PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nestor Anderton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderton comes to the cage accompanied by The Game (Feat Jay-Z) - What You Say. Fitzgerald has chosen And Now We Dance - The Vandals as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderton
vs
Fitzgerald

179 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

177 cm
22
186 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nestor Anderton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Warren Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fitzgerald fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Anderton sprawls well initially but Fitzgerald persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Anderton has his hands clasped together around Fitzgerald's back. He's all about the action.
Anderton tries to get to full guard but Fitzgerald has control of the leg.
Anderton taking some punishment here, with Fitzgerald in his half guard.
Anderton is trying to get back to full guard.
Anderton slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Anderton working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderton wants to sweep but no luck.

Anderton is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fitzgerald defends well.
Anderton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fitzgerald is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fitzgerald is looking to advance position but Anderton has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fitzgerald is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Anderton looking to control but Fitzgerald is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Anderton looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Poor strikes thrown by Anderton there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Anderton with shots to the head and body - Fitzgerald looks very uncomfortable down there.
Anderton throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderton throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fitzgerald because Anderton loaded up on that one.
Anderton dominating with strikes here.
Anderton throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fitzgerald because Anderton loaded up on that one.
Anderton with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Anderton tries to control but Fitzgerald wriggling away.
Anderton 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.
Fitzgerald tries to lock up and control but Anderton gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anderton raining down shots from the mount!
Anderton looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Anderton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Anderton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fitzgerald?
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!
Fitzgerald blocking the ground and pound.
Anderton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Anderton tries to control but Fitzgerald wriggling away.
Anderton lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzgerald in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nestor Anderton dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fitzgerald throws a nice looking combination but Anderton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Fitzgerald gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Anderton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Anderton throws a big right hand that misses.
Fitzgerald keeping full guard, as Anderton tries to pass.
Fitzgerald wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Anderton is now in half guard.
Anderton thows a huge punch but Fitzgerald dodges it nicely.

Anderton is looking for a kimura but Fitzgerald is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Anderton to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald wants to get back to full guard.
Anderton throwing shots but Fitzgerald is blocking nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fitzgerald lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Nestor Anderton has been cut.
Fitzgerald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fitzgerald is breathing heavily.

Anderton scores a takedown into full mount!
Anderton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fitzgerald in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fitzgerald takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Anderton controlling the position easily from mount.
Anderton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderton cracks Fitzgerald with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Anderton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Anderton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fitzgerald is looking to escape.
Anderton raining down shots from the mount!
Anderton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderton dominating with strikes here.
Anderton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nestor Anderton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anderton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Fitzgerald is rocked!

It looks like Warren Fitzgerald has been cut.
Anderton lands a nice shot to the head.
Fitzgerald is still in real trouble! Can Anderton finish him?
Anderton lands a big shot to the head and Fitzgerald winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nestor Anderton!