PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mason Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Simon Says. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Eric Bradley was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Anderson
vs
Bradley

183 cm
29
197 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

175 cm
28
199 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Crippler's Corner

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mason Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley misses with a two punch combination.
Bradley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Bradley closes the distance and clinches up with Anderson, looking for a takedown. Bradley pushes Anderson against the cage but Anderson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradley is just out of range.
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bradley. That did some damage!
Anderson lands a high kick!
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bradley.
Nice defenses there by Anderson.
Bradley looks gassed!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bradley.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson connects with a single shot there.
Anderson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson stuns Bradley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Anderson finds it's way through Bradley's defenses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anderson lunges at Bradley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bradley's hand.
Anderson lands a jab to the head.

Anderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bradley.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Bradley blocks an uppercut.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Anderson lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands with a left to the head.
Anderson keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anderson gets through Bradley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson pushes Bradley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Anderson.
Anderson pushes Bradley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bradley.
A short right from Anderson.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
Bradley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bradley takes a shot to the head.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bradley or not.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Bradley wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Bradley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Bradley.
Anderson lands with a hook. Bradley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderson.
Anderson lands a head shot.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Anderson lands a really nice looking cross but Bradley seems unphased.
Anderson lands a right hook to the body.
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bradley doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson feints and then cracks Bradley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bradley down.
Bradley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mason Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson lands a jab to Bradley's midsection.
Anderson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bradley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Anderson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bradley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Bradley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bradley showed some decent athleticism there.
Bradley is looking to stall here but Anderson recovers full guard.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.

Anderson has his feet on Bradley's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Anderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bradley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bradley is breathing heavily.
Good shot there by Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a hook. Bradley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Good exchange - Anderson coming out on top.
A jab lands there for Anderson.
Bradley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anderson.
Anderson cracks Bradley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Bradley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bradley can do to turn this around?
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson gets through Bradley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson lands a left hand.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bradley is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bradley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bradley blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
Bradley blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Anderson.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Bradley's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Bradley.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Bradley takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Bradley on the inside.
A short left from Anderson.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bradley misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
Bradley is trying to break free.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling the position.
Anderson keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

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.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Bradley blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Bradley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bradley is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Anderson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters circling a little - Anderson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mason Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Bradley throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson scores with the left hand. Bradley knows he should have avoided that one.

Anderson rushes Bradley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bradley.
A frustrated look appears on Bradley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
A short right from Anderson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Bradley tries to tie him up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Anderson.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Bradley blocks an uppercut.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Bradley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson lands a left hand.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Anderson.
Bradley blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Mason Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.
Bradley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bradley tries to circle away but Anderson has him pinned against the cage.
Mason Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
A frustrated look appears on Bradley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bradley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Bradley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bradley's efforts to push away.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

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.
Bradley wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Bradley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bradley tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Bradley back against the cage.
Bradley looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Anderson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Bradley is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26

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