PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala (ranked 2448 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Anderson (ranked 3077 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Munkhbayasgala
vs
Anderson

175 cm
25
156 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
156 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson fails with the takedown

and Munkhbayasgala counters with a takedown into side control.
We've been hearing that Munkhbayasgala has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Anderson tries to buck Munkhbayasgala off but Munkhbayasgala is having none of it.
Anderson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Munkhbayasgala landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Munkhbayasgala scores with a couple of short elbows.

Anderson is rocked!
Anderson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Anderson looks winded!
Munkhbayasgala in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Munkhbayasgala landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Anderson is still in real trouble! Can Munkhbayasgala finish him?
Anderson throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Munkhbayasgala working the ground and pound.
Munkhbayasgala misses with the ground and pound.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Munkhbayasgala works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Anderson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Munkhbayasgala.
Munkhbayasgala looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Munkhbayasgala blocks the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Munkhbayasgala lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Anderson actively working from the bottom here.
Munkhbayasgala is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munkhbayasgala looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Munkhbayasgala seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Munkhbayasgala winds up and cracks Anderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anderson landing rabbit punches to the side of Munkhbayasgala's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Munkhbayasgala working the head and body with strikes.
Anderson works his way to full guard. Good work.

Anderson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Munkhbayasgala is aware though and is defending well.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Anderson working for a triangle but Munkhbayasgala defends it easily.
Munkhbayasgala connects with a couple of short punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Anderson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Munkhbayasgala postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Anderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Munkhbayasgala working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Munkhbayasgala is aware though and is defending well.
Munkhbayasgala landing with the ground and pound.
Munkhbayasgala is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Anderson has his foot on Munkhbayasgala's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Munkhbayasgala works his way back into a safe position though.
Munkhbayasgala lands a couple of digs.
Anderson trying to strike off his back.
Munkhbayasgala postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Munkhbayasgala working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munkhbayasgala working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Munkhbayasgala working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Munkhbayasgala working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Munkhbayasgala can't handle though.
Anderson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Anderson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Anderson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Anderson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Munkhbayasgala doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Munkhbayasgala manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Munkhbayasgala landing some decent shots from guard.
Munkhbayasgala with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Munkhbayasgala scoring with punches to the head and body.
Anderson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Munkhbayasgala throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt

and Munkhbayasgala decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Anderson's guard.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Munkhbayasgala is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?

Anderson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Munkhbayasgala can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Munkhbayasgala scoring with some ground and pound.
Tuvshintuguldur Munkhbayasgala overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Munkhbayasgala landing some decent shots from guard.
Munkhbayasgala throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munkhbayasgala working some strikes from top position.
Munkhbayasgala postures up and lands a big shot to Anderson's brow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Munkhbayasgala lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Munkhbayasgala with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson looking for a triangle here. Munkhbayasgala is fighting it but it looks tight! Anderson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Munkhbayasgala is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tony Anderson!