PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nestor Anderton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gold kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Anderton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Better Believe It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gold
vs
Anderton

185 cm
34
195 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

179 cm
32
195 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

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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 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jamie Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nestor Anderton!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderton walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gold.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Anderton.
A swing and a miss from Anderton.
Jamie Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gold checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anderton throws out a loose jab but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Anderton counters with a straight right hand.
Anderton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gold checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gold gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Anderton misses with a straight left.
Anderton blocks the body kick.
Anderton shoots in for a takedown but Gold shows good takedown defense.
Anderton slips under a jab from Gold.
Anderton throws an overhand right that lands on Gold's shoulder, as Gold tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Anderton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold with a nice cross.
Gold lands a glancing blow to the side of Anderton's head.
Anderton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anderton throws a body punch but Gold moves out of range.
Gold takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Gold tenderised Anderton's leg. Anderton is trying to keep his angry face on.
No joy there for Anderton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice body kick there by Gold.
Anderton tries to clinch up but Gold circles away and keeps his distance.
Gold looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderton is just out of range.
Anderton throws a body kick that misses.
Gold throws a body punch but Anderton moves out of range.
Gold is looking to score with low kicks.
Gold takes one to the chin there.
Anderton takes a swing at Gold's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Anderton misses.
That kick from Gold tenderised Anderton's leg. Anderton is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Gold takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anderton connects with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gold. That's going to slow Anderton down.
Gold fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gold, as that shot connected.
Anderton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gold sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gold tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anderton is able to avoid easily.
Jamie Gold is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gold thows a body kick. Anderton tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gold darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderton moves away.
Anderton walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gold.
Gold misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderton looks for a takedown but Gold sprawls well.
Anderton moves away from the strike by Gold.
Gold throws a body kick that misses.
Anderton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderton ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Anderton moves out of range of the leg kick from Gold.
Anderton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gold counters with a nice leg kick.
Anderton needs to keep his hands up - Gold had a free shot at his head there.
A combination from Anderton does no damage.
Anderton moves in looking to clinch but Gold pushes him off.
Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gold lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Anderton cracks the inside of Gold's front leg.
Gold's corner calls for a 1-2. Gold obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anderton digs a good hook to Gold's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gold as he avoids it easily.
Jamie Gold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nestor Anderton.
Anderton looks to score with a jab to the body but Gold is just out of range.
Gold on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gold throws a leg kick
and Anderton counters with a right hand to the body.
Anderton blocks a low kick nicely.
Anderton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gold.
Gold is looking to slow Anderton down with leg kicks.
Anderton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gold counters with a nice body kick.
Anderton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold 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.

Gold connects with a leg kick. Anderton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gold misses with a shot to the body
and Anderton counters with a right hand to the body.
Gold works the jab nicely.

It looks like Nestor Anderton has been cut.
Gold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderton.
Gold looks for the body kick but Anderton saw that one coming.
Gold ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderton takes a swing at Gold's ribcage but misses.
Gold thows a body kick. Anderton tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anderton.

Gold clinches with his opponent.
Anderton has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
Gold looking to stall.
Gold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderton throws a head punch that misses.
Anderton stalling in the clinch.
Gold gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Anderton.
Gold lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gold lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anderton misses with a body punch.
Anderton lands a shot to the body.
Gold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderton struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Anderton has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gold.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderton takes a shot to the head.
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gold tries to work over Anderton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderton tries to pull guard but Gold won't allow it.
Anderton throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderton backwards.
Anderton tries to work over Gold's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gold tries to throw a body punch but Anderton avoids it by throwing Gold back against the cage.
Gold is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jamie Gold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nestor Anderton.
Anderton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Anderton fails to land.
Anderton takes a shot to the head.
Anderton throws a head punch that misses.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Gold.
Anderton prevents a body shot from Gold.
Gold lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gold misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderton drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gold pulls his leg out and moves away.

Gold has taken the fight to the clinch.

Gold's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gold throws out a leg kick but Anderton moves out of range and Gold only half commits.
Gold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gold scores with a leg kick.
Anderton throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gold.
Gold connects with a solid leg kick.
Anderton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gold lets loose with a powerful body kick. Anderton will feel that in the morning.
Anderton is breathing heavily.
Anderton walks into a straight right hand from Gold.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gold swings for the body but Anderton moves out of range.
Jamie Gold is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gold slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderton, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gold throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Anderton's head.

Gold forces Anderton back against the cage and clinches.
Anderton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderton blocking some punches.
Gold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderton is working Gold over against the cage.
Gold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderton can't find room to land a body shot as Gold controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderton digs a right hand into Gold's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gold's gas tank.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nestor Anderton's cut.
That's time! Gold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Anderton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Anderton takes a swing at Gold's ribcage but misses.
Gold is looking to land body kicks.
Gold takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anderton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gold manages to avoid it.
Gold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderton avoids the body shot from Gold.
A slow jab from Anderton misses its intended target.
Gold takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Anderton misses the shot to the body.
Gold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderton 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.
A good leg kick by Gold.
Anderton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anderton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderton throws a jab but it's blocked by Gold.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gold.
Gold fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gold uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderton.
Anderton scores with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderton.
Gold lets loose with a powerful body kick. Anderton will feel that in the morning.

Gold takes the fight into the clinch.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Anderton.
Anderton leaning his opponent against the cage.

Anderton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jamie Gold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Anderton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gold looks for the body kick but Anderton saw that one coming.
Anderton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gold sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Anderton closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gold to the mat! Gold manages to get full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nestor Anderton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderton throws an elbow that misses. Gold uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anderton's guard. Nice move by Gold!
Gold is working Anderton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderton working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderton looking for a sweep. Not yet Anderton, not yet.
Gold wants to control from the top but Anderton keeps moving.

Anderton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gold doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gold manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Anderton keeping moving, preventing Gold from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jamie Gold wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderton.
Gold fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Anderton checks it well.
Anderton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gold.
Gold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick lands from Gold.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Anderton.

Gold clinches up against the cage.
Gold lands with a short head shot on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jamie Gold.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gold, 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Gold!
A very excited looking Jamie Gold made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.