PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Risso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Mir
vs
Risso

190 cm
20
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
133 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bam Risso!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Risso misses with a few strikes there.
Risso looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Risso wants to clinch.
Mir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Risso tries to clinch up.
Risso tries to clinch up but Mir circles away and keeps his distance.
Mir slips a jab and a cross from Risso.

Mir closes the distance and clinches.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Risso's face.
Mir scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir lands a nice knee to the body.
Risso can't break the clinch.
Risso has had enough of the clinch but Mir keeps him there for the moment.
Mir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Risso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Risso takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Risso tries to stall but Mir uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mir gets a clinch.
Risso misses with a body punch.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Risso's face.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Risso's face.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mir drags the fight down to the ground.
Risso trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mir's guard.

Mir pushes Risso off and gets back to his feet.
Risso tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mir counters by clinching up.
A knee to the head by Mir.
Mir really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Risso looking to throw knees to the head but Mir is blocking nicely.
Mir with a knee to the head.
Mir managing to block the knees to the body from Risso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Risso missing with knees to the body.
Mir prevents Risso from breaking the clinch.
Risso is trying to break free.
Mir keeps control of Risso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Risso tries to break the clinch but Mir is controlling the position.
Mir lands a nice knee to the body.
Mir crunches a lovely knee into Risso's ribcage.
Mir is stalling here.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Mir.
Risso takes a knee right on the jaw!

Mir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mir instigates a clinch.
Mir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Risso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
Risso wants to get back to striking at distance but Mir won't allow it.
Mir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Risso wants to clinch but Mir slips to the side

and Mir counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Risso!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risso is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Risso looks gassed!
Risso is trying to escape the mount.
Mir tries to control but Risso wriggling away.

Mir get's back to his feet.

Mir looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Risso is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mir lands a nice short elbow.

Mir decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Mir scores a takedown into full mount!

Mir stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Mir scores a takedown into full mount!
Mir 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.

Mir gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Risso lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mir moves into range and clinches up with Risso.
Risso tries to break the clinch but Mir is controlling the position.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.
Risso can't break the clinch.
Risso has had enough of the clinch but Mir keeps him there for the moment.
Mir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Risso is keeping busy.
Risso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
Risso can't break the clinch.
Mir keeps control of Risso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Risso misses with a punch to the body.
Risso is trying to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Risso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Risso is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Risso tries to clinch but Mir moves away

and Mir counters with a single leg into guard. Risso didn't expect that.
Risso really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Risso is wriggling around but Mir manages to pass to half guard.

Mir postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Risso to stand up.

Mir shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Risso keeping moving, preventing Mir from controlling successfully.
Risso is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Mir gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Risso tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mir counters with a single leg into guard. Risso didn't expect that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risso is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mir is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Risso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mir's guard.
Risso stops Mir from standing up.
Mir not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Risso must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Mir uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Mir takes the fight into the clinch.
Mir prevents Risso from breaking the clinch.

Mir breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mir avoiding damage.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Risso's face.

Mir pulls guard.
Mir manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Risso manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Risso's head.
Mir trying to control the position from guard on top but Risso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson Mir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Risso wants to stand up but Mir is controlling him.

Mir gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Mir forces Risso back against the cage and clinches.
Risso can't break the clinch.
Risso tries to break the clinch but Mir is controlling the position.
Mir landing knees to the head.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Mir breaks the clinch.

Mir has taken the fight to the clinch.
Risso letting Mir take a breather here.
Risso wants to get back to striking at distance but Mir won't allow it.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Risso wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risso wants to get back to striking at distance but Mir won't allow it.
Mir prevents Risso from breaking the clinch.
Risso can't break the clinch.
Mir prevents Risso from breaking the clinch.
Risso is trying to break free.
Mir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mir lands a knee to the head.
Risso lands with a light punch inside.

Mir manages to break the clinch.
Mir shoots in for a takedown but Risso shows good takedown defense.
Bam Risso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Risso tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mir counters by clinching up.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Risso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mir prevents Risso from breaking the clinch.
Risso has had enough of the clinch but Mir keeps him there for the moment.
Mir prevents a body shot from Risso.
Risso is trying to stall.
Risso wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Mir is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Risso can't fight it off and eventually Mir manages to take the fight to the floor. Risso looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Risso is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Risso is trying to control the position but Mir postures up.
Mir prevents Risso from getting back to his feet.
Mir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Risso can do to turn this around?
Mir wants to pass the guard but Risso is keeping the position.

Mir stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Risso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mir.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.

Mir has picked Risso up - he's going for a ride! Mir dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Mir gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Mir moves into range and clinches up with Risso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Mir dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Mir clinches up with Risso and pushes him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Mir.
Mir lands a knee to the body.

Mir breaks from the clinch.

Mir closes the distance and clinches.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.
Mir crunches a lovely knee into Risso's ribcage.

Mir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mir instigates a clinch.
Mir landing knees to the body.
Risso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
Risso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Risso has had enough of the clinch but Mir keeps him there for the moment.
Risso wants to stall.
Mir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mir keeps control of Risso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Mir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Risso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Risso tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mir.
Risso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mir jumps guard.
Mir controlling Risso's posture.

Mir scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Mir moves into the clinch successfully.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Risso misses with a lunging right hand

and Mir moves into the clinch.
Risso wants to break free but Mir has control.

Mir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mir rushes Risso and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mir turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Mir manages to end up in side control.

Mir decides to stand up, so the ref orders Risso to his feet.
Risso misses with a takedown

and Mir counters by clinching up.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Risso's face.
Risso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Risso is leaning against Mir and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Risso wants to get back to striking at distance but Mir won't allow it.

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Risso throws a combination that misses

and Mir counters with a shoot takedown. Risso fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mir has gone for a leg lock! Risso slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mir's guard.
Mir tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mir is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mir decides to stand up.
Risso clinches but Mir breaks the clinch

and Mir counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Mir trying to control the position from guard on top but Risso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Risso is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Risso looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Mir passes into side control.
Risso tries to escape but Mir is in control.

Mir decides to stand up, so the ref orders Risso to his feet.

Mir takes the fight into the clinch.
Risso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Risso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Risso's face.
Risso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
Mir landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Mir manages to break the clinch.

Mir darts in and clinches Risso up against the cage.
Risso can't break the clinch.

Mir breaks from the clinch.
Risso tries to clinch

and Mir counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Risso!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mir stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Risso tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mir counters by clinching up.
Risso working aggressively here.
Mir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mir keeps control of Risso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mir landing knees to the body.
Mir keeps control of Risso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mir prevents a body shot from Risso.
Risso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Mir.
Risso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Risso wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Risso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Risso is trying to break free.
Risso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bam Risso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Mir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mir darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Mir showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mir 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Mir!