PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rik Mireson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mireson comes to the cage accompanied by Wombles Theme Tune. Will Anderson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mireson
vs
Anderson

179 cm
20
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rik Mireson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mireson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mireson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anderson swinging wilding here.
Mireson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mireson throws out the jab.
Mireson misses with a straight left.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Mireson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Mireson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mireson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson jabs at Mireson's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson tries to bum rush Mireson with a series of wild strikes but Mireson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Anderson throws a right hand that Mireson ducks under and follows up with a left that Mireson also avoids with ease.
Mireson doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Anderson moves out of range as Mireson strikes.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Mireson avoids it well.
Mireson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.

Mireson takes the fight into the clinch.
Mireson digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
Mireson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mireson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anderson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anderson throws a combination. Mireson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mireson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mireson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mireson throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Anderson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Mireson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Mireson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mireson misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson trying to stall but Mireson improves his position.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Mireson pushes Anderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mireson wants a takedown.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mireson lands a nice shot to the body.

Mireson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Anderson is trying to keep an underhook but Mireson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Mireson is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson is looking for a sweep. Mireson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mireson working over Anderson with some ground and pound. Anderson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mireson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anderson tries to roll over but Mireson keeps him under control.
Mireson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mireson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Anderson tries to get to full guard but Mireson has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mireson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Anderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Mireson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Mireson is having none of it.
Mireson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anderson wants to get back to his feet but Mireson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mireson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Mireson is having none of it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mireson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mireson missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderson scores with a jab. Mireson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Mireson is just out of range.
Anderson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mireson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mireson rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mireson misses with a body punch.
Mireson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mireson has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.

Anderson breaks the clinch.
Mireson tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.
Will Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mireson thows a body shot but no joy.

Anderson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mireson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Anderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Anderson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mireson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mireson connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Anderson 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.

Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mireson has time to react.
Anderson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anderson lands a jab-cross combination.
Anderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mireson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anderson counters with a left and a right that stings Mireson.
Anderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rik Mireson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson swinging wilding here.
Anderson throws the kick towards the body but Mireson avoids it.
Mireson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Mireson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mireson lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Anderson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mireson is aware though and is defending well.
Mireson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mireson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mireson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mireson tries to free his leg and advance position but Anderson is retaining full guard.
Mireson lands a couple of elbows.
Anderson wants to stand up but Mireson is controlling him.
Mireson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mireson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Anderson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mireson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mireson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Anderson is looking for a triangle but Mireson pushes his legs off easily.
Anderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

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.

Anderson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mireson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mireson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anderson is keeping the position for now.
Mireson postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Mireson distracts Anderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mireson postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Anderson tries to bum rush Mireson with a series of wild strikes but Mireson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mireson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mireson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson lunges at Mireson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mireson's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swinging wilding here.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Mireson avoids it well.
Mireson dodges the punch combination from Anderson.

Mireson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mireson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mireson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mireson breaks from Anderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Anderson is looking to get to half guard.
Mireson landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Anderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
BOOM! Mireson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mireson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mireson working Anderson over with strikes here.
Mireson landing shots from mount.
Anderson regains half guard.
Anderson wants to get back to full guard.
Mireson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mireson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Anderson gets full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mireson slips nicely into half guard.
Rik Mireson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mireson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Will Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mireson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Mireson misses with a double jab
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anderson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mireson.
Mireson tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson stuns Mireson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rik Mireson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Anderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mireson at a distance.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson lands a jab to Mireson's midsection.
Anderson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mireson rather than just go for the knockout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson slips a straight right by Mireson.
Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Anderson works Mireson's body with a nice hook.
Mireson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Mireson moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mireson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mireson throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Mireson.
Mireson throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Mireson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Anderson moves into full guard.
Mireson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mireson with a flurry of punches that miss.

Anderson looking for a triangle here. Mireson is fighting it but it looks tight! Anderson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Mireson is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Will Anderson!