PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Briatore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Briatore
vs
Anderson

170 cm
26
198 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

188 cm
24
190 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Silvio Briatore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briatore lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Briatore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson shoots in and drives through. Briatore sprawls well.
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Briatore pinned against the cage. Briatore gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Briatore.
Briatore misses with a low kick as Anderson jumps back.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Briatore shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silvio Briatore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Anderson.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Briatore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Briatore keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Briatore on the side of the head.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Briatore pushes him off.
Briatore scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silvio Briatore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briatore catches Anderson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anderson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Briatore tries to avoid it but Anderson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Briatore to the ground. Briatore escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Anderson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Briatore to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Briatore controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briatore postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson is trying to keep Briatore in close.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Briatore.
Briatore throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Briatore is looking to work some ground and pound but Anderson has wrist control.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Briatore from controlling successfully.
Briatore wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.
Briatore 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Briatore lands a couple of elbows.
Briatore might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Briatore throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Briatore in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Briatore from controlling successfully.
Briatore preventing the sweep.
Briatore throwing strikes but missing.
Briatore is in close to Anderson's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briatore throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Briatore trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Briatore in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Briatore slips nicely into half guard.
Briatore wants to pass the guard but Anderson is defending well.
Briatore wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.
Anderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Briatore.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Briatore is nestled in close to Anderson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Briatore lands with a punch from half guard.
Anderson taking some punishment here, with Briatore in his half guard.
Briatore sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
Briatore throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Briatore throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Briatore not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Briatore missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Briatore scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Briatore connects with a nice short shot to Anderson's temple.
Anderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Briatore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Briatore 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.

Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Briatore stuns Anderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Briatore misses with an attempted mid kick.
Briatore staying out of range there.

Briatore closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Anderson to the mat! Anderson manages to get full guard.
Briatore chips away with some ground and pound.
Briatore wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Briatore throws a big right hand that misses.
Briatore postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
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.
Briatore working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briatore working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Briatore is one step ahead there.
Briatore trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Briatore.
Briatore is stalling in the full guard.
Briatore postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Briatore trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson is looking to stand back up but Briatore counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Anderson.
Anderson is breathing heavily.

Briatore is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Briatore thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Anderson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Briatore.
Anderson controls Briatore momentarily but Briatore frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briatore missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Briatore loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson controls Briatore momentarily but Briatore frees himself.
Briatore throws a big right hand that misses.

Anderson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Briatore gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Briatore wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Briatore is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Anderson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Briatore in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Briatore chips away with some ground and pound.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Briatore wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anderson is trying to control the position but Briatore postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Briatore dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Briatore shows good takedown defense.
Anderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Silvio Briatore has been cut.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Briatore!
Anderson misses with a shot to the body

and Briatore counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Anderson!
Briatore scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Briatore is landing with some decent strikes but Anderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Anderson is bucking up trying to escape but Briatore cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Briatore wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.
Anderson is looking to get to half guard.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Briatore lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briatore cracks Anderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Briatore fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Briatore lands a big elbow.
Briatore lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anderson hang on?
Silvio Briatore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Briatore lands a heavy elbow.
Briatore lands a big shot there that rocks Anderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Anderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Briatore working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Briatore jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Anderson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Anderson and Briatore has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is not content to let Briatore control the position.
Briatore looks up at the clock and then as Anderson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Briatore smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Briatore in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson taking a bit of punishment here - Briatore scoring with strikes.

Briatore tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Anderson tries to improve position but can't.
Anderson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Briatore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Briatore passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Anderson!
Briatore landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silvio Briatore is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briatore looking to control and managing it successfully.
Anderson tries to hold on but Briatore pushes him away.
Briatore controlling from mount.
Briatore landing strikes from the mount.
Greg Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Briatore looking to control and managing it successfully.
Briatore seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Anderson for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silvio Briatore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Briatore has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silvio Briatore!