PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gibson
vs
Anderson

180 cm
34
222 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

185 cm
28
215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Anderson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson.
Gibson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anderson as he avoids it easily.
Gibson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gibson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Gibson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson's corner calls for a 1-2. Anderson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Austin Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gibson wants to clinch.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gibson is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Gibson takes one to the side of the head.
Anderson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gibson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Gibson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Gibson.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Gibson's shoulder, as Gibson tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson stuffs the takedown.
Anderson throws a low kick, looking for Gibson's leg but Gibson calmly moves out of range.

Gibson dives in and scores a takedown into Anderson's guard.
Gibson throws a big elbow that misses.
Anderson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gibson!
Anderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gibson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anderson with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson lands a big elbow.
Anderson trying to control but Gibson is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gibson's face.
Anderson content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Anderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gibson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Anderson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the head.
Gibson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gibson hang on?
Anderson with a couple of short strikes.
Gibson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson dominating with strikes here.

It looks like Robert Gibson has been cut.
Gibson has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Anderson's lack of action.
Anderson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gibson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gibson is trying to stand back up but Anderson is controlling him
Gibson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anderson.
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Gibson's head.
Anderson tries to pass to full mount but Gibson defends it.
Nice strikes from Anderson there.
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 is keen to just control but Gibson is a slippery customer.
Gibson is looking to escape.
Gibson tries to kick Anderson off in order to stand up. Anderson Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Gibson is pushing Anderson's head away, looking to escape. Anderson manages to hold on to the position though.
Gibson is breathing heavily.
Anderson landing a few strikes.

Anderson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gibson, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to move to mount but Gibson blocks the move with his legs.
Gibson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gibson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Anderson lands a few punches from side control.
Gibson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Anderson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson is putting a hurting on Gibson here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gibson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Robert Gibson's cut is getting worse.

Anderson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Gibson's cut.
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.

Gibson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gibson closes the distance and clinches up with Anderson, looking for a takedown. Gibson pushes Anderson against the cage but Anderson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anderson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gibson wants to clinch.
Anderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gibson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Anderson's waist but Anderson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gibson off to one side.
Gibson throws a series of punches but Anderson avoids them all with ease.
Gibson takes one on the button.
Gibson shoots in looking for a takedown but Anderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gibson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Gibson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Anderson - just one landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gibson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Anderson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Anderson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
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!
Gibson walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Anderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson with a nice cross.
Anderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice jab there from Anderson.
Anderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.

Gibson is rocked!

Robert Gibson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gibson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Oh Gibson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gibson seems to have got his legs back now.
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 misses with a two punch combination.
Gibson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Anderson!
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Anderson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gibson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gibson moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Nice body punch from Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson cracks Gibson with an open hand slap.
Anderson digs a good body shot into Gibson's ribs.
Gibson darts in trying to clinch
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson lands a nice hook to Gibson's body. Gibson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anderson throws out a powerful jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gibson.
Anderson lands a jab to Gibson's midsection.
Austin Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gibson 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.
Gibson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson lands with a nice body punch.
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gibson. That did some damage!
Gibson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Anderson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gibson's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gibson.
Austin Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gibson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Anderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Gibson should have avoided that one.
Anderson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gibson on the side of the head.
Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gibson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A cross from Anderson lands.
Anderson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gibson eats them both and turns towards Anderson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Anderson stuffs the takedown.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.

Jeez, Robert Gibson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gibson shoots in for a takedown but Anderson shows good takedown defense.
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!
Gibson misses with a hook.
Anderson connects with a body shot that sends Gibson's belly button to the back.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gibson momentarily.
Robert Gibson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gibson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gibson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Anderson - the referee stops the clock and Gibson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Anderson. Gibson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
and Anderson counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Gibson! He's just covering up as Anderson starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Austin Anderson!
Austin Anderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.