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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Anderson (ranked 3858 p4p, 357 weight class) and Nicholas Tessier (ranked 5491 p4p, 472 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by The Killing Moon. Nicholas Tessier will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicholas Tessier!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tessier lands with an uppercut that bounces Anderson off the cage and back into range.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Anderson lands a jab to the head.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Tessier bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Tessier scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tessier staying out of range there.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tessier fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Anderson checks it well.
Tessier scores with a decent looking hook.
Tessier takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
Anderson checks a low kick from Tessier.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Tessier cracks Anderson with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
We've been told by Anderson's head coaches at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tessier looks for the body kick but Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson is looking to counter punch.
Good exchange - Tessier coming out on top.
Anderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tessier ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Tessier is out of range.
Anderson throws a low kick, looking for Tessier's leg but Tessier calmly moves out of range.
Tessier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tessier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tessier on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tessier at a distance.
A left and a right from Tessier both land. Nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tessier just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Anderson misses the body punch
and Tessier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tessier is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tessier!
Tessier cracks a nice hook into Anderson's ribs.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Tessier moves out of range easily.
Tessier staying out of range there.
Tessier lands the left hand.
Tessier has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Anderson misses with a jab to the body
and Tessier counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Eric Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tessier counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson throws a hook but Tessier avoids it easily.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Tessier was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tessier throws a counter combo.
Anderson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tessier counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
and Tessier counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Tessier ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Tessier has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tessier lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
Anderson is rocked!
Tessier connects with a body shot that sends Anderson's belly button to the back.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Tessier throws the kick towards the body but Anderson avoids it.
Tessier slips a straight right by Anderson.
Tessier is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Anderson with a body shot.
Anderson checks a leg kick.
It looked like Anderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tessier.
Anderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tessier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Tessier, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Anderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Tessier counters with a left and a right that stings Anderson.
Tessier dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a hook but Tessier avoids it easily.
Tessier uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Anderson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tessier's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tessier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
Anderson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Tessier displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Tessier looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tessier is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Anderson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tessier lands a jab.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Tessier cracks Anderson with an open hand slap.
Tessier fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Tessier moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anderson.
Tessier connects with a body shot.
Anderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Tessier on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Tessier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicholas Tessier dominated that round.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Tessier counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tessier is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Anderson with a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Anderson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tessier lands with a cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anderson, as that shot connected.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Anderson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tessier finds it's way round the side to connect with Anderson's head.
Tessier moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tessier stuns Anderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tessier with a hook.
Anderson throws a jab when Tessier was well out of range.
Tessier with a nice cross.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tessier throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Eric Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tessier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tessier lands with an overhand left.
Tessier looks to land a body kick but Anderson moved away.
Anderson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tessier counters with a right hand to the body.
Anderson swings for the body but Tessier moves out of range.
Tessier dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Anderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tessier is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tessier scores with a punch to the head.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Tessier counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Tessier moves out of range.
Anderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tessier.
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.
A cross from Tessier lands.
Tessier connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anderson misses with a hook. Tessier ducked under it nicely.
Anderson checks the leg kick.
Tessier is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Anderson swings widly with a right hand
and Tessier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Tessier is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Anderson with a body shot.
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Tessier counters with a stiff right hand.
Tessier lands a body shot.
Nicholas Tessier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tessier throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Tessier throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Tessier. Beautiful body shot.
Anderson misses with a hook. Tessier ducked under it nicely.
Tessier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tessier on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tessier throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Tessier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tessier swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tessier wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Tessier there.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Tessier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tessier fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Anderson is out of range.
Tessier throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anderson on the side of the head.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Tessier is out of range.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tessier connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anderson scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tessier lands the left hand.
Anderson lands a jab-cross combination.
Tessier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tessier looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tessier scores with a jab to the head.
Anderson scores with a nice body kick.
Tessier throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tessier was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Tessier swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tessier lands with a cross.
Anderson throws a body punch but Tessier moves out of range.
Anderson takes a swing at Tessier's ribcage but misses.
Tessier unleashes a big counter combination but Anderson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicholas Tessier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Tessier throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Anderson misses with the body kick
and Tessier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tessier listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tessier scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson misses with a double jab
enabling Tessier to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Tessier throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Anderson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tessier throws a shot to the body.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Tessier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tessier shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tessier throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tessier thinks about the counter body kick.
Tessier tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Anderson.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Tessier connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
letting Tessier counter with a right hand.
Tessier scores with a nice head shot.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Tessier cracks Anderson with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Anderson tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Tessier pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Anderson is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicholas Tessier!
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