PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flex Nuisance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archibald Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nuisance comes to the cage accompanied by High Hopes by Frank Sinatra. Anderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Archibald Anderson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nuisance
vs
Anderson

197 cm
27
265 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
250 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flex Nuisance!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Archibald Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson with a jab.

It looks like Flex Nuisance has been cut.
Nuisance moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Nuisance misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
A lazy left from Anderson finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nuisance closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Nuisance is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Anderson is just riding it out for now. Nuisance eventually gives up the hold.
Nuisance wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuisance controlling the action here.
Anderson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nuisance.
Nuisance throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Nuisance pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anderson is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance landing with the ground and pound.
Nuisance works over Anderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Nuisance from controlling successfully.
Nuisance engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nuisance tries to free his leg and advance position but Anderson is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance throws a big right hand that misses.
Nuisance in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nuisance throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Nuisance wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nuisance has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Nuisance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson swings widly with a right hand
and Nuisance makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Anderson looks gassed!
Nuisance lands a nice looking body shot.

Nuisance shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nuisance showed some decent athleticism there.
Nuisance is looking to advance position but Anderson won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nuisance perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Nuisance dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Flex Nuisance's cut.
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.

Nuisance connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nuisance's corner calls for a 1-2. Nuisance obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Archibald Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nuisance takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Nuisance is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Anderson throws a jab when Nuisance was well out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Nuisance misses the target.

Anderson gets caught flat footed, as Nuisance shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nuisance throws an elbow that misses. Anderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nuisance's guard. Nice move by Anderson!
Nuisance looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Anderson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Flex Nuisance wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nuisance scores with a body shot.
Nuisance thuds his right hand into Anderson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Archibald Anderson has been cut.
Archibald Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nuisance counters with a nice uppercut.
Nuisance scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson ducks right into an uppercut from Nuisance.
Nuisance connects with a body shot.

Nuisance closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Anderson did well to prevent Nuisance getting side control.
Nuisance slips a nice elbow through Anderson's hands, connecting with Anderson's forehead.
Nuisance scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nuisance looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nuisance thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
Nuisance seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Nuisance frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nuisance with good strikes from the mount here!
Nuisance tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.
Nuisance in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nuisance breaks from Anderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nuisance fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nuisance trying to control but Anderson is having none of it.
Nuisance has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Anderson's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nuisance content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Nuisance dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nuisance connects with a looping right hand.
Nuisance moves into range and connects with a jab.

That has opened up Archibald Anderson's cut even more.
Nuisance dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Nuisance gets a double leg takedown into Anderson's guard.

Anderson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuisance slips nicely into half guard.
Anderson is still in real trouble! Can Nuisance finish him?
Nuisance missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nuisance perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nuisance working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nuisance connects with a nice short shot to Anderson's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuisance is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nuisance seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nuisance throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nuisance is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Nuisance content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Flex Nuisance overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nuisance looks to land a strike but Anderson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Flex Nuisance just wasn't active enough.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nuisance.
Nuisance fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Nuisance scoring with punches from side control.
Nuisance is putting a hurting on Anderson here, landing some big shots from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson seems a little lost for a moment, as Nuisance dominates the positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance working the head with strikes.
Nuisance is putting a hurting on Anderson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Nuisance.
Anderson regains half guard, as Nuisance was trying to land strikes.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nuisance.
Nice strikes from Nuisance there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nuisance is taking a breather. Anderson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nuisance wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
Nuisance missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nuisance lands with a punch from half guard.

The cut above Archibald Anderson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nuisance works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Nuisance clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nuisance shoots in and bounces Anderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Anderson wants to stand but Nuisance is controlling the position.
Nuisance works over Anderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Nuisance in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anderson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nuisance not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuisance trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nuisance postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nuisance throwing strikes from guard but Anderson blocks nicely.
Nuisance working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nuisance advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Nuisance politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Nuisance prefers to stall for the moment though.
Anderson prevents Nuisance from improving position.
Anderson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Archibald Anderson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Flex Nuisance!
Flex Nuisance retains his heavyweight title!
Flex Nuisance decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.