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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jones Anderson (ranked 3160 p4p, 3456 weight class) and Nikolai Ignatiev (ranked 380 p4p, 405 weight class). 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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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolai Ignatiev!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Anderson connects with a solid leg kick.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Ignatiev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ignatiev staying out of range there.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Ignatiev moved out of range nicely.
Anderson swings for the body but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Ignatiev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ignatiev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
A clash of legs there as Anderson blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ignatiev misses with a looping left.
Anderson misses with a hook. Ignatiev ducked under it nicely.
Jab from Anderson.
It looks like Nikolai Ignatiev has been cut.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Ignatiev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson rushes Ignatiev and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Ignatiev misses with a body punch.
Ignatiev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Ignatiev blocks an elbow strike.
Ignatiev throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Ignatiev lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anderson or not.
Ignatiev avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ignatiev.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Ignatiev won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Ignatiev's ribcage.
Anderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ignatiev looks winded!
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!
Ignatiev tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Ignatiev back against the cage.
Ignatiev blocks an elbow strike.
A short left from Ignatiev.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands a right hand.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ignatiev misses with a body punch.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ignatiev's defenses.
Ignatiev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatiev.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Ignatiev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ignatiev can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
I was talking to Anderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ignatiev presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ignatiev throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Ignatiev misses with a body punch.
Anderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Ignatiev.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Ignatiev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Ignatiev.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Ignatiev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ignatiev struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Ignatiev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ignatiev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ignatiev pushes Anderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Anderson lands an elbow inside.
Ignatiev throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Ignatiev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignatiev is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Anderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ignatiev is defending well for now.
Ignatiev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ignatiev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ignatiev managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson tries a body shot but Ignatiev blocks it.
Ignatiev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Ignatiev lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson landing knees to the head.
That has opened up Nikolai Ignatiev's cut even more.
A nice left hand lands by Ignatiev.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Ignatiev on the inside.
Ignatiev working aggressively here.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Ignatiev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatiev misses with a body punch.
Ignatiev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Ignatiev tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ignatiev backwards.
Ignatiev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jones Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Ignatiev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Anderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ignatiev counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Ignatiev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ignatiev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anderson in his tracks.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Ignatiev gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Anderson.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ignatiev uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Anderson sizes up Ignatiev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A low kick from Anderson is predictable there
and Ignatiev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Ignatiev misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Ignatiev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ignatiev's sensitive parts.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ignatiev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Ignatiev on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ignatiev misses with a hook.
Ignatiev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatiev.
Ignatiev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Ignatiev avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Ignatiev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ignatiev has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
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!
Ignatiev blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatiev.
Ignatiev working aggressively here.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Ignatiev managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Ignatiev blocks the elbow strike.
Ignatiev has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ignatiev's brow.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson lands with a nice combination. Ignatiev backs away looking to recover.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ignatiev tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Anderson tries to counter by clinching up but Ignatiev breaks away and moves out of range.
Anderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anderson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ignatiev replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Anderson blocks it well.
Ignatiev throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jones Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Anderson lands a slapping body shot.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ignatiev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignatiev.
Ignatiev thinks about the counter body kick.
Ignatiev avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Ignatiev tries a quick counter leg kick but Anderson is wise to it.
Anderson wants to slow Ignatiev down by chopping away at his legs.
A big right from Ignatiev misses.
Ignatiev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatiev takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Anderson misses with a jab to the body
and Ignatiev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Anderson thinking.
Ignatiev avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Ignatiev counters with a thumping low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jones Anderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Ignatiev's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Ignatiev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Ignatiev moves out of range easily.
Ignatiev lands a glancing blow to the side of Anderson's head.
Ignatiev throws a leg kick but Anderson checks it.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ignatiev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Ignatiev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
Ignatiev lands a left hand.
Ignatiev throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Ignatiev lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ignatiev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands with a left to the head.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ignatiev can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ignatiev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ignatiev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Ignatiev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ignatiev breaks the clinch.
Ignatiev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Ignatiev.
Anderson lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ignatiev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Ignatiev tenderised Anderson's leg. Anderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nikolai Ignatiev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ignatiev was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Ignatiev gets tackled into the cage by Anderson. Anderson maintains the clinch.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ignatiev pushes Anderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Ignatiev scores with a shot to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Ignatiev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ignatiev tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Ignatiev back against the cage.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ignatiev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatiev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Jones Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatiev.
A short left from Ignatiev.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Ignatiev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ignatiev working aggressively here.
Ignatiev tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Ignatiev back against the cage.
Ignatiev swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Ignatiev looking to stall.
Nikolai Ignatiev seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ignatiev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignatiev misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Ignatiev - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Ignatiev.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Ignatiev avoids the damage to the body.
Ignatiev tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Ignatiev working aggressively here.
Ignatiev tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Ignatiev back against the cage.
Ignatiev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Ignatiev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatiev misses with the head strike.
Anderson prevents Ignatiev from breaking the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Ignatiev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jones Anderson!
A victorious Jones Anderson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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