PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mason Thomas (ranked 5354 p4p, 2228 weight class) and Renerye Sale Anderson (ranked 571 p4p, 296 weight class). Thomas comes to the cage accompanied by TWICE - More & More. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thomas
vs
Anderson

185 cm
23
187
1 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
185
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Arcticus University: London

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mason Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Renerye Sale Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thomas scores with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Thomas.

Thomas fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Anderson sprawls well initially but Thomas persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thomas is thwarting Anderson's attempts to control the position.
Anderson is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Thomas is staying active.
Thomas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Thomas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thomas drops an elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thomas.
Thomas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thomas lands with a punch from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson taking some punishment here, with Thomas in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Thomas misses with a head shot. Anderson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Thomas scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thomas landing with the ground and pound.
Thomas is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson has wrist control.
Anderson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Thomas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Thomas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thomas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anderson is keeping the position for now.
Thomas throws a big elbow that misses.
Thomas won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
Thomas throws a big right hand that misses.
Thomas looking to pass the guard.
Anderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Thomas is fighting to break Anderson's control of his arms but Anderson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas landing some decent shots from guard.
Thomas throws a big elbow that misses.
Thomas lands a couple of digs.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Thomas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thomas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thomas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Thomas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson is pulling down on Thomas's head to control his posture.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thomas throws a big elbow that misses.
We've been hearing that Thomas has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Thomas stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
Thomas throws a big right hand that misses.
Thomas throws a strike but Anderson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Thomas controlling the position.
Thomas wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment.
Anderson wants to stand but Thomas is controlling his posture from full guard.
Thomas wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Thomas 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.

Thomas connects with a right hand. Anderson shakes it off.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.
Thomas scores with a hook.
Thomas with a jab.
Thomas staying out of range there.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Good shot there by Thomas.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.

Anderson drops Thomas with a beautiful combination! Thomas stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Anderson is looking for the KO!

It looks like Mason Thomas has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Thomas throws out a powerful jab.
Thomas lands an overhand right.
Thomas throws a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas misses with a lunging right hand

and Anderson counters with a nice right hand that sends Thomas toppling to the canvas! Thomas scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Anderson finish him?!

Thomas is rocked!
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Oh Thomas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Thomas covering up! Anderson comes in with a big uppercut and Thomas goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Renerye Sale Anderson!
Renerye Sale Anderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Mason Thomas was interviewed post fight and said 'Bloody hell mate. bastard's got lucky. see ya at the pub!'.