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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rabbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tic Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rabbit comes to the cage accompanied by Hero by Skillet. Anderson has chosen Will Smith - Miami as his entrance music. Tic Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Rabbit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tic Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabbit tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson clinches up against the cage.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabbit blocks it with crossed arms.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabbit blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabbit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Johnny Rabbit has been cut.
Rabbit is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rabbit has his back to the cage.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rabbit.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rabbit gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Anderson to work.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anderson.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rabbit, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rabbit up against the cage.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rabbit lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Rabbit blocks it.
Anderson looks gassed!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rabbit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anderson.
Anderson stalling in the clinch but Rabbit improves position.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rabbit.
Rabbit is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabbit blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Rabbit blocks it.
Rabbit comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rabbit, against the cage.
Rabbit displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anderson up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson avoiding damage as Rabbit throws knees to the body.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rabbit takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rabbit is keeping busy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabbit blocks it with crossed arms.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Rabbit tries to tie him up.
Rabbit creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
Rabbit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rabbit creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anderson.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rabbit pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rabbit lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Rabbit holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Anderson trying to control the position but instead, Rabbit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderson into the cage.
Nice elbow from Rabbit.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Rabbit lands a nice elbow.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Rabbit.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rabbit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Rabbit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rabbit is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rabbit lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson is looking to control Rabbit's arms but Rabbit gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anderson has his back to the cage.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabbit blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rabbit.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rabbit, against the cage.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Rabbit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rabbit throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Rabbit gets an underhook and turns Anderson into the cage.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Rabbit is blocking nicely.
Rabbit blocks an elbow strike.
Rabbit effectively controlling the action here.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Rabbit gets an underhook and turns Anderson into the cage.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rabbit lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rabbit lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabbit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rabbit creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
Rabbit lands a nice elbow.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rabbit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tic Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rabbit's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rabbit throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rabbit throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Rabbit misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson slips under a jab from Rabbit.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Rabbit is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson stalling the fight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Rabbit manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rabbit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson wants to stall.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Rabbit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rabbit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it misses.
Rabbit stalling against the cage.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Rabbit is blocking nicely.
Anderson misses with a knee to the head.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Rabbit lands a damaging elbow.
Rabbit missing with knees to the body.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rabbit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anderson wants to stall.
Anderson landing knees to the body.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Rabbit misses with an elbow strike.
Anderson trying to control the position but instead, Rabbit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderson into the cage.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Rabbit blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rabbit comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rabbit lands a damaging elbow.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Rabbit trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anderson is keeping busy.
Rabbit throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rabbit lands a nice elbow.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Rabbit lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.
Rabbit lands an elbow inside.
Rabbit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit looking to slow down the pace here.
Anderson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rabbit blocks it with crossed arms.
Rabbit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rabbit is struggling to control the position.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rabbit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anderson lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit looking to slow down the pace here.
Anderson trying to stall but Rabbit improves his position.
Rabbit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rabbit, against the cage.
Anderson looking to stall.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson with a knee to the head.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Rabbit throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson wants to stall.
Rabbit creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Rabbit gets an underhook and turns Anderson into the cage.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Rabbit lands an elbow inside.
Rabbit throws an elbow that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rabbit as Anderson tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but Rabbit blocks with his arms.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls for Rabbit to work.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rabbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rabbit lands a nice elbow.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tic Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rabbit's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rabbit throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabbit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rabbit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rabbit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rabbit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rabbit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rabbit clinches.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit blocks the elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Rabbit tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Rabbit missing with knees to the body.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Rabbit trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Rabbit scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson trying to control the position but instead, Rabbit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderson into the cage.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rabbit throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rabbit dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rabbit, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Anderson.
Rabbit blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Rabbit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rabbit scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Rabbit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Anderson lands a head kick. Rabbit smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rabbit misses with a body kick.
Rabbit throws a lazy head kick
and Anderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
A knee to the head by Anderson.
Rabbit looking to stall.
Anderson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anderson trying to control the position but instead, Rabbit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderson into the cage.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rabbit.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rabbit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson looking to stall.
Rabbit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rabbit throws an elbow that misses.
Rabbit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rabbit is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rabbit has his back to the cage.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Anderson slowing the pace effectively.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson trying to stall but Rabbit improves his position.
Anderson scores with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Anderson.
Rabbit tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Rabbit looking to stall.
Anderson with a knee to the head.
Tic Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson lands a knee to the head.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rabbit.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Rabbit's ribcage.
Rabbit is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rabbit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Rabbit.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rabbit throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson with a knee to the head.
Rabbit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rabbit throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Rabbit, against the cage.
Rabbit misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rabbit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rabbit lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rabbit throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Rabbit gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anderson scores with a knee to the head.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anderson tries to stall but Rabbit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tic Anderson.
Well Anderson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tic Anderson!
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