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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wild Eri (ranked 3064 p4p, 2512 weight class) and Ryk Anders (ranked 349 p4p, 299 weight class). Anders is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ryk Anders has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wild Eri's 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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wild Eri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryk Anders!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anders lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Anders tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Eri swivels and escapes.
Eri goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Ryk Anders has been cut.
Eri thuds a left hand into Anders's body.
Eri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anders.
Eri misses with a hook
and Anders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anders goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Anders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eri is looking to counter punch.
Anders tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anders stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Eri misses with an uppercut.
Anders misses with a takedown attempt - Eri sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Eri throws a jab but it's blocked by Anders.
Anders throws out a counter right but Eri avoids it with no problem.
Eri cracks Anders with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Anders throws a front kick that sends Eri stumbling back into the cage.
Anders has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Eri scores with a decent looking hook.
Anders lands with a nice body punch.
Eri looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Eri lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders blocks a head kick by Eri.
Anders moves out of range of the body kick.
Wild Eri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anders throws a shot from downtown. Eri moves away and avoids it.
Eri attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Eri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Eri throws a looping overhand right but Anders ducks down to avoid it.
Wild Eri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eri throws a jab when Anders was well out of range.
Eri is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Anders lands a head shot.
Anders misses with an uppercut. Eri saw that one coming.
A head kick lands from Anders that sends Eri to the canvas. Eri tries to scramble back to his feet but Anders brings him back down into side control.
Eri is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ground and pound from Anders seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Oh Eri is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anders throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Anders throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Eri works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Anders has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anders passes the guard and advances to mount!
Eri seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eri wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Anders.
Eri is squirming around, avoiding Anders's attempts to control the action.
Anders misses with a head shot.
Anders unloading with bombs!
Anders throwing strikes here but Eri is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Anders dominating with strikes here.
Eri really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Anders there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anders trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Eri avoids a series of strikes thrown by Anders.
Anders connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Anders lands a heavy elbow.
Anders throws some wild stikes that Eri manages to avoid easily.
Anders punching from mount but Eri doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Anders cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A big strike lands for Anders! That's really hurt Eri and he's turned his back - Anders keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Anders jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryk Anders!
A very excited looking Ryk Anders made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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