PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bunny Anstey (ranked 1257 p4p, 153 weight class) and Frank Brewer (ranked 1674 p4p, 200 weight class). Brewer has chosen Gangster's Paradise as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Anstey
vs
Brewer

194 cm
35
251 lbs
26 - 14 - 1

193 cm
34
240 lbs
34 - 19 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Sportivité

Urban Fighter
Sportivité

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 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bunny Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Brewer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anstey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anstey throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Anstey.
Brewer scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Bunny Anstey has been cut.

Anstey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Anstey is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Brewer sees it coming and defends easily.
Anstey is trying to control. Brewer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anstey is pressing down on Brewer's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brewer is holding on for now.
Anstey trying to control the pace.
Anstey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer is trying to get back to full guard.
Brewer is doing well to control the position and prevent Anstey from advancing to side control.
Brewer is trying to control but can't.

Anstey is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Brewer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anstey.
Brewer is not content to let Anstey control the position.

Anstey is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anstey trying to control from half guard but Brewer is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Anstey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brewer trying to control but Anstey postures up.
Anstey thows a huge punch but Brewer dodges it nicely.
Anstey is pressing down on Brewer's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brewer is holding on for now.
Anstey trying to control the pace.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Anstey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brewer did well to prevent Anstey getting side control.
Anstey thows a huge punch but Brewer dodges it nicely.

Anstey is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anstey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Anstey thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brewer's head.
Anstey working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Anstey trying to control from half guard but Brewer is working away.
Anstey is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Brewer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Brewer taking some punishment here, with Anstey in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brewer won't allow Anstey to pass to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brewer manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Brewer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Anstey is controlling him.
Brewer controls Anstey momentarily but Anstey frees himself.
Anstey showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Anstey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brewer controls Anstey momentarily but Anstey frees himself.
Anstey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunny Anstey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bunny Anstey's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brewer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anstey throws a big shot that misses.
Brewer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Anstey moves into the clinch.
Brewer lands a body shot.
Brewer blocks the elbow strike.
Brewer working aggressively here.
Anstey misses with the head strike.
Anstey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brewer backwards.
Anstey swings wildly with an uppercut but Brewer uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer blocks the elbow strike.
Brewer tries to work over Anstey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anstey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anstey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brewer takes a shot to the head.
Brewer lands a nice uppercut.
Brewer misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anstey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown attempt by Anstey or perhaps it was just good defense by Brewer, which made it look bad.
Anstey lands a jab to the head.

Anstey gets the takedown into side control.
Anstey working the ground and pound but Brewer is defending the strikes.
Bunny Anstey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anstey misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Anstey fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Anstey controlling the position from side mount.
Anstey trying to control the position but Brewer is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Brewer sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Brewer is not content to let Anstey control the position.
Brewer regains half guard there - taking advantage of Anstey's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Anstey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Anstey drops an elbow to the side of Brewer's head.
Brewer is staying active underneath Anstey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Anstey seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Brewer is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Anstey lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Anstey.
Anstey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Still in half guard, Anstey seems content to control.
Anstey lands strikes from half guard.
Anstey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brewer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anstey landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer trying to control from the bottom.
Anstey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Anstey 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.
Anstey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Anstey throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brewer to regain full guard.
Anstey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brewer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anstey slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Anstey passes into half guard.
Brewer tries to roll over but Anstey keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunny Anstey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bunny Anstey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brewer throws a shot to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Brewer enables Anstey to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Brewer manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Anstey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brewer's guard.
Brewer is staying active underneath Anstey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brewer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brewer is looking to control Anstey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brewer avoid being mounted?
Brewer is doing well to control the position and prevent Anstey from advancing to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice strikes from Anstey there.
Anstey working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Brewer is looking for a sweep. Anstey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anstey is keen to just control but Brewer is a slippery customer.

Anstey seems to be working for a kimura but Brewer defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brewer is looking to improve his position.
Brewer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Anstey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Anstey controlling the action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Anstey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brewer can do to turn this around?

Brewer is defending against the submission attempts here by Anstey.
Anstey not doing much here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bunny Anstey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Anstey.
Anstey just misses with a punch to the body.
Frank Brewer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brewer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Anstey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brewer swings wildly with an uppercut but Anstey uses good head movement to avoid it.

Anstey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anstey loads up on a big right hand but Brewer slips the punch.
Anstey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brewer as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer throws a lazy right hand but Anstey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anstey half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Brewer looks to score with a jab to the body but Anstey is just out of range.

Anstey drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Anstey takes a little break here. Brewer wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anstey wants to control but Brewer is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bunny Anstey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anstey 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bunny Anstey!
During a confident post fight interview, Bunny Anstey thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.