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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Juntta (ranked 23040 p4p, 585 weight class) and Luther Anderson (ranked 7314 p4p, 546 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very strong |
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Juntta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luther Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juntta works Anderson's body with a nice hook.
Anderson lands a jab.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Juntta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Juntta moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAnderson.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Juntta moves out of range easily.
Juntta fires out a quick counter leg kick but Anderson just manages to avoid it.
Juntta slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Juntta.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Juntta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Juntta drives through and clinches with Anderson against the ropes.
Anderson looking to stall.
Juntta throws an elbow that misses.
Juntta throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Anderson misses
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Juntta connects with a crisp jab.
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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson moves out of range as Juntta strikes.
A head kick from Anderson lands but Juntta takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Juntta counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anderson lands an overhand right.
Juntta moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Anderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Juntta has him pressed against the ropes.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Juntta throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juntta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Juntta attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Juntta throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Juntta slips a jab from Anderson.
Juntta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Juntta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Juntta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice defenses there by Anderson.
Juntta slips a straight right by Anderson.
A counter left hand to the body from Juntta misses its target.
Juntta throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Juntta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Juntta.
Anderson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Juntta lands a nice shot to the body.
Juntta looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juntta scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson lands with a kick to the temple. Juntta shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Juntta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Juntta. Those never looked like landing.
Anderson with a nice cross.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Anderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Juntta should have avoided that one.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson scores with the left hand. Juntta knows he should have avoided that one.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Juntta swings widly with a right hand
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Juntta is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juntta punishes Anderson's body with a nice straight punch.
Oh Juntta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Juntta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Juntta seems to have got his legs back now.
Luther Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Juntta's head.
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Juntta throws a big counter combination but Anderson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Anderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Juntta misses with a low kick as Anderson jumps back.
Juntta looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Juntta misses the jab.
Anderson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Juntta.
Anderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Juntta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Juntta does no damage.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Juntta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Juntta moves to clinch but Anderson breaks away
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Juntta.
Juntta throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Anderson's head.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Luther Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Juntta swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Juntta swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Anderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Juntta moves out of range easily.
Juntta tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson misses the jab.
Juntta seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Juntta missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Juntta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Juntta walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juntta lands with an overhand left.
Juntta ducks right into an uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Anderson thows a leg kick but Juntta checks it
and Juntta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Anderson thinking.
Juntta misses with an uppercut.
Juntta misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juntta loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Anderson moves out of range as Juntta strikes.
Juntta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Juntta misses with a straight left.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Juntta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juntta.
Anderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Juntta misses with a hook
and Anderson counters with a right hand to the body.
Jesse Juntta is winning the standup battle so far.
Juntta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Anderson stuns Juntta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Juntta with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Juntta is just out of range.
Anderson throws a body punch but Juntta moves out of range.
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 works the jab nicely.
Anderson misses with a looping left.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Juntta bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Anderson. That snapped Juntta's head back.
Juntta lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Juntta wants to clinch.
Anderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Juntta counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juntta connects with a jab.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Juntta moves out of range easily.
Anderson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A lazy left from Juntta finds it's target.
Juntta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Juntta throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson lands with a right hand.
Juntta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Juntta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Anderson on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Juntta.
Anderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Juntta clinches with his opponent.
Juntta misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Juntta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Juntta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Juntta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Juntta backwards.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Juntta rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Juntta misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by Anderson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juntta misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Luther Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Anderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Juntta.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Anderson takes a swing at Juntta's ribcage but misses.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Juntta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab from Juntta.
Juntta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juntta missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Juntta.
Juntta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juntta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson digs a good hook to Juntta's body.
Juntta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Juntta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juntta. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Juntta moves out of range easily.
Anderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Juntta at a distance.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Anderson throws a body punch but Juntta moves out of range.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Juntta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Juntta.
Juntta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Anderson misses with a shot to the body
and Juntta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jesse Juntta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Juntta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juntta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Juntta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anderson throws a body punch but Juntta moves out of range.
Anderson scores with a punch to the head.
Juntta misses the jab.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Juntta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Juntta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Juntta half committed to a counter leg kick.
Anderson clobbers Juntta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Juntta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Juntta misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Juntta misses.
A leg kick checked by Anderson.
Juntta defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Juntta throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juntta.
Juntta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Juntta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Juntta avoids the head kick by Anderson.
A big right from Juntta misses.
Anderson blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Juntta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Juntta tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Juntta misses with a looping left.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson lands with a shot to the body.
Anderson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Juntta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Juntta.
Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juntta throws a big shot that misses.
Juntta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson scores with the left hand. Juntta knows he should have avoided that one.
Juntta throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luther Anderson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Juntta lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Juntta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Juntta.
Juntta blocks a head kick by Anderson.
A little feinted left hand from Juntta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luther Anderson.
I've got Anderson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luther Anderson!
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RATING
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