PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Cart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Anderson
vs
Cart

190 cm
26
212 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

187 cm
21
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Cart!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cart takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Cart misses with an uppercut
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Cart moves out of range.
Cart lunges at Anderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anderson's hand.
Anderson throws a hook but Cart avoids it easily.
Cart scores with a sloppy right hand. Anderson should have avoided that one.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Cart counters with a nice uppercut.
Cart misses the jab.
Cart throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cart misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
Cart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson dips to his left and cracks Cart with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson misses with a combination
and Cart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Cart misses.
Cart fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab from Cart.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cart throws a series of punches but Anderson avoids them all with ease.
Anderson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cart digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Mario Cart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cart swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Cart scores with a shot to the body.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Cart moved out of range nicely.
Cart misses with an uppercut
and Anderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cart misses the jab.
Cart misses with a straight left.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Cart back into the cage.
Cart swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Cart.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cart scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Cart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cart connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cart feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Andersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Anderson clinches.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson tries a body shot but Cart blocks it.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cart leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cart lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cart lands a left hand.
Cart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cart's elbow.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Cart.
Cart misses with a punch on the inside.
Cart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cart misses with a hook from the clinch.

Cart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cart misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cart misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cart is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Anderson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Anderson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cart takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cart lands a nice shot to the body.
Cart loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Cart misses with a body shot.
Anderson is looking to counter the offense by Cart and move into the clinch.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cart misses with a body shot.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cart.
Cart misses with an uppercut

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Cart 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.

Cart ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cart has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Cart scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cart.
Cart swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cart.
A counter left hand to the body from Anderson misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Cart circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cart connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cart misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson scores with a nice head shot.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.

Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Cart.
Cart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson trying to control the position but instead, Cart has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderson into the cage.
Cart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anderson misses with an elbow strike.
Cart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cart blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Cart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cart working aggressively here.
Cart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cart circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Anderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anderson is working Cart over against the cage.
Cart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cart throws a head punch that misses.
Cart scores with a shoulder strike.
Cart lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cart struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Mario Cart seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson stalling in the clinch.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Cart's ribcage. Cart let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cart throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Anderson breaks the clinch.
Cart loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Cart scores with a body shot.
Anderson slips a straight right by Cart.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cart fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anderson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Cart.
Anderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson moves out of range as Cart strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Cart. Beautiful body shot.
Cart swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Cart there.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cart.
Cart looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Cart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cart throws a big shot that misses.
Cart slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Jab from Cart.
Cart misses with a lunging right hand

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Cart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson slips a straight right by Cart.
Anderson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cart counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab by Cart.
Cart takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Cart misses with a jab to the body
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Cart avoids the body shot from Anderson.

Cart feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Anderson sprawling to the canvas! Anderson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Cart finish him?!

Anderson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cart drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Anderson right on the button. Anderson goes down! Cart follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Cart gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Cart!