PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutz comes to the cage accompanied by Everyday. Anderson has chosen The Champ is Here as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gutz
vs
Anderson

185 cm
24
187 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

180 cm
23
185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reggie Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gutz scores with a jab.
Gutz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Gutz moved away.
A head kick from Anderson lands but Gutz takes it in his stride.
Gutz misses with a jab to the body

and Anderson counters with a single leg into guard. Gutz didn't expect that.
Anderson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gutz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gutz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Anderson on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Gutz can't control as he wanted to and Anderson manages to get the fight back to his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Anderson trying to control here.
Gutz wants to pass the guard but Anderson is defending well.
Gutz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Anderson is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cormac Gutz wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Anderson tries to land a front kick but Gutz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gutz is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Anderson as he checks the leg kick.
Cormac Gutz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gutz throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gutz throws a leg kick but Anderson sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from Gutz misses.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson takes one to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by Gutz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz throws a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Anderson as he checks the leg kick.
Gutz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anderson on the side of the head.
Gutz throws a series of strikes that have Anderson backpedaling.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Gutz lunges at Anderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anderson's hand.
Gutz throws a sloppy body shot

and Anderson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gutz's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson with a nice head shot there.
Gutz looking for a sweep. Not yet Gutz, not yet.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gutz wants to sweep but no luck.
Anderson looking to sit in guard and control but Gutz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anderson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gutz controls the pace.
Gutz has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Anderson controlling Gutz's posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gutz postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cormac Gutz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Gutz.
Gutz tries to land a leg kick but Anderson saw it coming and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anderson.
Gutz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anderson moves out of range as Gutz throws a body kick.
Anderson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gutz scores with a shot to the body.
Anderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Anderson thows a leg kick but Gutz checks it
and Gutz counters with a nice body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gutz.
Gutz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gutz misses with a lunging right hand

and Anderson counters with a single leg into guard. Gutz didn't expect that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Gutz keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Anderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Gutz has wrist control.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gutz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson won't allow Gutz to sweep him here.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson trying to control but Gutz is working from the bottom.
Anderson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gutz's guard.
Anderson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gutz tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to advance to full mount but Gutz doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Anderson being controlled here momentarily.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Gutz is retaining full guard.
Anderson stays in close to Gutz's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz is trying to keep Anderson in close.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gutz tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Gutz loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Anderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gutz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gutz's sensitive parts.
Anderson scores with a kick to the midsection.

Anderson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gutz to the ground. Anderson is now in Gutz's guard.
Anderson with a nice head shot there.
Anderson postures up in Gutz's guard and throws a big left but Gutz blocks it.
Gutz keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a big right hand that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutz wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment.
Anderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gutz's head.
Gutz keeping full guard, as Anderson tries to pass.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anderson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Anderson 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!

Anderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gutz throws a low kick but Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gutz is just out of range.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gutz moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Gutz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Anderson can pounce on him.
Gutz tries to score with a low kick but Anderson moves his leg out of the way.
Gutz misses with a kick to the body.
Anderson thumps Gutz with a low kick.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson blocks a low kick nicely.
Gutz wants to land a leg kick but Anderson is out of range.
Gutz tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gutz.
Anderson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gutz.
Gutz looks for the body kick but Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson lands a head kick. Gutz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gutz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anderson finds it's way round the side to connect with Gutz's head.
Gutz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gutz tries to avoid it but Anderson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gutz to the ground. Gutz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gutz ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Gutz blocks a low kick nicely.
Anderson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gutz throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gutz is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
Gutz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anderson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gutz.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gutz scores with a push kick.
Gutz misses with a low kick.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gutz clinches with his opponent.
Gutz tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Gutz tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Gutz back against the cage.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gutz tries a low kick but Anderson avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gutz is looking to score with low kicks.
Anderson slips a straight right by Gutz.
Anderson lands a head kick. Gutz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gutz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Anderson throws a solid leg kick but Gutz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anderson.
Gutz checks a leg kick.
Anderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gutz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson throws the left hand but Gutz avoids the punch easily.
Gutz misses with the combination.
Gutz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Anderson slips under a jab from Gutz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Anderson misses.
Anderson is looking to slow Gutz down with leg kicks.
Gutz lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gutz throws a chopping leg kick but Anderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gutz connects with a nice looking jab.
Gutz scores with a spinning back kick!
Gutz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gutz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gutz throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Gutz checks it.
Anderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gutz misses the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderson.

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 Cormac Gutz.
I think Gutz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!