PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Anderson
vs
Reid

196 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
23
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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, John Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Reid!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Reid tries for a takedown but Anderson circles away easily

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.

Anderson has hold of one of Reid's legs. Reid is fighting the takedown attempt but Anderson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Reid trying to control the position.
Anderson preventing the sweep.
Anderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Reid working for submissions but it's allowed Anderson to get to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid is looking to improve his position.
Reid trying to control here.
Anderson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Reid has Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.

Anderson breaks the clinch.

Anderson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Anderson showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Anderson seems to be working for a kimura but Reid defends the submission attempt.
Anderson moves into full mount! Reid won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid tries to control Anderson's body but Anderson pushes him off. Reid squirms to his side and now Anderson has his back!
Reid is trying to break free.

Anderson has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

Reid is trying to roll into a better position but Anderson has get a rear naked choke and Reid is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Anderson!