PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Explosion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tex Anderton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Explosion
vs
Anderton

199 cm
23
225 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
18
260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathan Explosion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tex Anderton!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderton lands with a shot to the body.
Explosion shoots in but no luck this time.
Explosion tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Explosion tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Anderton swivels and escapes.

Explosion bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Anderton tries to improve position but can't.
Anderton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Anderton trying to control from the bottom.
Anderton slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Anderton trying to keep a closed guard but Explosion is proving a slippery customer.
Anderton manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Explosion is working to get back to half guard.
Explosion is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Explosion is looking to escape.
Explosion is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Explosion is working hard here to advance position.
Anderton tries to control but Explosion wriggling away.
Anderton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Explosion hang on?
Anderton is landing with some decent strikes but Explosion is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Anderton lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderton controlling the pace for now.
Anderton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Anderton takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Explosion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Explosion tries to get out of the position.
Anderton looking to control but Explosion is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderton controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Tex Anderton just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice cross by Anderton.

Anderton clinches with his opponent.

Anderton pulls Explosion into guard.
Anderton wants to stand up but Explosion is controlling him.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Anderton holds on and takes a little breather.
Anderton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Explosion manages to get himself to full guard.
Anderton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Explosion had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Anderton is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Explosion Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Anderton's back instead.
Anderton turns into Explosion and is now in his guard.
Anderton trying to control the position from guard on top but Explosion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderton is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tex Anderton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Anderton stuns Explosion with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anderton scores with a hook.
Explosion wants to clinch but Anderton slips to the side
and Anderton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nathan Explosion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!

Anderton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Anderton stays in close to Explosion's body and controls the position.
Anderton wants to control from the top but Explosion keeps moving.
Anderton is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Anderton pushes down on Explosion's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Explosion is staying active underneath Anderton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Tex Anderton just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Explosion swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderton.

Anderton gets a clinch.
Anderton digs a right hand into Explosion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Explosion's gas tank.
A short right from Anderton.
Explosion blocks an elbow strike from Anderton.
Explosion takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Explosion is keeping busy.

Anderton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderton tries to clinch up but Explosion circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderton misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Anderton.

Anderton rushes Explosion and presses him up against the ropes.
Explosion takes an elbow to the temple.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anderton scores with a shot to the side of Explosion's head.
Explosion managing to block the knees to the body from Anderton.

Anderton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderton tries to clinch but Explosion is having none of it.
Anderton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nathan Explosion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Explosion paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Explosion.
Anderton scores with a punch to the head.
Anderton tries to clinch up but Explosion circles away and keeps his distance.
Explosion with a poor takedown
and Anderton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Anderton scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anderton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Anderton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Explosion, pushing him back against the ropes.
Anderton lands with a light punch inside.
Anderton pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Anderton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Anderton gets through Explosion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderton landing knees to the body.
Anderton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anderton lands with a right to the head.
Anderton trying to control the position but instead, Explosion has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderton into the ropes.
Explosion managing to block the knees to the body from Anderton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderton lands a shoulder strike.
Anderton slowing the pace effectively.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Explosion as Anderton tries to tie him up.
Explosion can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tex Anderton 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Anderton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anderton moves in looking to clinch but Explosion pushes him off.
Anderton tries to close the distance and clinch but Explosion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Explosion closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Anderton counter with a right hand.
Explosion misses with a takedown attempt

and Anderton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Anderton trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Anderton.

It looks like Nathan Explosion has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderton has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Explosion avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Anderton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

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

Anderton drives through and clinches with Explosion against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderton leaning against his opponent.
Explosion looking to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Anderton.
Anderton lands with a right to the head.
Nice elbow from Anderton.
Anderton trying to stall but Explosion improves his position.
Anderton stalling the fight.
Anderton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Explosion backwards.
Anderton stalling in the clinch but Explosion improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tex Anderton.
Anderton wants to clinch.
Anderton wants to clinch up but Explosion keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Anderton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Anderton clinches with his opponent.
Anderton trying to stall but Explosion improves his position.

Anderton breaks from the clinch.
Anderton tries to clinch but Explosion moves away

and Explosion counters with a single leg into guard. Anderton didn't expect that.
Anderton lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Explosion!
Tex Anderton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderton landing shots from mount.
Explosion is squirming around, avoiding Anderton's attempts to control the action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Anderton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Explosion is desperately trying to improve his position but Anderton has a good base and remains in mount.
Anderton controlling from the full mount.
Anderton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Anderton takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Explosion is trying desperately to improve position.
Anderton content just to control the position here.
Anderton wants to control the pace but Explosion is squirming around nicely.
Nathan Explosion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Explosion tries to reverse the position but Anderton maintains control.
Anderton controlling the position easily from mount.
Anderton blocks Explosion's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Anderton controlling the position easily from mount.
Anderton has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Explosion's face.
Tex Anderton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderton controlling from mount.

Despite being in the dominant position, Tex Anderton just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Explosion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tex Anderton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Anderton has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tex Anderton!