PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tristan McAndrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Rustler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

McAndrews
vs
Rustler

200 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tristan McAndrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Rustler!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McAndrews throws a low kick but Rustler avoids it.
Rustler has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
No joy there for Rustler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rustler throws a leg kick but McAndrews checks it.

McAndrews fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rustler, pushing him back against the cage.
Rustler is trying to break the clinch but McAndrews has him pressed against the cage.
McAndrews prevents Rustler from breaking the clinch.
McAndrews has Rustler pressed against the cage.

Rustler breaks from the clinch.
Rustler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McAndrews stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McAndrews misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rustler pivots, looking for a leg kick but McAndrews is out of range and Rustler settles back down.
The fighters circling - Rustler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McAndrews throws a big counter combination but Rustler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rustler does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McAndrews checks a low kick from Rustler.
Rustler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

McAndrews has closed the distance and engaged Rustler in a clinch.
McAndrews stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAndrews misses with a short punch on the inside.
McAndrews leaning against his opponent.

McAndrews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAndrews moves out of range of the strikes.

McAndrews instigates a clinch.
Rustler tries to break the clinch but McAndrews is controlling the position.
McAndrews tries to land knees in the clinch but Rustler avoids the damage to the body.
Rustler displaying some good clinch control by pressing McAndrews up against the cage.
McAndrews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for McAndrews.
McAndrews definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
McAndrews misses with a body punch.
McAndrews is pushing Rustler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McAndrews creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rustler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rustler's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McAndrews really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rustler takes an elbow to the forehead.
McAndrews tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rustler avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rustler has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McAndrews is struggling to control the position.

Rustler breaks the clinch.
McAndrews throws a shot from downtown. Rustler moves away and avoids it.
Rustler throws a jab when McAndrews was well out of range.

McAndrews closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rustler can't break the clinch.
McAndrews displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rustler up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rustler's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rustler working hard to break the clinch.

McAndrews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rustler throws a leg kick but McAndrews sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rustler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rustler takes a swing at McAndrews's ribcage but misses.

McAndrews gets a clinch.
McAndrews lands a right hand.

Rustler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAndrews gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
An inside leg kick lands from McAndrews.
Rustler throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McAndrews scores with a head kick.
McAndrews ducks under a wild hook from Rustler.
McAndrews lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rustler tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rustler throws the kick towards the body but McAndrews avoids it.
Rustler misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tristan McAndrews dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rustler throws a looping overhand right but McAndrews ducks down to avoid it.
Rustler throws a right and a left that McAndrews avoids nicely.
McAndrews tries to move into range but Rustler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McAndrews throws a head kick but Rustler moves out of range.

McAndrews closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from McAndrews.
McAndrews dodges an elbow strike from Rustler.
McAndrews tries a knee to the head but Rustler blocks it.
McAndrews keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rustler's efforts to push away.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McAndrews lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rustler backwards.

McAndrews manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustler looks to throw the jab but McAndrews is out of range.
McAndrews ducks right into an uppercut from Rustler.
McAndrews tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rustler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rustler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tristan McAndrews is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rustler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

McAndrews gets a clinch.
Rustler is trying to push McAndrews away but McAndrews has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rustler is trying to push McAndrews away but McAndrews has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rustler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Rustler breaks from the clinch.
McAndrews avoids the head kick by Rustler.
Rustler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McAndrews checks a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Rustler - just one landing.

McAndrews closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rustler tries to break free but McAndrews pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rustler manages to break the clinch.

McAndrews clinches up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McAndrews misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rustler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McAndrews has him pressed against the cage.
McAndrews is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rustler is defending well for now.
The referee calls for Rustler to work.
McAndrews just leaning against Rustler, taking a breather.
Rustler tries to break free but McAndrews pushes him back against the cage.

McAndrews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAndrews connects with an inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as McAndrews blocks the leg kick.
Rustler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rustler wants to land a leg kick but McAndrews is out of range.
Rustler misses with a leg kick.
Rustler throws a low kick but McAndrews avoids it.

McAndrews fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rustler, pushing him back against the cage.
McAndrews looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McAndrews crunches a lovely knee into Rustler's ribcage.
Rustler tries to break free but McAndrews pushes him back against the cage.
Rustler looking to stall.
Rustler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stalling in the clinch from McAndrews.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rustler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Rustler breaks the clinch.
Rustler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

McAndrews has Rustler up against the cage in a clinch.
Rustler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McAndrews lands a good knee to the midsection. Rustler won't want to take too many of those.
Rustler looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McAndrews taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tristan McAndrews will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rustler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McAndrews feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rustler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rustler fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McAndrews checks it well.
McAndrews throws a big counter combination but Rustler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
McAndrews swinging wildly here.
McAndrews checks a leg kick nicely.
Rustler throws a leg kick but McAndrews sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rustler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McAndrews lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rustler is looking to score with low kicks.

McAndrews has closed the distance and engaged Rustler in a clinch.

Rustler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McAndrews pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McAndrews keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rustler throws a leg kick but McAndrews checks it.
McAndrews swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rustler misses with a body kick.

McAndrews takes the fight into the clinch.

McAndrews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAndrews misses with a double jab.
Rustler now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

McAndrews moves into the clinch successfully.
McAndrews tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McAndrews is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rustler can do to turn this around?
Rustler is looking to break free of the clinch but McAndrews has double underhooks.
McAndrews keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rustler's efforts to push away.
McAndrews prevents Rustler from breaking the clinch.

Rustler breaks the clinch.

Rustler tries to keep at a distance but McAndrews has taken the fight into the clinch.
McAndrews missing with knees to the body.
Jimmy Rustler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rustler.
McAndrews is stalling here.

Rustler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rustler tries to land a leg kick but McAndrews saw it coming and moves away.

McAndrews has managed to clinch.
Rustler tries to circle away but McAndrews has him pinned against the cage.
Rustler has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McAndrews lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rustler prevents a body shot from McAndrews.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAndrews lands a body punch in the clinch.

McAndrews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAndrews throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rustler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rustler throws a solid leg kick but McAndrews takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rustler.
Rustler throws an overhand right that lands on McAndrews's shoulder, as McAndrews tries to avoid the shot.
Rustler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Rustler tries to keep at a distance but McAndrews has taken the fight into the clinch.
McAndrews unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rustler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

McAndrews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rustler throws a chopping leg kick but McAndrews manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

McAndrews pushes Rustler up against the cage in a clinch.
McAndrews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for McAndrews to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McAndrews prevents Rustler from breaking the clinch.
Rustler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Rustler breaks the clinch.
McAndrews tries a head kick but it misses.
Rustler flicks out a counter leg kick but McAndrews steps away.
McAndrews keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Rustler.
McAndrews blocks a jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rustler is trying to force a seperation but McAndrews has the dominant position.
Rustler lands a right hand that snaps the head of McAndrews backwards.
Tristan McAndrews is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Rustler manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tristan McAndrews showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McAndrews, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tristan McAndrews!