PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Skellington (ranked 2977 p4p, 5129 weight class) and BJ Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Skellington has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Skellington
vs
Anderson

185 cm
25
185
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
194
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Skellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, BJ Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skellington closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Skellington lands in his opponent's guard.
Skellington won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
Skellington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Skellington postures up and lands a big shot to Anderson's brow.
Skellington lands a couple of elbows.

Anderson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Skellington defends it easily.
Skellington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Skellington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Skellington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skellington is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Skellington stands up over Anderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Skellington tries to free his leg and advance position but Anderson is retaining full guard.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Anderson, not yet.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Skellington lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skellington passes Anderson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Skellington working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to stand.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Skellington lands a nice short elbow.

Skellington seems to be looking for submissions.
Anderson tries to get to full guard but Skellington has control of the leg.
Skellington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Skellington scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Skellington is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Skellington putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Skellington has control of Anderson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Anderson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Skellington connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Skellington lands a heavy elbow.
Anderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Skellington raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skellington landing punches.
Skellington connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Skellington connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Anderson is working to get back to half guard.
Anderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Skellington. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee warns Anderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skellington is landing with some decent strikes but Anderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Skellington lands a big shot there that rocks Anderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Anderson is rocked!
Anderson is bucking up trying to escape but Skellington cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Anderson is still in real trouble! Can Skellington finish him?
Skellington lands with some strikes.
A big strike lands for Skellington! That's really hurt Anderson and he's turned his back - Skellington keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Skellington jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Skellington!
Jack Skellington seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.