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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Hoss (ranked 5975 p4p, 25210 weight class) and Anderson Nandera (ranked 562 p4p, 680 weight class). The key to victory for Big Hoss has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Big Hoss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Nandera!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nandera drops Hoss with a beautiful combination! Hoss stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nandera is looking for the KO!
It looks like Big Hoss has been cut.
Hoss scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nandera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nandera drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hoss is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nandera gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Oh Hoss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hoss is breathing heavily.
Hoss keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hoss will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hoss seems to have got his legs back now.
Nandera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nandera pushes Hoss up against the cage in a clinch.
Hoss breaks from the clinch.
Hoss fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nandera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A punch combination from Hoss misses.
Nandera doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoss circles away.
Nandera shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hoss pinned against the cage. Hoss gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Big Hoss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Nandera.
Nandera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nandera moves into the clinch successfully.
Hoss breaks the clinch.
Nandera fails with a takedown attempt.
Nandera shoots in looking for a takedown. Hoss tries to sprawl out of it but Nandera keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hoss manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nandera throws a sloppy head kick and Hoss moves out of range easily.
We've been told by Hoss's head coaches at Cozad MMA Hilo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hoss throws a right and a left that Nandera avoids nicely.
Hoss gets tackled into the cage by Nandera. Nandera maintains the clinch.
Hoss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nandera shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hoss manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nandera stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nandera gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nandera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hoss's waist but Hoss gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nandera off to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoss tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hoss slips a jab and a cross from Nandera.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Hoss enables Nandera to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hoss manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hoss really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nandera working some strikes from top position.
Hoss has momentary wrist control but Nandera slips an elbow through the middle.
Nandera gets to his feet. Hoss looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A chopping leg kick lands by Nandera.
Nandera drives through and clinches with Hoss against the cage.
Nandera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hoss blocks a head kick by Nandera.
Hoss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Big Hoss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoss misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nandera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nandera shoots for a takedown but Hoss saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nandera throws a sloppy head kick and Hoss moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Nandera.
Hoss wants to clinch up but Nandera keeps it at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Nandera. Those never looked like landing.
Nandera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nandera looks to clinch
and Hoss counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hoss throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nandera tries a head kick but it misses.
Hoss avoids the head kick by Nandera.
Nandera shoots in looking for a takedown but Hoss manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nandera's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hoss displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nandera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoss delivers a nice body kick.
Nandera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoss tries to clinch up.
Nandera is looking for the big counter here.
Nandera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nandera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hoss's head.
Nandera changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hoss tries to avoid it but Nandera manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hoss to the ground. Hoss escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hoss gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nandera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nandera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nandera shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hoss but Hoss pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Nandera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Big Hoss's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nandera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hoss tries to clinch up.
Big Hoss is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoss misses with a hook. Nandera ducked under it nicely.
Nandera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hoss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Big Hoss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nandera throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nandera plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nandera misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nandera is defended easily by Hoss.
Nandera misses with a takedown attempt - Hoss sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Hoss misses its target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nandera dives in and scores a takedown into Hoss's guard.
Nandera gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nandera lands with a kick to the temple. Hoss shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nandera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoss, pushing him back against the cage.
Nandera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nandera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nandera shoots and misses
and Hoss counters with a three punch combo that has Nandera backing up. Nandera nods at Hoss to acknowledge the strikes.
Big Hoss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Nandera.
Hoss has Nandera up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nandera scores with a nice strike.
Nandera has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nandera is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nandera lands with a kick to the temple. Hoss shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Nandera.
Hoss thuds his shin into the meat of Nandera's side.
Nandera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hoss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nandera moves into range and clinches up with Hoss.
Nandera breaks from the clinch.
Nandera avoids the head kick by Hoss.
Hoss gets caught napping as Nandera dives in and scores a takedown. Hoss manages to retain guard.
Hoss scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hoss throws a body shot but no joy.
Nandera tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hoss defends well and Nandera ends up having to push Hoss into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hoss swats away the attempt to clinch by Nandera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nandera drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nandera decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Hoss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nandera circles away quickly and effectively.
Nandera unleashes a big counter combination but Hoss bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nandera fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Hoss does no damage.
Nandera looks to land a combination but Hoss avoids it well.
Nandera swinging wildly here.
Nandera closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hoss circles away.
Hoss blocks a head kick by Nandera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoss moves in looking to clinch but Nandera pushes him off.
Nandera thows a body kick. Hoss tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hoss defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nandera.
Nandera lands a head kick. Hoss smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoss throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hoss looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nandera throws a one two combo.
Hoss lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nandera throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hoss was covering up waiting for the punch and Nandera finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hoss knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nandera on the ground.
Hoss pushes Nandera off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice takedown defense from Hoss. No joy for Nandera on that attempt.
Nandera has his takedown stuffed
and Hoss counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anderson Nandera will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Big Hoss's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hoss tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nandera tries a head kick but it misses.
Nandera bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hoss is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nandera connects with a decent elbow.
Nandera is chipping away with strikes.
Nandera in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nandera stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Anderson Nandera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nandera tries to bum rush Hoss with a series of wild strikes but Hoss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nandera throws a sloppy head kick and Hoss moves out of range easily.
Nandera is looking to chop away at Hoss's legs.
Nandera dips to his left and cracks Hoss with an uppercut!
Nandera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoss sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nandera lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nandera is defended easily by Hoss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nandera tries a head kick but it misses.
Nandera takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nandera blocks a head kick by Hoss.
Nice sprawl there from Hoss as Nandera shoots in.
Nandera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hoss defends it nicely.
Big Hoss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Nandera.
Hoss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nandera is looking for the big counter here.
Nandera misses with a series of wild punches.
Nandera just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHoss.
Some wild striking there from Hoss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoss takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hoss throws a solid leg kick but Nandera takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hoss.
Nandera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hoss gets tackled into the cage by Nandera. Nandera maintains the clinch.
Hoss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nandera takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nandera throws a nice looking combination but Hoss bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nandera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoss, pushing him back against the cage.
Nandera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson Nandera is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nandera blocks a head kick by Hoss.
Nandera shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hoss tried to counter with a leg kick but Nandera avoided it.
Nandera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hoss went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nandera misses with a head kick.
Hoss throws a front kick aimed at Nandera's knee but Nandera avoids it well.
Nandera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hoss as he avoids it easily.
Hoss looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Nandera scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hoss kicks Nandera off and gets back to his feet.
Nandera misses with a wild combination.
Hoss stuffs the takedown attempt from Nandera. Nandera gets slowly back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Hoss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nandera throws a series of strikes that have Hoss backpedaling.
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!
Hoss gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nandera to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Nandera won't allow Hoss to get back to his feet.
Big Hoss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoss trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Nandera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nandera is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hoss looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nandera slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hoss working for a triangle but Nandera defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Nandera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nandera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Nandera!
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