PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Never Gonna Stop. Christian Howard is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Anderson
vs
Howard

182 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Magic Mushrooms
Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Howard!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a low kick as Howard jumps back.
Howard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Anderson lands the left hand.
Howard slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.

Howard scores with a takedown into Anderson's guard.
Howard looking to pass the guard.
Howard scoring with some ground and pound.
Howard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Howard dives into side control.
Anderson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Howard in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Anderson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howard lands an elbow.

Anderson is rocked!
Howard working the body and head with strikes.
Oh Anderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard scoring with punches from side control.
Anderson wants to get back to his feet.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Howard lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson is pushing Howard's head away, looking to escape. Howard manages to hold on to the position though.
Howard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Howard looks up at the clock and then as Anderson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Howard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Anderson is pushing Howard's head away, looking to escape. Howard manages to hold on to the position though.
Howard working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howard scoring with punches and elbows.
Howard cracks Anderson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Howard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard is putting a hurting on Anderson here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howard working the ground and pound.
Anderson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Howard landing a few strikes.
Howard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Anderson down.
Anderson tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Howard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Howard dominating with strikes here.
Howard is landing with some decent strikes but Anderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Howard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Anderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Anderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Howard with shots to the head and body - Anderson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Howard softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Anderson is out cold! Howard jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Howard!