PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blade Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Vazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hector Vazquez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Anderson
vs
Vazquez

188 cm
29
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

222 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blade Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Vazquez!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vazquez darts in trying to clinch

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Anderson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vazquez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vazquez 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.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Vazquez is retaining full guard.
Anderson stands up over Vazquez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anderson controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Blade Anderson just wasn't active enough.
Vazquez tries to clinch but Anderson moves away

so Anderson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anderson stops Vazquez from standing up.
Vazquez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Anderson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hector Vazquez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Vazquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vazquez wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Anderson slows the pace down in half guard.
Anderson prevents Vazquez from improving his position.
Anderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Blade Anderson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Vazquez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Anderson gets a double leg takedown into Vazquez's guard.

Vazquez is looking for a triangle but Anderson pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson content to stall in guard here.
Anderson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Vazquez for as long as he can get away with.
Vazquez 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.
Anderson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Blade Anderson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Vazquez tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Vazquez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Vazquez's face as Anderson controls the position.
Vazquez is looking for a sweep.
Vazquez looks gassed!
Vazquez is trying to escape the position but Anderson is controlling the position.
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!
Anderson working the body and head with strikes.
Vazquez being controlled for a moment.
Anderson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson landing a few strikes.
Anderson in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Anderson scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blade Anderson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Anderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Well, if Anderson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vazquez can do to turn this around?

Blade Anderson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Vazquez wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blade Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anderson is pushing down on Vazquez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Vazquez is fighting to maintain full guard but Anderson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anderson lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Vazquez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Anderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Anderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Vazquez is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vazquez is still in real trouble! Can Anderson finish him?
Anderson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Vazquez bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Anderson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blade Anderson!