PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 1497 p4p, 1539 weight class) and Jack Falcon (ranked 206 p4p, 212 weight class). Falcon has chosen O Retrô Ativo - Heróis do Status Quo as his entrance music. Sparky Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anderson
vs
Falcon

190 cm
24
171
11 - 6 - 0

174 cm
33
180
12 - 13 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Bondi MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Falcon!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcon misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Falcon fails to land with a series of punches.
Falcon misses with a right hand
enabling Anderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Falcon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Falcon throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.
Falcon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Anderson attempts a counter takedown but Falcon avoids it well and moves away.
Falcon misses with a leg kick

and Anderson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Falcon is wriggling around but Anderson manages to pass to half guard.

Falcon is trying to stand back up but Anderson is controlling him

Anderson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Falcon keeps working.
Anderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anderson is trying to control the action in half guard but Falcon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Falcon punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Falcon is trying is best to control the position here.

Anderson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Falcon is looking to escape.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Falcon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anderson.
Anderson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Falcon defends it nicely.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Falcon moves out of range.
Falcon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Falcon misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Falcon.
Anderson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcon slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Falcon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Anderson darts in trying to clinch

and Falcon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Falcon is trying for a kimura here. Anderson looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Falcon wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jack Falcon!
Our winner, Jack Falcon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.