Xavier trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.
Xavier preventing the sweep.
Xavier trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier lands a couple of digs.
Xavier advances position into side control!

Xavier swings around for an armbar but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Xavier's guard.

Xavier working for a triangle but Anderson defends it easily.
Anderson works over Xavier with some ground and pound from guard.

Xavier has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Anderson should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Xavier has tightened it up now! Anderson should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bittor Xavier!
A very excited looking Bittor Xavier made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.