PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eldridge Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Masters has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Anderson
vs
Masters

202 cm
19
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eldridge Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruno Masters!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Masters throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Masters gets a takedown into half guard.
Anderson trying to control but Masters postures up.
Anderson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anderson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Masters stands up from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Masters shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Anderson's guard.

Masters stands up from Anderson's guard - Masters perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson gets tackled into the cage by Masters. Masters maintains the clinch.

Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Masters fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Anderson, pushing him back against the cage.

Masters breaks the clinch.
Masters throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Masters gets a clinch.
Masters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Anderson working hard to break the clinch.
Anderson can't break the clinch.

Masters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Anderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a right hand that Masters ducks under and follows up with a left that Masters also avoids with ease.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Anderson.
Masters lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Masters moves into the clinch.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Masters misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.

Masters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Masters shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Anderson is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Masters stands up out of the half guard.
Masters digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.

Anderson gets caught napping as Masters dives in and scores a takedown. Anderson manages to retain guard.
Anderson is breathing heavily.

Masters gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Masters darts in and clinches Anderson up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Masters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Masters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Masters misses with the combination.
Anderson with a poor takedown

and Masters counters by moving into the clinch.

Masters manages to break the clinch.
Anderson throws a hook but Masters avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Masters lands with a nice combination. Anderson backs away looking to recover.
Masters scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
No joy there for Masters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Masters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Masters dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Masters misses with the combination.

Masters drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.

Masters breaks the clinch.
Masters connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anderson. Anderson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Masters clinches with his opponent.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch but Masters keeps him there for the moment.
Masters lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Eldridge Anderson has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masters tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Masters back against the cage.
Anderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Masters is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Masters manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Masters lands a jab-cross combination.

Masters takes the fight into the clinch.

Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Masters closes the distance and pushes Anderson back into the cage.
Masters tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Masters breaks from the clinch.

Anderson moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Masters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Masters clinches with his opponent.

Masters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Masters scores with a head kick. Anderson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bruno Masters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Masters drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Masters has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Masters avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Masters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Masters misses with a few strikes there.
Masters lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Masters.

Masters clinches.
Anderson working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Masters gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Masters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Masters fails to land with a series of punches.
Masters misses with a few strikes there.

Masters looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Masters prevents Anderson from improving his position.
Anderson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Masters's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Masters's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson punches the canvas rather than the man.

Masters manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
Sloppy strikes from Masters. Those never looked like landing.
Masters swinging wildly here.
Bruno Masters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Masters clinches up against the cage.
Bruno Masters seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A body shot lands from Masters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Masters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eldridge Anderson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Masters shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Anderson napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Masters stands up.
A head kick misses from Anderson.

Masters clinches up against the cage.

Masters manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Masters. Those never looked like landing.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Masters.
Masters looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Masters defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anderson.
Masters swinging wildly here.
Anderson is looking for a counter combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Masters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eldridge Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Masters moves into the clinch.

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

Masters fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Anderson, pushing him back against the cage.
Anderson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Masters breaks the clinch.

Masters rushes Anderson and presses him up against the cage.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Masters misses with a combination

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.
Anderson is trying to force a seperation but Masters has the dominant position.
Masters lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Masters manages to break the clinch.
Masters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Masters clinches up against the cage.
Anderson taking a breather.

Masters breaks the clinch.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Masters keeps it at a distance.
Masters throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Masters manages to circle out of the way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Masters pushes Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Masters pushes Anderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

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

Masters clinches.

Masters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masters cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Masters scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Masters moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Masters.
Masters misses with a double jab

and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters stalling against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Masters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masters's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Masters duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Anderson. Those never looked like landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Masters scores with a four punch combination!

Masters closes the distance and clinches.

Masters breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Anderson. Those never looked like landing.

Masters rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Eldridge Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruno Masters is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Anderson tries to break free but Masters pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Masters comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Masters 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 John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Masters!