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GAMMA: Contenders #163 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rejinaldo Silveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Spend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jesse Spend was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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284 lbs
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259 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rejinaldo Silveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Spend!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spend.
Spend looks to land a combination but Silveira avoids it well.
Spend with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silveira shoots in looking for a takedown. Spend tries to sprawl out of it but Silveira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Spend manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Spend pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Spend but Spend pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Spend throws a series of strikes that have Silveira backpedaling.
Horrible takedown by Silveira or perhaps it was just good defense by Spend which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rejinaldo Silveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silveira slips a jab and a cross from Spend.
Spend throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spend throws a right and a left that Silveira avoids nicely.
Jesse Spend seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spend throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Spend.
Silveira throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Spend tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silveira is in Spend's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spend trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Spend had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silveira defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silveira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spend throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Silveira is working Spend over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silveira trying to control but Spend is working from the bottom.
Spend has his foot on Silveira's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silveira works his way back into a safe position though.
Silveira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Spend is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Spend looks gassed!
Spend working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silveira doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silveira manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silveira cracks Spend with a solid left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silveira is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spend had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silveira defends it easily.
Silveira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silveira working some strikes from top position.
Silveira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silveira distracts Spend with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silveira passes into half guard.
Spend looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silveira lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Spend quite badly. Spend pulls Silveira in close trying to recover. Silveira postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Spend on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Spend doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rejinaldo Silveira!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russian Guyovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guyovich comes to the cage accompanied by The Russian Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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28
221 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
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215 lbs
13 - 26 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russian Guyovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aiden White!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White lands a jab to the nose.
White changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Guyovich looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Guyovich manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
White tries to get to full guard but Guyovich has control of the leg.
Guyovich seems to be looking for submissions.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Guyovich is trying for a kimura here. White looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Guyovich wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Russian Guyovich!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butch Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamalski Ramirezovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
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215 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
KO power |
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Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Butch Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamalski Ramirezovic!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirezovic misses with a body shot.
Winchester moves in looking to clinch but Ramirezovic pushes him off.
Winchester throws a head kick but Ramirezovic moves out of range.
Ramirezovic misses with an uppercut.
Winchester moves out of range as Ramirezovic throws a body kick.
Winchester avoids the body shot from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic throws a big shot that misses.
Winchester tries to clinch up.
Winchester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ramirezovic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Winchester takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ramirezovic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramirezovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winchester tries to clinch there but Ramirezovic circles away.
Winchester goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ramirezovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winchester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Winchester moves to clinch but Ramirezovic breaks away
and Ramirezovic counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Ramirezovic.
Winchester scores with a sloppy right hand. Ramirezovic should have avoided that one.
It looks like Jamalski Ramirezovic has been cut.
Winchester looks to clinch
and Ramirezovic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Winchester thinking.
Winchester avoids a kick to the body.
Winchester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramirezovic.
Winchester lands an overhand right.
Ramirezovic takes a swing at Winchester's ribcage but misses.
Winchester is looking to clinch but Ramirezovic is avoiding it.
Winchester wants to land a leg kick but Ramirezovic is out of range.
Winchester closes the distance but Ramirezovic moves to the side
and Ramirezovic finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirezovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Winchester closes the distance but Ramirezovic moves to the side
and Ramirezovic counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ramirezovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramirezovic avoids the head kick by Winchester.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ramirezovic, right into the meat.
Ramirezovic misses the shot to the body.
Ramirezovic is looking to chop away at Winchester's legs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ramirezovic.
Winchester staying out of range there.
Ramirezovic feints a jab promting Winchester to slip. Ramirezovic then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Winchester slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ramirezovic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Winchester rather than just go for the knockout.
Winchester walks into a jab.
Ramirezovic feints and then cracks Winchester's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Winchester down.
Ramirezovic throws a sloppy head kick and Winchester moves out of range easily.
Winchester closes the distance but Ramirezovic moves to the side
and Ramirezovic counters with an inside leg kick.
Ramirezovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Ramirezovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Winchester throws a sloppy head kick
and Ramirezovic counters with a head kick that drops Winchester to the mat! Winchester scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Winchester is rocked!
Winchester wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic scores with a hook to the body. Winchester takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ramirezovic lands a jab-cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Winchester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winchester tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirezovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramirezovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ramirezovic lands with a cross.
Winchester misses with a head kick.
Ramirezovic misses with a few strikes there.
Winchester lands a high kick!
Ramirezovic has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ramirezovic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ramirezovic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirezovic shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Winchester eats them both and turns towards Ramirezovic to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Oh Winchester is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ramirezovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirezovic with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Winchester tries to clinch up but Ramirezovic circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ramirezovic.
Winchester seems to have got his legs back now.
Winchester moves in looking to clinch but Ramirezovic pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirezovic. Winchester does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winchester tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirezovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Winchester takes a swing at Ramirezovic's ribcage but misses.
Ramirezovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Winchester takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ramirezovic lands a slapping body shot.
Ramirezovic is looking to land body kicks.
Winchester misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Winchester closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ramirezovic counters with a right hand to the body.
Winchester is breathing heavily.
Winchester checks a low kick from Ramirezovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamalski Ramirezovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamalski Ramirezovic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Winchester tries to clinch but Ramirezovic moves out of range.
Winchester closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Winchester tries to clinch up.
Ramirezovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramirezovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot by Ramirezovic.
Winchester blocks the body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Winchester.
Ramirezovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick from Winchester lands but Ramirezovic takes it in his stride.
Ramirezovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Winchester scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winchester takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ramirezovic scores with a hook to the body. Winchester takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ramirezovic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Winchester has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester moves out of range of the body kick from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Winchester.
Winchester throws a head kick but Ramirezovic moves out of range.
Ramirezovic lands with a straight right. Winchester didn't see that one coming.
Ramirezovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Winchester wants to clinch
and Ramirezovic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirezovic throws a low kick but Winchester moves out of range easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ramirezovic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirezovic lands a big head kick that sends Winchester tumbling to the mat! Ramirezovic takes a step backwards and waves Winchester back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ramirezovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winchester.
Ramirezovic takes a swing at Winchester's ribcage but misses.
Winchester misses with a head kick.
Ramirezovic avoids the head kick by Winchester.
Jamalski Ramirezovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Winchester tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic scores with a nice head shot.
Winchester walks into a straight right hand from Ramirezovic.
Winchester throws a head kick that misses
and Ramirezovic counters with a crisp right that sends Winchester to the canvas! Ramirezovic follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamalski Ramirezovic!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between not gonna lie hes a wrestler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duece Delta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delta has chosen the tough guy song as his entrance music. Duece Delta struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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25
193 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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29
204 lbs
11 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
Determined |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, not gonna lie hes a wrestler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duece Delta!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delta doesn't succeed with the takedown
and hes a wrestler counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Delta slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
hes a wrestler sitting in guard here, content to control.
hes a wrestler wants to control from the top but Delta keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hes a wrestler won't allow Delta to sweep him here.
hes a wrestler is in close to Delta's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Delta 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.
Delta is looking for a triangle but hes a wrestler pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delta has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but hes a wrestler can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Delta wants to sweep here but hes a wrestler controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hes a wrestler content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
hes a wrestler wants to control from the top but Delta keeps moving.
Delta is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Delta isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. hes a wrestler stacks Delta on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by hes a wrestler!
hes a wrestler lands an elbow.
Delta is trying to improve his position.
hes a wrestler tries to advance to mount but can't.
Delta struggling a bit here.
Delta trying to remain calm as hes a wrestler controls from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hes a wrestler working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
hes a wrestler looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delta tries to control but hes a wrestler manages to take his back.
hes a wrestler trying to control.
Delta manages to reverse the position and now he's in hes a wrestler's guard. Nice work there by Delta.
Delta drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and hes a wrestler dives on top into guard.
Delta looking for a triangle here. hes a wrestler is fighting it but it looks tight! Delta pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, hes a wrestler is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Duece Delta!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson's entrance music is Skyscrapers - Ready, Set, Fall!. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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199 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Benz!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benz makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Anderson really felt that one!
Anderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Benz's waist but Benz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anderson off to one side.
Anderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Benz tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benz is looking to land body kicks.
Anderson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Nice jab there from Anderson.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Benz avoids it well.
Anderson looks for a takedown but Benz sprawls well.
Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Benz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benz struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Benz is trying to trip Anderson. He has hold of a leg but Anderson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Benz persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Anderson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Benz decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benz blocks the body kick.
Anderson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Anderson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and Benz counters by clinching up.
Anderson lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson gets underhooks to prevent Benz's takedown attempt.
Benz avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Anderson wants to break free but Benz has control.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Benz controls his hands.
Benz slows down the pace here.
Benz lands with a right to the head.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
Benz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Benz misses with a punch on the inside.
Benz tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Benz avoids the damage to the body.
Benz breaks the clinch.
Anderson throws a body punch but Benz moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benz was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Benz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Anderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Anderson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Benz off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Anderson throws a low kick, looking for Benz's leg but Benz calmly moves out of range.
Anderson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benz blocks a leg kick.
Anderson connects with a body shot.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Benz checks it.
Anderson lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a low kick but Benz moves out of range easily.
Benz misses with a body shot.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Benz avoids them all with ease.
Benz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Benz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Anderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson misses with a jab to the body
and Benz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Benz.
Benz turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An elbow from Benz crashes against the mat.
Benz fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Benz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Anderson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
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 Anderson Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Anderson throws a low kick but Benz avoids it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benz has hold of one of Anderson's legs. Anderson is fighting the takedown attempt but Benz gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Benz decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
Benz breaks from the clinch.
Benz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Anderson circles away.
Benz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benz blocks a low kick nicely.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Benz tries to avoid it but Anderson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Benz to the ground. Benz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson takes a swing at Benz's ribcage but misses.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson misses with a body punch
and Benz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Anderson is trying to defend but Benz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Anderson scores with a few weak punches.
Anderson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Benz is working away from the top position though.
Benz stops Anderson from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is not content to let Benz control the position.
Benz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Benz lands a nice short elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Benz lands a nice short elbow.
Anderson is looking to improve his position.
Benz not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson wants to improve his position but Benz is controlling well.
Anderson is working hard here to advance position.
Benz prevents Anderson from standing back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benz seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Benz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Mike Benz hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Benz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anderson finds it's way round the side to connect with Benz's head.
A low kick from Anderson misses
enabling Benz to counter with a crisp jab.
Benz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benz digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Benz controls his hands.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Benz trying to control the position but instead, Anderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benz into the cage.
A short left from Anderson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benz misses with some punches.
Benz tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Benz prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Benz misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Benz won't allow it.
Benz is trying to trip Anderson. He has hold of a leg but Anderson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Benz persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Benz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson pushes Benz off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Benz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benz manages to avoid it.
Anderson digs a good hook to Benz's body.
Benz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice uppercut lands for Anderson. That snapped Benz's head back.
Anderson throws a chopping leg kick but Benz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Benz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Anderson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anderson Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benz.
Anderson closes the distance and pushes Benz back into the cage.
Anderson tries a body shot but Benz blocks it.
Anderson is leaning against Benz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benz.
Benz gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Benz trying to control from half guard but Anderson is working away.
Anderson wants to improve his position but Benz is controlling well.
Benz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anderson defending well though.
Anderson manages to get to full guard.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Benz trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benz won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to strike from the bottom.
Benz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Benz trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anderson is on top in guard.
Anderson postures up.
Anderson trying to control but Benz is working from the bottom.
Anderson wants to stand but Benz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Benz pulls Anderson in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anderson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anderson postures up in Benz's guard and throws a big left but Benz blocks it.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Benz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Benz checks it.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benz swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
Anderson goes for a takedown attempt but Benz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Benz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benz avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Benz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Anderson Anderson!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Anderson Anderson!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Anderson Anderson!
Anderson Anderson wins by unanimous decision!
Anderson Anderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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