PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Martin (ranked 2666 p4p, 343 weight class) and Mr Anderson (ranked 2891 p4p, 368 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mr Anderson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Martin
vs
Anderson

182 cm
45
170 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

180 cm
40
173 lbs
30 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fanatic Inc.
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dakota Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Mr Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin lands a right hook to the body.

Anderson clinches up with Martin and pushes him back against the cage.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Martin tries to sprawl out of it but Anderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Martin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Martin throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martin misses with a double jab
and Anderson counters with a series of strikes. Martin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Martin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dakota Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Anderson tries to counter with a clinch but Martin shakes him off and moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin misses with a two punch combination.
Martin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at K.O. Koala's in the buildup to the fight.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson moves out of range as Martin strikes.
Nice shot by Martin.
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Martin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson blocks the body kick.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anderson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.

Anderson instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martin tries to stall but Anderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martin stalling the fight.
Martin prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin wants to stall.
Martin is struggling to control the position.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Anderson leaning against his opponent.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily.
Martin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good shot there by Martin.
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.
Martin connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anderson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Anderson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson wants to counter the offense by Martin and move into the clinch position.
Martin throws a right and a left that Anderson avoids nicely.
Anderson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Martin throws a series of punches but Anderson avoids them all with ease.
Martin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Anderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Anderson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Martin tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.

Martin breaks from the clinch.
Martin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Anderson has managed to clinch.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Anderson gets a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Martin tries to tie him up.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin working hard to break the clinch.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anderson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson taking a breather.
Martin gets underhooks to prevent Anderson's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martin connects with a crisp jab.
Martin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Martin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martin misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.

Anderson closes the distance and pushes Martin back into the cage.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
Martin is trying to break free.
Anderson leaning his opponent against the cage.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin connects with a crisp jab.
Martin fails to land with a series of punches.
Martin lands a nice shot to the body.
Dakota Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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!

Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Martin.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mr Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anderson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martin up against the cage.
Martin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martin.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Martin in a clinch.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martin misses with a body punch.
Martin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Martin is trying to force a seperation but Anderson has the dominant position.
Martin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.

Martin breaks the clinch.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Martin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dakota Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson feints the counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease.
Martin slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Anderson clinches with his opponent.

Martin breaks from the clinch.
Martin scores with a shot to the body.
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!
Anderson tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.
Martin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Martin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
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 Dakota Martin 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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Martin defends it nicely.
Martin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martin lands a slapping body shot.
Martin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martin sets himself, and Anderson steps forward looking for the clinch! Martin avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Anderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martin, pushing him back against the cage.
Anderson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martin up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Anderson is leaning against Martin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee calls for Anderson to work.
Anderson wants to stall.
Martin blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Martin throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin throws a combination that misses

and Anderson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Anderson.
Anderson pushing down on Martin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Anderson is pressing down on Martin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Martin is holding on for now.
Martin is looking to control Anderson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Martin avoid being mounted?
Dakota Martin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Anderson seems to be looking for submissions.
Anderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Anderson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Martin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mr Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Martin wants to improve his position but Anderson is controlling well.

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.
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.
Anderson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Anderson wants to control but Martin is keeping him busy.
Martin is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Anderson seems to be looking for submissions.
Anderson is just content to waste time from the top position. Martin takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mr Anderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Martin wants to stand and escape but Anderson is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mr Anderson.
I think Martin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dakota Martin!
After winning the bout, Dakota Martin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.