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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axel Crushin (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.
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211 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axel Crushin!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crushin moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Crushin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Anderson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That kick from Anderson tenderised Crushin's leg. Crushin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Anderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson throws a leg kick which misses Crushin's front leg but catches the back leg as Crushin tries to avoid it.
Crushin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson instigates a clinch.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crushin misses with some punches.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crushin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
It looks like Axel Crushin has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crushin.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Crushin.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crushin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crushin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson misses with an elbow strike.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Crushin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin working aggressively here.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crushin can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushin can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Crushin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
A head punch on the inside from Crushin fails to land.
Crushin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Crushin.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crushin is defending well for now.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Crushin works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Crushin won't want to take too many of those.
Crushin looks gassed!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crushin's brow.
Anderson misses with an elbow strike.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Crushin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crushin takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crushin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Axel Crushin's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
The referee is keeping an eye on Anderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushin.
Crushin managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Crushin avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Anderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crushin is defending well for now.
Crushin throws a head punch that misses.
Crushin misses with a punch to the body.
Crushin tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crushin misses with some punches.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushin.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with an elbow strike.
Crushin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crushin struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crushin's brow.
Crushin dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
A short body shot lands from Crushin as the two fighters clinch.
Anderson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crushin has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushin.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
Crushin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crushin tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson just leaning against Crushin, taking a breather.
Crushin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crushin dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anderson stalling in the clinch but Crushin improves position.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crushin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crushin lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Crushin swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crushin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushin can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Crushin as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Crushin on the inside.
Crushin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Crushin misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson has Crushin pushed against the cage.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Crushin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Crushin.
Crushin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Crushin in his tracks for a moment.
The cut above Axel Crushin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Crushin's defenses.
Crushin misses with a body punch.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Axel Crushin'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.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Crushin tries to clinch up.
Crushin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson.
Crushin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crushin tries to clinch
and Anderson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Crushin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice body kick there by Anderson.
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crushin. That did some damage!
Crushin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Crushin takes a step back to recover.
Anderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anderson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crushin is breathing heavily.
Crushin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson.
Anderson lands a front kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anderson.
Anderson fakes the leg kick and cracks Crushin in the body.
Anderson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Anderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Anderson clinches up against the cage.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crushin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Anderson.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crushin avoids it.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crushin misses with the head strike.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crushin.
Crushin swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crushin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Crushin 's eye.
Crushin dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Crushin takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crushin's brow.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Crushin misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crushin avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Crushin.
Crushin swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crushin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crushin avoids it.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crushin's brow.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushin.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
Anderson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Crushin lands a body punch.
Crushin works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Crushin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crushin lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crushin is keeping busy.
Crushin dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crushin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Crushin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sam Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crushin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Crushin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crushin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crushin works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crushin swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crushin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Axel Crushin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Anderson effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushin digs a right hand underneath Anderson's ribcage. Anderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crushin misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike.
Crushin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Crushin misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Crushin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crushin is working Anderson over against the cage.
Crushin tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Crushin back against the cage.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crushin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Crushin misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike.
Crushin avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson is struggling to control the position.
Crushin digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
Crushin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Crushin lands with a right to the head.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Anderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Axel Crushin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Anderson looks to land a body kick but Crushin moved away.
Crushin wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
and Anderson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Crushin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Crushin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Crushin wants to clinch.
Anderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Crushin is just out of range.
Crushin darts in trying to clinch
and Anderson counters with a head kick. That will keep Crushin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Crushin tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.
Anderson lands a head kick!
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Crushin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Crushin down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Crushin.
Crushin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson delivers a nice body kick.
Anderson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Anderson throws a front kick that sends Crushin stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Crushin in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crushin is defending well for now.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson trying to stall but Crushin improves his position.
Crushin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crushin can do to turn this around?
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crushin.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Crushin 's eye.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Crushin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crushin can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Crushin misses with the head strike.
Crushin working aggressively here.
Anderson has Crushin pushed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crushin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Crushin.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Crushin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crushin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anderson or not.
Crushin misses with some punches.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crushin throws a head punch that misses.
Crushin throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Crushin shrugs off.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Crushin 's eye.
Anderson stalling against the cage.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crushin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson slows down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crushin blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin cracks Anderson with a nice body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crushin misses with a body punch.
Crushin lands a body shot.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
Crushin misses with the head strike.
Crushin dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Crushin lands a nice shot to the body.
Crushin works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Crushin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crushin blocks the elbow strike.
Crushin dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Crushin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A hook to the body from Crushin.
Crushin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crushin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Crushin has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Crushin digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
Crushin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crushin working aggressively here.
Crushin throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Crushin misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushin.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Anderson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Crushin presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crushin avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crushin is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushin.
Crushin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crushin lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crushin's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Crushin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Crushin's defenses.
Crushin throws a head punch that misses.
Crushin can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crushin throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crushin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Crushin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crushin lands a body shot.
Crushin throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Axel Crushin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crushin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crushin can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Crushin takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anderson, 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Anderson!
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