PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reginald White (ranked 4316 p4p, 4343 weight class) and Tanguy Anguissa (ranked 0 p4p, 446 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

White
vs
Anguissa

200 cm
25
275
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
280
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reginald White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tanguy Anguissa!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Anguissa does it's job there.
Anguissa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anguissa should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
White stuffs the takedown attempt from Anguissa. Anguissa gets slowly back to his feet.
White is looking to counter punch.
Anguissa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from White on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

White gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Anguissa to score an easy takedown into full guard.
White seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anguissa trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Anguissa distracts White with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anguissa wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
White seems keen to control Anguissa's posture.
White keeping moving, preventing Anguissa from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Anguissa throws a big elbow that misses.
Anguissa postures up in White's guard and throws a big left but White blocks it.
Anguissa throws an elbow that misses. White uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anguissa's guard. Nice move by White!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anguissa working for submissions but it's allowed White to get to half guard.
Anguissa keeping hold of White's head, controlling as best he can.
Anguissa tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
Anguissa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
White sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anguissa tries to roll over but White keeps him under control.
Anguissa is looking to control White's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anguissa avoid being mounted?
White trying to mount his opponent but Anguissa defends it.
Anguissa connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Anguissa is trying to control but White passes into side control!
Anguissa can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anguissa sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Anguissa missing with punches from the bottom.
Anguissa gets full guard.
Anguissa is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Anguissa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. White gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Anguissa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tanguy Anguissa dominated that round.
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.

Anguissa scores with a jab to the head.

White gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Anguissa to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tanguy Anguissa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anguissa wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White looking for a sweep. Not yet White, not yet.
Anguissa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anguissa throws a big right hand that misses.
Anguissa trying to control but White is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anguissa throws an elbow that misses. White uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anguissa's guard. Nice move by White!

Anguissa trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White advances to half guard.
Anguissa is looking to improve his position.
Anguissa wants to control but White is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anguissa punching from the bottom.
Anguissa is looking to improve his position.
White performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
White's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Anguissa actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anguissa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anguissa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Anguissa moves into full guard.

Anguissa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.

Anguissa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. White doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. White manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Anguissa wants to control the position but White says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anguissa is trying to control but can't.
White controlling the action here.
Anguissa is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Anguissa missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White is looking to counter punch.
Anguissa swings and misses with a shot to the body
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Reginald White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from White. No joy for Anguissa on that attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from White misses the target.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Anguissa. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anguissa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says White as he avoids it easily.
It looked like White was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Reginald White will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Anguissa lands a jab to White's midsection.
Anguissa tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but White defends well and Anguissa ends up having to push White into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
White was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Anguissa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
White wants to sweep but no luck.
Anguissa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anguissa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
White being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anguissa looking to sit in guard and control but White gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Anguissa has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. White is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Anguissa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White just content to control the position.
Anguissa tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two 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.
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The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A lull in the action here.
Anguissa tries to buck White off but White is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anguissa is still trying to improve position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
White wants to control but Anguissa is keeping him busy.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A cross from Anguissa lands.
Anguissa misses the body punch
and White counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anguissa lands a nice shot to the body.
Anguissa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anguissa lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anguissa throws a jab when White was well out of range.

Anguissa gets a double leg takedown into White's guard.
Anguissa throws a strike but White rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anguissa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anguissa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Anguissa trying to strike off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tanguy Anguissa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Anguissa 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanguy Anguissa!