PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Burgendy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Where the hood at ?. Jason Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Burgendy

190 cm
27
202 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

188 cm
22
193 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Burgendy!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burgendy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burgendy lands with a hook. Anderson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Burgendy looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Burgendy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt

and Burgendy counters with a shoot takedown. Anderson fights it but they end up in guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Burgendy throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Burgendy is in close to Anderson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgendy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Burgendy throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Burgendy stands up and waves to Anderson to follow him.

Burgendy gets the takedown into side control.
Burgendy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Burgendy misses with the ground and pound.
Burgendy working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgendy working the ground and pound but Anderson is defending the strikes.
Anderson is trying to get back to his feet.
Burgendy cracks Anderson with a big right hand but Anderson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Burgendy is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Anderson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Burgendy's best efforts.
Anderson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Burgendy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Burgendy's back!
Anderson struggling to keep hold of the position.
Anderson controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Burgendy's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Burgendy trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgendy breaks Anderson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Anderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burgendy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgendy throws a strike but Anderson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Anderson controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgendy trying to control the position.
Anderson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Anderson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Burgendy stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Burgendy.

Burgendy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Anderson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Burgendy throws a strike but Anderson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Burgendy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burgendy preventing the sweep.
Burgendy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgendy working some strikes from top position.
Burgendy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burgendy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Burgendy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Anderson tries to sprawl but Burgendy drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Burgendy drops an elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burgendy.
Burgendy is looking to stall here but Anderson recovers full guard.
Burgendy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Burgendy postures up.
Burgendy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Burgendy landing with the ground and pound.
Mr Burgendy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Burgendy is trying to stand back up but Anderson is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgendy is trying to get back to full guard.
Burgendy tries to kick Anderson off but Anderson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Anderson slows the pace down in half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jason Anderson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Anderson has his takedown stuffed
and Burgendy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Burgendy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Anderson quickly recovers to half guard.
Burgendy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anderson is pressing down on Burgendy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Burgendy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Anderson looking for a guillotine here but Burgendy defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burgendy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burgendy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Burgendy slips nicely into half guard.
Burgendy working over Anderson with some ground and pound. Anderson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Burgendy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
Well, if Burgendy 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.
Burgendy drops an elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Burgendy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burgendy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Anderson's head.
Anderson manages to get to full guard.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Burgendy trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgendy connects with a couple of short punches.
Burgendy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgendy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson is looking to stand up but Burgendy isn't so interested in that idea.
Burgendy throwing strikes but missing.
Burgendy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgendy working some strikes from top position.
Burgendy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anderson is pulling down on Burgendy's head to control his posture.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Burgendy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Burgendy stuffs the takedown.

Burgendy gets a takedown into half guard.
Burgendy slips a nice elbow through Anderson's hands, connecting with Anderson's forehead.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Burgendy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Burgendy slips a nice elbow through Anderson's hands, connecting with Anderson's forehead.
Anderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Burgendy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burgendy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burgendy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgendy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Burgendy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burgendy is one step ahead there.
Burgendy landing with the ground and pound.
Burgendy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Burgendy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anderson controls Burgendy momentarily but Burgendy frees himself.
Burgendy forces his way into half guard.

Burgendy decides to stand and escape the position.
Jason Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Burgendy which made him look bad.
Burgendy throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson counters with a low kick, right behind Burgendy 's knee.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson slips under a jab.

Burgendy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Anderson did well to prevent Burgendy getting side control.
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. Burgendy connects with a nice short shot to Anderson's temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgendy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
Anderson is trying to maintain the position but Burgendy is very close to passing his half guard.
Burgendy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burgendy thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Anderson trying to control from the bottom.
Burgendy wants to free his trapped foot but Anderson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Burgendy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Anderson.
Burgendy throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgendy stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
Burgendy passes Anderson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Anderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burgendy.
Anderson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burgendy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Burgendy 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.
Burgendy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Anderson is pressing down on Burgendy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Burgendy is in close to Anderson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burgendy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Burgendy stands up over Anderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgendy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Anderson, not yet.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burgendy stands up over Anderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Burgendy trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgendy landing some decent shots from guard.
Burgendy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgendy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Burgendy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Burgendy stands and throws Anderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jason Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mr Burgendy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burgendy taking a breather here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Burgendy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burgendy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Burgendy!