PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Rodinerio Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bravo comes to the cage accompanied by Damian Marley - Confrontation. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rodinerio Bravo
vs
Anderson

189 cm
38
221 lbs
23 - 15 - 1

185 cm
29
215 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

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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 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Rodinerio Bravo !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Anderson!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Bravo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Anderson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bravo somewhat.
Bravo misses with a takedown attempt
and Anderson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Bravo 's shoulder, as Bravo tries to avoid the shot.
Bravo fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Rodinerio Bravo . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Bravo is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Anderson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bravo will feel that in the morning.
A big left from Anderson misses.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bravo was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson throws the left hand but Bravo avoids the punch easily.
Bravo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anderson as he jumps to the side.
Anderson jabs at Bravo 's body.
Anderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bravo . Bravo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Anderson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bravo is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bravo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bravo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anderson is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bravo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Anderson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bravo keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bravo . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Austin Anderson.
Anderson misses with a low kick.

Anderson gets a clinch.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo jumps guard but Anderson stands there with Bravo around his waist. Bravo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Anderson jumps guard and drags Bravo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bravo advances position into side control!
Anderson prevents Bravo from improving position.
Bravo controlling the position from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson prevents Bravo from moving into mount.

Bravo is trying to get an arm triangle but Anderson is defending well.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bravo tries for a kimura but Anderson is defending well.
Anderson is not content to let Bravo control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bravo working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Bravo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bravo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bravo tries to move into full mount but can't pass Anderson's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bravo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Anderson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bravo 's guard! Nice work there by Anderson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Anderson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bravo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anderson as he avoids it easily.
Bravo shoots in but no luck this time.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good work by Bravo as he checks the leg kick.
Bravo is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Bravo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Anderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Rodinerio Bravo . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bravo is looking to clinch.
Bravo throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Anderson lands with a shot to the body.
Bravo walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson punishes Bravo 's body with a nice straight punch.
Bravo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bravo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is not content to let Bravo control the position.

Bravo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bravo gets to mount! Anderson was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Anderson tries to hold on but Bravo postures up.
Bravo wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to get to half guard.

Bravo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Anderson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Anderson shrugs it off.
Bravo fails to advance to Anderson's back.
Anderson really wants to buck Bravo off and get back to his feet.

Bravo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Anderson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Anderson isn't going anywhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson stops Bravo from passing to mount.
Anderson manages to get back to half guard.
Bravo wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
Joey Rodinerio Bravo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bravo is looking for a kimura here.
Bravo 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bravo is looking to advance position but Anderson won't allow it.

Bravo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Anderson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bravo looking to sit in guard and control but Anderson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joey Rodinerio Bravo will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bravo is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Anderson leaves Bravo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Anderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Anderson cracks Bravo with a nice body shot.

Bravo pulls guard effortlessly.
Bravo keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Bravo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bravo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Bravo is retaining full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Bravo .

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bravo has his feet on Anderson's thighs here. He's pushed Anderson off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Anderson screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joey Rodinerio Bravo !
Joey Rodinerio Bravo very nearly forgot to thank Just Fight (Everything 7$) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.