PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to King of Kings. Andy Anderson had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Henry Sinclair acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Anderson
vs
Sinclair

170 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Knockout Fight Gear

The Perfect Bloodline Laboratories

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair dives in and grabs Anderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Anderson pushes down on Sinclair's head and hops out.
Anderson is looking to land body kicks.

Anderson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sinclair gets back to half guard.
Sinclair has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Anderson is working away from the top position though.
Anderson wants to pass the guard but Sinclair is defending well.
Sinclair wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.
Anderson wants to free his trapped foot but Sinclair is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair is refusing to be controlled, as Anderson sits in half guard.

Anderson seems to be looking for submissions.
Anderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt

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

Sinclair is working for a kimura but Anderson is defending it quite comfortably.
Anderson trying to hold on to Sinclair's head to control him but Sinclair postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anderson is looking to improve his position but Sinclair isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anderson is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinclair controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sinclair working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Anderson slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sinclair sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Sinclair dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sinclair darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sinclair takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Anderson is refusing to be controlled, as Sinclair sits in half guard.
Sinclair thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson trying to control from the bottom.
Anderson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sinclair performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sinclair looks to land a strike but Anderson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Anderson is controlling Sinclair's posture.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Sinclair is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Henry Sinclair just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Anderson wants to clinch

and Sinclair counters with a single leg into guard. Anderson didn't expect that.
Anderson wants to improve his position but instead Sinclair has moved into half guard.
Sinclair seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sinclair thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Sinclair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Anderson shoots and misses

and Sinclair counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sinclair postures up.
Sinclair trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Anderson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sinclair looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Anderson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sinclair wants to get back to full guard.
Sinclair trying to control here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Anderson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sinclair sprawls well initially but Anderson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sinclair regains full guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Anderson looking to sit in guard and control but Sinclair gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sinclair stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Andy Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sinclair can't escape the position.
Anderson looking to control but Sinclair is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sinclair wants to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Sinclair is working to get back to half guard.
Anderson looking to ground and pound but Sinclair is blocking nicely.
Sinclair is looking to get to half guard.
Henry Sinclair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson landing shots from mount.
Sinclair keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sinclair blocking the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sinclair 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Sinclair!