PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Beerly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herman Lang acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Beerly
vs
Lang

186 cm
22
202 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
195 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Beerly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herman Lang!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beerly stuffs the takedown attempt from Lang. Lang gets slowly back to his feet.
Beerly misses with a head kick.
Beerly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beerly throws a head kick but Lang moves out of range.

Beerly lands a big head kick that sends Lang tumbling to the mat! Beerly takes a step backwards and waves Lang back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lang is rocked!

It looks like Herman Lang has been cut.

Lang shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Beerly has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lang is working away from the top position though.
Lang wants to control but Beerly is keeping him busy.
Beerly is trying to maintain the position but Lang is very close to passing his half guard.
Beerly keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Lang decides to return to a standing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses.
Lang avoids the head kick by Beerly.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beerly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beerly is looking to clinch.
Anderson Beerly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beerly is breathing heavily.
Beerly throws out a loose jab but Lang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beerly tries to clinch there but Lang circles away.

Beerly clinches.
Beerly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beerly misses with an elbow over the top.

Beerly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lang avoids the head kick by Beerly.
Beerly throws out a loose jab but Lang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lang slips under a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lang, right into the meat.
Lang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lang fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two 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.
Beerly misses with a head kick.
Beerly throws a sloppy head kick and Lang moves out of range easily.
Lang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beerly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lang fails with a takedown attempt.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses.
Lang closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beerly circles away.
Anderson Beerly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herman Lang.
Lang moves out of range of the leg kick from Beerly.
Beerly darts in trying to clinch

and Lang decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Beerly's guard.
Beerly keeping moving, preventing Lang from controlling successfully.
Lang wanted to stand there but Beerly had control of the position.
Beerly is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beerly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lang accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lang stands and throws Beerly's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Beerly is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Beerly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lang works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Beerly is not content to let Lang control the position.
Beerly is looking for a sweep.
Beerly gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beerly is not content to let Lang control the position.
Beerly wants to improve his position but Lang is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lang is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Lang content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Beerly tries to get to full guard but Lang has control of the leg.
Beerly wants to control but Lang is keeping busy.
Beerly gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anderson Beerly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Herman Lang's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Beerly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beerly slaps away a takedown attempt from Lang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Beerly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Beerly wants it to stay on the feet.
Lang fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beerly avoids it really well and circles away.
Anderson Beerly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herman Lang.
Lang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Beerly throws a sloppy head kick and Lang moves out of range easily.
Lang fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lang throws a nice looking combination but Beerly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beerly tries a head kick but it misses.
Beerly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lang's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Beerly has taken the fight to the clinch.
A knee to the head by Beerly.
Beerly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beerly misses with a knee to the head.
Beerly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Beerly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick from Beerly lands but Lang takes it in his stride.
Beerly pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Lang throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Beerly was covering up waiting for the punch and Lang finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lang won't allow Beerly to sweep him here.
Beerly is trying to control the position but Lang postures up.
Lang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beerly is keeping the position for now.
Lang throwing strikes from guard but Beerly blocks nicely.
Lang wants to control from the top but Beerly keeps moving.
Lang stopping the sweep attempt from Beerly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beerly kicks Lang off and gets to his feet.

Lang closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Beerly wants to get back to full guard.
Beerly is refusing to be controlled, as Lang sits in half guard.
Beerly manages to get to full guard.
Beerly seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beerly is trying to control the position but Lang postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beerly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Beerly controlling the position.
Beerly is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Anderson Beerly.

Lang throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Beerly was covering up waiting for the punch and Lang finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Beerly 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.

Beerly pushes Lang off and gets back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Beerly.
Anderson Beerly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang lands a glancing blow to the side of Beerly's head.
Herman Lang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beerly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beerly throws the left hand but Lang avoids the punch easily.
Beerly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Lang shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lang is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lang prevents Beerly from improving his position.
Lang looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Lang wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Anderson Beerly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Herman Lang's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lang shoots for a takedown but Beerly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beerly throws a sloppy head kick

and Lang counters with a shoot takedown. Beerly fights it but they end up in guard.
Beerly keeping full guard, as Lang tries to pass.
Beerly keeping moving, preventing Lang from controlling successfully.
Beerly seems keen to control Lang's posture.
Lang throws a big right hand that misses.
Beerly seems keen to control Lang's posture.
Lang chips away with some ground and pound.
Lang postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beerly wants to sweep here but Lang controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beerly pulls Lang in close to prevent any damage.
Lang wants to control from the top but Beerly keeps moving.
Lang wants to pass the guard but Beerly is keeping the position.
Beerly has his hands on Lang's head, controlling the position.
Lang slips nicely into half guard.

That's two 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.
Lang throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Lang is looking for a kimura here.
Beerly is positioning himself well to prevent Lang advancing to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Beerly manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Beerly is pulling down on Lang's head. It's preventing any offense from Lang, at least for the moment.

Beerly scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lang blocks a head kick by Beerly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beerly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lang tries to clinch there but Beerly circles away.

Lang instigates a clinch.
Beerly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lang can't break the clinch.
Lang wants a takedown.

Beerly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses.

Lang shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Beerly wants to control but Lang passes easily into half guard.

Lang is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Beerly controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beerly looks like he's trying to stand up.
Herman Lang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beerly is trying to get back to full guard.
Beerly is trying to stand back up but Lang is controlling him
Beerly is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lang scores with a couple of nice shots.

Lang stands up and beckons Beerly to join him on the feet.
Beerly tries a head kick but it misses.

Lang shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Anderson Beerly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lang fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Herman Lang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Beerly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Beerly!