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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 1292 p4p, 220 weight class) and Oscar Bolleke (ranked 161 p4p, 30 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pick up man. Bolleke comes into a darkened arena with his song building. RGP - DANG DIGGI BANG kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Sparky Anderson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sparky Anderson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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28 - 18 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Bolleke!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson feints a jab promting Bolleke to slip. Anderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bolleke slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bolleke enables Anderson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bolleke manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bolleke is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Anderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bolleke is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolleke being controlled here, momentarily.
Bolleke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bolleke looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolleke keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bolleke scores with a nice right hand.
Anderson darts in trying to clinch
and Bolleke counters with a left to the body.
Bolleke scores with a hook to the body. Anderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bolleke moves out of range of the leg kick from Anderson.
Bolleke lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fighters circling - Bolleke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson attempts a counter takedown but Bolleke avoids it well and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to clinch but Bolleke moves out of range.
Bolleke misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bolleke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Bolleke moves away and avoids it.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bolleke lands a jab to the nose.
Bolleke throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson throws a jab when Bolleke was well out of range.
Bolleke stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Bolleke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Bolleke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oscar Bolleke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bolleke loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Bolleke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anderson tries to clinch but Bolleke moves out of range.
Bolleke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Anderson shoots for a takedown but Bolleke saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bolleke jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anderson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bolleke to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bolleke passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Bolleke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bolleke throws a jab but it's blocked by Anderson.
A big left from Bolleke misses.
Bolleke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson attempts a counter takedown but Bolleke avoids it well and moves away.
Bolleke throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Anderson throws out a powerful jab.
Bolleke throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparky Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolleke.
Bolleke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Bolleke is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolleke looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Bolleke with a nice cross.
Bolleke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Bolleke.
Bolleke just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bolleke lands with a nice body punch.
Bolleke moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Anderson pushes Bolleke up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson manages to pull guard.
Bolleke trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bolleke working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bolleke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bolleke 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.
Anderson is looking to sweep but instead, Bolleke has passed into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bolleke lands a nice short elbow.
Bolleke 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.
Bolleke passes to side control.
Bolleke working the head and body with strikes.
Anderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bolleke lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Anderson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bolleke connects with a decent elbow.
Anderson is rocked!
Bolleke is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Anderson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bolleke misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bolleke is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Anderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Anderson dodges the ground and pound from Bolleke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke lands a decent elbow from side control.
An elbow from Bolleke crashes against the mat.
Bolleke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bolleke goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Anderson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bolleke's guard! Nice work there by Anderson!
Bolleke can't keep his opponent in guard - Anderson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bolleke is looking to improve his position.
Anderson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Bolleke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Anderson defending well as Bolleke loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson connects with a single shot there.
Anderson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bolleke works the jab nicely.
Bolleke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bolleke throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Bolleke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bolleke connects with the punch.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Bolleke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bolleke connects with a nice looking jab.
Bolleke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson wants to clinch but Bolleke slips to the side
and Bolleke counters with a straight right hand.
Oscar Bolleke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Bolleke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolleke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anderson tries to bum rush Bolleke with a series of wild strikes but Bolleke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Bolleke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bolleke unleashes a big counter combination but Anderson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anderson tries for a takedown but Bolleke circles away easily
and Bolleke counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Bolleke.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bolleke counters with a nice right hand that sends Anderson toppling to the canvas! Anderson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Bolleke finish him?!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolleke dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Anderson has had enough and taps out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Oscar Bolleke!
Oscar Bolleke is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Oscar Bolleke thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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