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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dyl Stephens (ranked 5305 p4p, 551 weight class) and Mark Anderson (ranked 3918 p4p, 442 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dyl Stephens !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Stephens looks to throw a body kick
and Anderson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Anderson working Stephens over with strikes.
Anderson is working for a kimura but Stephens is defending it quite comfortably.
Anderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Anderson working the head and body with strikes.
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Stephens 's head.
Stephens is trying to maintain the position but Anderson is very close to passing his half guard.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Anderson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Let's hope that Anderson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephens taking some punishment here, with Anderson in his half guard.
Anderson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson prevents Stephens from improving his position.
Anderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Stephens is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Anderson there.
Anderson slows the pace down in half guard.
Stephens wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Anderson connects with a nice short shot to Stephens 's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Anderson winds up and cracks Stephens with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stephens tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
Anderson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Anderson lands strikes from half guard.
Stephens on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Anderson controlling the action here.
Stephens is trying to control but can't.
Anderson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Anderson is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Stephens still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Stephens has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Anderson is trying to control Stephens 's posture but Stephens avoids it.
Anderson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Anderson tries to roll over but Stephens keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Anderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Anderson told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Anderson has his hands on Stephens 's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stephens 's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Stephens bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anderson's guard.
Stephens makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stephens postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson working Stephens over with strikes.
Anderson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Anderson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Stephens tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Anderson is in Stephens 's guard.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Stephens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson slips nicely into half guard.
Anderson trying to control from half guard but Stephens is working away.
Anderson slips a nice elbow through Stephens 's hands, connecting with Stephens 's forehead.
Anderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stephens has hold of Anderson's hands but Anderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stephens pushes Anderson off but Anderson dives into side control.
Stephens gets back to half guard.
Anderson trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Stephens !
Stephens throwing hammer fists to the chest of Anderson. What's that going to do exactly?
Anderson controlling the pace for now.
Anderson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mark Anderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderson controlling the position easily from mount.
Stephens is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Anderson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Stephens is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Stephens tries to hold on but Anderson postures up.
A nice elbow there by Anderson.
A nice elbow there by Anderson.
Anderson landing shots from mount.
Anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stephens hang on?
Stephens is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson raining down shots from the mount!
Oh Stephens is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stephens tries to lock up and control but Anderson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Anderson throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Stephens has his hands clasped together but Anderson breaks the hold and Stephens is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Anderson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mark Anderson!
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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
RATING
44% |
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