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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Needle In The Hay. 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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245 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
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230 lbs
8 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Ballantine!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Brown throwing strikes but missing.
Brown wants to get up but he can't break Ballantine's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brown landing some decent shots from guard.
Brown is looking to stand up but Ballantine won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brown wants to stand and escape but instead Ballantine has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ballantine stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Ballantine is looking to advance position but Brown has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown looking to finish with strikes here!
Ballantine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brown looking to finish with strikes here!
Ballantine wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown 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.
Brown lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
It looks like Bill Ballantine has been cut.
Brown is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Ballantine goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Brown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Anthony Brown!
Anthony Brown seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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