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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ingemar Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CM Punk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). He arrived on a last minute flight shortly after looking tired and unhappy. Officials decided the fight should still take place, much to the delight of the fans in attendance.
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ingemar Anders and CM Punk. Anders comes to the cage accompanied by Gods Son. Anders has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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151 lbs
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152 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Great elbows
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ingemar Anders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, CM Punk!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punk darts in trying to clinch
and Anders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anders is breathing heavily.
Anders lands a jab to the head.
Punk tries to clinch but Anders moves away
and Anders counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Punk tries to clinch
and Anders counters with a slapping leg kick.
Punk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anders counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Punk is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Punk darts in trying to clinch
and Anders counters with a three punch combo that has Punk backing up. Punk nods at Anders to acknowledge the strikes.
Punk tries to clinch
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Anders tries a head kick but it misses.
Punk moves to clinch but Anders breaks away
and Anders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ingemar Anders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punk closes the distance but Anders moves to the side
and Anders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Punk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anders counters with a stiff right hand.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Punk wants to clinch
and Anders counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anders throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Punk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Punk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anders fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Punk tries to clinch up
and Anders counters with a straight right hand.
Punk tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Punk closes the distance but Anders moves to the side
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Punk tries to clinch up
and Anders counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punk looks to clinch
and Anders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Punk closes the distance but Anders moves to the side
and Anders counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders counters with a left and a right that stings Punk.
The fight stays on the outside here - Punk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anders pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to clinch but Anders moves out of range.
Punk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Punk looks to clinch
and Anders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anders misses with a few strikes there.
Punk tries to clinch up.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to clinch
and Anders finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punk tries to clinch up.
Punk looks to clinch
and Anders counters with a nice kick to the body.
Anders looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anders paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Punk defending well as Anders loads up on a big left hand.
Anders avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Punk doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Anders is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Punk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Punk tries to clinch up
and Anders counters with a series of strikes. Punk will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ingemar Anders dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Punk tries to clinch up but Anders circles away and keeps his distance.
Anders misses the jab.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders counters with a nice body kick.
Punk tries to clinch up
and Anders counters with a nice body kick.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt.
CM Punk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Punk darts in trying to clinch
enabling Anders to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anders throws a lazy right hand but Punk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Punk tries to clinch but Anders moves away
and Anders counters with a straight right hand.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Punk doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punk moves in looking to clinch but Anders pushes him off.
Punk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Anders counters with a nice body kick.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anders fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab from Anders finds it's way through Punk's defenses.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Punk tries to clinch up
and Anders counters with a good, hard body kick but Punk shrugs it off.
Punk wants to clinch
and Anders counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anders counters with a two punch combo.
Punk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Punk looks to clinch
and Anders counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch but Anders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Punk wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Punk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Punk can do to turn this around?
Anders tries a head kick but it misses.
Punk is looking to clinch.
Anders pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Punk wants to clinch up but Anders keeps it at a distance.
Punk tries to clinch there but Anders circles away.
Punk wants to clinch
enabling Anders to counter with a crisp jab.
Anders avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Punk tries to clinch up
and Anders counters with a stiff right hand.
Punk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anders counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Punk has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Anders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punk wants to clinch but Anders slips to the side
and Anders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Punk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Anders counters with a stiff right hand.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to clinch
and Anders counters with a series of strikes. Punk will be more careful next time no doubt.
Punk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ingemar Anders is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ingemar Anders dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Punk wants to clinch
and Anders makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Punk really felt that one!
Punk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anders counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Anders pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Punk back to the cage. Anders follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anders counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch but Anders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Punk wants to clinch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Punk might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Anders has got the better of the exchanges.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punk moves to clinch but Anders breaks away
and Anders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Punk checks a leg kick.
Anders misses with a body kick.
Punk moves forwards but Anders connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Punk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Punk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anders counters with a stiff right hand.
Punk avoids the head kick by Anders.
Punk wants to clinch.
Punk tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punk doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Punk blocks a head kick by Anders.
Punk doesn't manage to clinch there - Anders circles away.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punk tries to clinch
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Anders throws a head kick but Punk moves out of range.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Punk tries to clinch
enabling Anders to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punk wants to clinch.
Anders is looking to land body kicks.
Ingemar Anders is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Punk tries to clinch up.
Anders throws a nice head kick!
Punk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Anders misses.
Punk tries to clinch but Anders moves away
and Punk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anders swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anders paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Anders misses.
Punk tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Punk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Anders.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch but Anders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Punk closes the distance looking to clinch
and Punk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Punk closes the distance but Anders moves to the side
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ingemar Anders showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anders has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:24
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:24
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ingemar Anders!
A relieved looking Ingemar Anders thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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