PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corwin Anstey (ranked 1658 p4p, 2569 weight class) and Dan Averescu (ranked 224 p4p, 319 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Averescu's choice of entrance music: Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Anstey
vs
Averescu

183 cm
28
187
25 - 17 - 0

185 cm
38
185
21 - 28 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Furnace Performance 🔥

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Averescu!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Averescu throws a right hand that misses
and Anstey counters with a straight right hand.
Anstey stalks Averescu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Averescu's face. Averescu staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Dan Averescu has been cut.
Anstey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Averescu.
Anstey doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Averescu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Averescu stuns Anstey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Anstey forces Averescu back against the cage and clinches.
Averescu is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anstey is trying to pull guard but Averescu has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Corwin Anstey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Averescu tries to land knees in the clinch but Anstey avoids the damage to the body.
Anstey is looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey trying to control the position but instead, Averescu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anstey into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Averescu manages to break the clinch.
Averescu connects with the punch.
Averescu pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Anstey back to the cage. Averescu follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Anstey gets a takedown into half guard.
Averescu scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Anstey manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Averescu tries to hold on but Anstey postures up.
Anstey looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Averescu regains half guard.
Anstey passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Averescu!
Anstey controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Averescu is bucking up trying to escape but Anstey cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Averescu tries to lock up and control but Anstey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anstey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Averescu?
Averescu wants to hold on but Anstey pushes him away.
Anstey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Averescu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Anstey prevents Averescu from getting the reversal.
Anstey controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anstey with the ground and pound from mount.
Averescu is trying to escape the mount.
Anstey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Anstey looking to control and managing it successfully.
Averescu tries to lock up and control but Anstey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anstey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Corwin Anstey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Averescu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Anstey misses with an uppercut. Averescu saw that one coming.
Averescu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Averescu misses with a combination
and Anstey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Averescu misses with a series of wild punches.
Anstey throwing a counter right hand but Averescu manages to avoid it.
Anstey shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Averescu sprawls well. Averescu wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Anstey gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Averescu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anstey circles away quickly and effectively.
Anstey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Averescu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Averescu tries to bum rush Anstey with a series of wild strikes but Anstey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Anstey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Averescu can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey misses with a few strikes there.
Anstey tries to clinch but Averescu moves away
and Averescu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice cross by Averescu.
Anstey lands an overhand right.
Dan Averescu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anstey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Averescu.
Anstey looks to score with a jab to the body but Averescu is just out of range.
We've been told by Anstey's head coaches at Cozad MMA Montreal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Averescu misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Averescu.
Averescu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Averescu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey misses with a double jab.
Anstey misses with a right hand
and Averescu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Averescu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anstey.
Despite the aggression on Averescu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dan Averescu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Averescu leaves Anstey with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Averescu misses with an uppercut
and Anstey counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Averescu thinking.
Averescu clobbers Anstey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anstey defending well as Averescu loads up on a big left hand.
Anstey is looking to counter punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Averescu finds it's way round the side to connect with Anstey's head.
Anstey just misses with a punch to the body.
Averescu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Anstey drives through with a takedown into guard.

Averescu has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Anstey is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Averescu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anstey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anstey wants to take the fight to the mat but Averescu manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Corwin Anstey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Averescu leaning against his opponent.
Averescu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anstey.

Averescu breaks from the clinch.
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!

Anstey bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Anstey controls the position from side control.
Anstey advances to mount.
Averescu wants to hold on but Anstey pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Averescu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Averescu's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Averescu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anstey moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Averescu.
Dan Averescu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Averescu misses with a wild body shot.
Averescu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Averescu misses with an uppercut
enabling Anstey to counter with a crisp jab.
Averescu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anstey misses the shot to the body.
Anstey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Averescu catches Anstey with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Averescu blocks a head kick by Anstey.
Averescu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Anstey moves out of range as Averescu strikes.
Averescu misses with the combination.
Anstey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Averescu loads up on a big right hand but Anstey slips the punch.
Averescu lands a jab to Anstey's midsection.
Averescu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anstey swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anstey throws out a loose jab but Averescu uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Averescu lands with a straight right. Anstey didn't see that one coming.
Averescu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That has opened up Dan Averescu's cut even more.
Anstey tries to close the distance and clinch but Averescu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Averescu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice straight punches there by Anstey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Anstey.
Anstey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Averescu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Anstey is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Averescu's half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in half guard, Anstey seems content to control.
Anstey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Anstey sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Averescu wants to control but Anstey is keeping busy.

Averescu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Anstey works his way into side control.
Averescu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anstey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Anstey scoring with punches from side control.
Anstey controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Averescu is looking to reverse the position.
Corwin Anstey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anstey content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Averescu is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Averescu wants to control but Anstey postures up.
Averescu tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Anstey presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Averescu somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dan Averescu.
I think Averescu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Averescu!
Dan Averescu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.