PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anders Annorlunda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Glass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Annorlunda comes to the cage accompanied by Devils Dance Floor. Anders Annorlunda has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Annorlunda
vs
Glass

193 cm
30
193 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

165 cm
20
189 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Mohito Fightwear

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anders Annorlunda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Glass!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glass shoots in looking for a takedown. Annorlunda tries to sprawl out of it but Glass keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Annorlunda manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Glass closes the distance looking to clinch
and Annorlunda makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Annorlunda is trying hard to land a takedown here. Glass sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice shot by Annorlunda.
Annorlunda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Glass manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Annorlunda rushes Glass and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Glass's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Annorlunda scores with a body shot.
Annorlunda shoots in and drives through. Glass sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Annorlunda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anders Annorlunda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Annorlunda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Glass tries to score a power double leg takedown but Annorlunda sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Glass somewhat.
Glass swinging wildly here.
Glass displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Annorlunda.
Annorlunda looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Annorlunda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glass throws a fast counter high kick but Annorlunda manages to duck under it in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Annorlunda shoots for a takedown but Glass saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Annorlunda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Glass on the side of the head.
Glass throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Annorlunda counters with a stiff right hand.
Annorlunda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A combination from Annorlunda does no damage.

Glass gets caught flat footed, as Annorlunda shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Glass has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Annorlunda off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
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!

Annorlunda shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Glass is trying to defend but Annorlunda finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Glass wants to improve his position but Annorlunda is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Annorlunda will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Glass is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Annorlunda defends well.
Glass throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Glass looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Annorlunda looking to sit in guard and control but Glass gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Annorlunda has control of Glass's left arm, preventing Glass from doing any damage.
Annorlunda on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Annorlunda tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass won't allow Annorlunda to sweep him here.
Glass trying to control but Annorlunda is working from the bottom.
Glass preventing the sweep.
Glass is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Annorlunda not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Glass won't allow Annorlunda to sweep him here.
Annorlunda working a defensive guard here.
Annorlunda wants to stand but Glass is controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Martin Glass will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Annorlunda throws a body shot but no joy.
Glass shoots and misses
and Annorlunda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Annorlunda wants to clinch.

Annorlunda drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Glass tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Annorlunda wants to stand but Glass is controlling his arm.
Glass sneaks back into half guard.
Glass is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Annorlunda connects with a nice short shot to Glass's temple.

Annorlunda is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Glass is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Annorlunda is looking to advance position but Glass won't allow it.
Glass keeping control of the position.
Glass scores with a few weak punches.
Glass avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Annorlunda.
Glass trying to control but Annorlunda postures up.
Glass is looking to escape.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Annorlunda is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Glass tries to clinch up.
Glass fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Annorlunda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Glass circles away.
Glass uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Annorlunda.

Annorlunda tries to keep at a distance but Glass has taken the fight into the clinch.
Annorlunda is trying to push Glass away but Glass has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Glass manages to break the clinch.

Glass closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Glass lands in his opponent's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Annorlunda manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Glass breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Annorlunda lands a jab to the head.
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!
Annorlunda lands a head shot.

Annorlunda gets the takedown into side control.
Glass is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Annorlunda asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Annorlunda trying to control the action but Glass is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
What's Glass going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anders Annorlunda dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Glass tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Annorlunda swivels and escapes.
Glass looks for the body kick but Annorlunda saw that one coming.
Glass shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Annorlunda as he avoids it easily.
Glass keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Glass looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

Glass darts in and clinches Annorlunda up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Annorlunda's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Glass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anders Annorlunda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Annorlunda blocks a head kick by Glass.
A head kick misses from Annorlunda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Annorlunda misses the shot to the body.
Glass tries to counter by closing the distance.
Glass fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anders Annorlunda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Glass.
Glass stuffs the takedown.

Annorlunda shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Glass kicks off Annorlunda and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass stuffs the takedown attempt from Annorlunda. Annorlunda gets slowly back to his feet.
Martin Glass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Annorlunda scores with the left hand. Glass knows he should have avoided that one.
Annorlunda has a takedown stuffed.
Annorlunda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Glass was well out of range. Poor timing from Annorlunda.
Glass dives in and grabs Annorlunda's left leg, looking for a takedown. Annorlunda pushes down on Glass's head and hops out.
Annorlunda is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Annorlunda goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Glass shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Glass showed some decent athleticism there.
Glass keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Annorlunda is trying to get back to full guard.
Glass is looking to take a break and control but Annorlunda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Annorlunda is looking to control Glass's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Annorlunda avoid being mounted?

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Glass gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Glass prevents a body shot from Annorlunda.
Glass fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Annorlunda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Glass misses with a takedown
and Annorlunda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anders Annorlunda is winning the standup battle so far.
Annorlunda fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Annorlunda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass walks into a straight right hand from Annorlunda.
Annorlunda wants to clinch up but Glass keeps it at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Glass.
Annorlunda throws a big counter combination but Glass scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Glass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Annorlunda circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice sprawl there from Glass as Annorlunda shoots in.
Annorlunda throws a nice looking combination but Glass bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Annorlunda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Annorlunda leaves Glass with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Martin Glass.
I think Glass has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:29

The fight is ruled a draw!