PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mack Sphinx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Sphinx
vs
Anders

180 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Reaper Combatwear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mack Sphinx!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aaron Anders!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sphinx dodges the punch combination from Anders.
Anders throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sphinx.
Sphinx tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sphinx keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sphinx works Anders's body with a nice hook.
Anders pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Aaron Anders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sphinx tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sphinx fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sphinx wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.
Sphinx sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sphinx looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anders tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Sphinx.
Sphinx is looking to clinch.
Sphinx avoids the body shot from Anders.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sphinx tries to clinch there but Anders circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sphinx tries to clinch up.
Sphinx is looking to clinch but Anders is avoiding it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Anders.
Anders scores with a head kick.
Anders goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Anders lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sphinx is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sphinx takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sphinx tries to clinch up.
Anders throws a push kick but Sphinx slaps the foot to one side.
Anders avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sphinx tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Anders feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sphinx's calf.
Sphinx tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick from Anders lands but Sphinx takes it in his stride.
Anders throws a right hand that Sphinx ducks under and follows up with a left that Sphinx also avoids with ease.
Sphinx wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anders paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anders misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sphinx wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.
Anders tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sphinx is able to avoid easily.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sphinx tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Sphinx avoids a kick to the body.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders moves out of range.
Anders goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sphinx is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anders cracks the inside of Sphinx's front leg.
Sphinx tries to clinch up.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders moves out of range.
Sphinx takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anders keeps the fight on the outside.
Sphinx wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sphinx tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anders tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sphinx wants to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anders.
Anders needs to keep his hands up - Sphinx had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Aaron Anders has been cut.
Sphinx tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Sphinx tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Anders throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Anders swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.
Anders lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sphinx will feel that in the morning.
Anders falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sphinx counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sphinx is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sphinx tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Sphinx blocks the leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sphinx is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sphinx tries to clinch there but Anders circles away.
Sphinx fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A solid body kick from Anders.
Anders misses with a body kick.
Sphinx doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Anders - that will leave a mark!
Sphinx blocks a head kick by Anders.
Anders looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anders misses with a two punch combination.
Anders is looking to score with low kicks.
Sphinx tries to clinch up.
Sphinx tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Sphinx doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mack Sphinx dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Anders's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anders paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sphinx moves out of range as Anders throws a body kick.
Anders tried to score with a low kick but Sphinx checks it.

Sphinx lands a left and a right that send Anders crashing to the mat, dazed. Sphinx thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
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!
Anders pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sphinx moves in looking to clinch but Anders pushes him off.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch but Anders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aaron Anders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.
Sphinx tries to clinch up.
Anders misses with a leg kick.
Anders throws a push kick but Sphinx slaps the foot to one side.
Sphinx jabs Anders to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anders looks to land a combination but Sphinx avoids it well.
Sphinx fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anders is breathing heavily.
Sphinx wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Sphinx.
Mack Sphinx is winning the standup battle so far.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sphinx clinches up with Anders and pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Sphinx.
Sphinx has a couple of punches blocked by Anders.
Sphinx lands a nice uppercut.
Sphinx lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anders as Sphinx tries to tie him up.
Sphinx is trying to push Anders away but Anders has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sphinx struggles to land a body shot inside as Anders controls his hands.
Sphinx lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Anders backwards.

That has opened up Aaron Anders's cut even more.
Anders tries to break free but Sphinx pushes him back against the cage.
Sphinx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sphinx stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sphinx has a couple of punches blocked by Anders.
Sphinx lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anders or not.
Sphinx lands with a left to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anders has Sphinx pressed against the cage, preventing Sphinx from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anders takes a shot to the head.
Sphinx scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sphinx struggles to land a body shot inside as Anders controls his hands.
Anders wants to get back to striking at distance but Sphinx won't allow it.
Sphinx tries to throw a body punch but Anders avoids it by throwing Sphinx back against the cage.
Sphinx lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
Sphinx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sphinx wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders takes a shot to the head.
Sphinx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Anderss head.
Sphinx working hard to break the clinch.
Sphinx lands a body punch.
Sphinx scores with a hook to the body.
Sphinx trying to control the position but instead, Anders has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sphinx into the cage.
Mack Sphinx has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sphinx misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sphinx is trying to stall.
Sphinx is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anders's elbow.
Anders's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anders has had enough of the clinch but Sphinx keeps him there for the moment.
Sphinx misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sphinx stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Sphinx scores with a nice short uppercut.

The cut above Aaron Anders's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Anders blocks a body shot from Sphinx.
Sphinx is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anders can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from Sphinx - that landed with a thud.
Sphinx tries to circle away but Anders has him pinned against the cage.
Sphinx displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anders up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sphinx lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mack Sphinx dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Anders'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sphinx stuns Anders with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sphinx looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sphinx tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sphinx tries to clinch but Anders moves out of range.
Anders lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sphinx moves in looking to clinch but Anders pushes him off.
Anders looks to land a body kick but Sphinx moved away.
Sphinx wants to clinch.

Sphinx clinches up against the cage.
Anders blocks an uppercut.
Anders takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sphinx works on Anders's body with a couple of short punches.
Sphinx doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anders.
Anders is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sphinx throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Sphinx.
Sphinx lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sphinx scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sphinx cracks Anders with a nice body shot.
Sphinx is trying to break the clinch but Anders has him pressed against the cage.
Sphinx misses with a punch to the body.
Sphinx wants to get back to striking at distance but Anders won't allow it.
A shot in the inside from Sphinx.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sphinx lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anders.
Sphinx is looking to break free of the clinch but Anders has double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Sphinx.
Sphinx looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sphinx lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Sphinx.
Sphinx lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Sphinx on the inside.
Sphinx misses with a punch on the inside.
Anders blocks a body shot from Sphinx.
Sphinx digs a right hand underneath Anders's ribcage. Anders let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sphinx lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anders backwards.
Sphinx working hard to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sphinx lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Aaron Anders's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mack Sphinx!
Mack Sphinx made sure to mention his sponsor, Reaper Combatwear in his post fight interview.