PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between TJ Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Styles comes into the arena with Underground Kings blaring out of the sound system. TJ Styles has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Styles
vs
Anderson

175 cm
19
134 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, TJ Styles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Styles pushes him off.
Styles throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson wants to clinch but Styles slips to the side

and Styles counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Styles avoids the damage to the body.
Styles is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anderson to keep the fight standing.
Anderson stalling the fight.
Styles drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.
Styles is working Anderson over against the cage.

Styles pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
Styles is trying to control the position but Anderson postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Styles really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Styles tries to buck Anderson off but Anderson is having none of it.
Styles tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Styles is looking to reverse the position.
Anderson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Styles's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex Anderson.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Styles.
Styles tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Styles circles away from the clinch attempt

so Styles counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Styles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styles is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Anderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Anderson not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles keeping hold of Anderson's head, controlling as best he can.
Anderson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. TJ Styles wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that TJ Styles 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.

Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Styles tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Styles swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Styles's elbow.

Styles drags the fight down to the ground.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Styles keeps moving.
Styles trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex Anderson.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Styles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Styles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Styles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
TJ Styles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
Styles fails with the takedown.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Styles is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anderson to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Styles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Styles takes an elbow to the forehead.
Styles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Styles fails to pull guard.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Styles 's eye.
Styles goes for a takedown in the clinch but Anderson prevents it.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styles tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Styles tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Anderson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Styles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Styles tries to pull guard but Anderson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Styles can't break the clinch.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Styles avoids the damage to the body.
Styles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Anderson walks away with a smile on his face. Styles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Styles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Styles throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.

Styles clinches up with Anderson and pushes him back against the cage.
Styles changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Anderson fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Styles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Anderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Styles is trying to pull guard but Anderson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Styles's defenses.
Styles tries to pull guard but Anderson won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Styles avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Styles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Styles tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson moves out of range as Styles strikes.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Styles is avoiding it.
Styles misses with a few strikes there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Styles.
Styles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a three punch combo that has Styles backing up. Styles nods at Anderson to acknowledge the strikes.
Anderson tries to clinch but Styles moves out of range.
Styles tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Styles paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Anderson gets caught napping as Styles dives in and scores a takedown. Anderson manages to retain guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Styles throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Stylesis looking to pass into half guard but Anderson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Anderson is in guard.

Styles manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Styles misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice takedown defense from Anderson. No joy for Styles on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Styles misses
and Anderson counters with a big head kick but Styles shrugs it off.
Styles tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson tries to clinch but Styles moves out of range.
Alex Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Styles swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson looks to land a combination. Styles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles keeps the fight on the outside.
Alex Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Styles circles away and keeps his distance.
Styles looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.

Anderson pushes Styles up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Styles 's eye.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Styles avoids it.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Styles is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Styles is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anderson to keep the fight standing.
Styles takes an elbow to the forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Anderson!