PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Bran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Anderson
vs
Bran

188 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Bran!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bran's defenses.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bran's elbow.
Anderson working Bran over with knees to the body.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bran.
Anderson working Bran over with knees to the body.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Bran 's eye.
Bran is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Bran wants to break free but Anderson has control.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.
Bran lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bran.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Bran's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bran's efforts to push away.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bran's defenses.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anderson obliges.
Bran is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bran wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bran is trying to break free.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bran is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.
Bran is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bran is trying to break free.
Bran is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Bran's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bran wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bran is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Bran shrugs off.
Bran is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Bran's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Bran won't want to take too many of those.
Bran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bran is trying to break the clinch but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson prevents Bran from breaking the clinch.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bran's efforts to push away.
Bran tries to circle away but Anderson has him pinned against the cage.
Bran is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Anderson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bran misses with a punch on the inside.
Bran tries to circle away but Anderson has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Bran's ribcage.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bran working hard to break the clinch.
Bran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bran looks winded!
Bran is looking to break free of the clinch but Anderson has double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anderson obliges.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bran wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Bran won't want to take too many of those.
Bran takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Bran won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Bran takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Bran misses with a punch to the body.
Bran wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Bran shrugs off.
Bran wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bran has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bran wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bran wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.

Anderson moves into the clinch.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Bran is trying to break the clinch but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Bran shrugs off.
Bran tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
Thomas Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Bran shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bran's efforts to push away.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.
Bran takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.
Bran has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anderson obliges.
Bran can't break the clinch.
Bran is trying to push Anderson away but Anderson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Bran's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Bran's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bran wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Bran won't want to take too many of those.
Bran wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Bran tries to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling the position.
Bran wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Bran tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Bran is breathing heavily.
Bran takes an elbow to the temple.
Bran takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Bran.
Bran taking a breather.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bran lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Anderson landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Bran shrugs off.
Bran tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Bran shrugs off.
Bran takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anderson obliges.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bran's efforts to push away.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Bran's ribcage.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Bran in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bran is trying to break the clinch but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bran blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bran lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Anderson dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Bran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Bran avoids nicely.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Bran avoids the body shot from Anderson.

Anderson drives through and clinches with Bran against the cage.
Anderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Bran tries to circle away but Anderson has him pinned against the cage.
Anderson keeps control of Bran as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson prevents Bran from breaking the clinch.
Bran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
Bran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Bran's ribcage.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Bran's ribcage.
Bran tries to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling the position.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bran can do to turn this around?
Bran takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bran's defenses.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bran takes a knee to the side of the body.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Bran 's eye.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bran has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Bran takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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 keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bran's efforts to push away.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Bran 's eye.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bran's defenses.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson prevents Bran from breaking the clinch.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson prevents Bran from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anderson.
Bran is trying to break the clinch but Anderson has him pressed against the cage.
Bran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
A frustrated look appears on Bran's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bran can't break the clinch.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
Bran wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bran takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Bran misses with a punch on the inside.
Bran takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bran has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bran can't break the clinch.
Anderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bran's efforts to push away.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Bran won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bran.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Anderson obliges.
George Bran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anderson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Thomas Anderson!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Thomas Anderson!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Thomas Anderson!

Thomas Anderson wins by unanimous decision!