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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jones Anderson (ranked 102 p4p, 303 weight class) and Kulma Rauta (ranked 14 p4p, 37 weight class). Kulma Rauta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kulma Rauta!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rauta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Rauta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Rauta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rauta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rauta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anderson motions for Rauta to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Rauta misses with a wild body shot.
Rauta throws a push kick but Anderson slaps the foot to one side.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rauta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rauta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Rauta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Anderson's knee momentarily.
Rauta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Anderson doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Rauta is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rauta! But no joy.
Rauta throws a chopping leg kick but Anderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anderson misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Rauta throws a right hand that misses
and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson tries to land a front kick but Rauta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A swing and a miss from Rauta.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rauta was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Rauta misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Anderson misses with a kick to the body
and Rauta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rauta scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Jones Anderson has been cut.
Rauta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rauta misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rauta counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rauta lands with a hook. Anderson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rauta connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Anderson's hands.
Anderson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rauta counters with a stiff right hand.
Rauta throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Rauta moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Anderson tries to move into range but Rauta moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Rauta.
Anderson wants to clinch
and Rauta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson is rocked!
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Rauta moves away and avoids it.
Rauta is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Anderson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rauta misses with an uppercut.
Anderson throws a jab when Rauta was well out of range.
Anderson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rautas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rauta 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Jones Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Rauta throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson is looking to counter punch.
Rauta cracks Anderson with an open hand slap.
Rauta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson throws a head kick but Rauta moves out of range.
Rauta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rauta checks the leg kick.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rauta misses with a straight right.
Rauta misses with a right hand
and Rauta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rauta bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Anderson's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta 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.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rauta has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
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 throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Rauta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Rauta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson drives through and clinches with Rauta against the cage.
Rauta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rauta misses with some punches.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Rauta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Kulma Rauta has been cut.
Rauta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rauta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rauta lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rauta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kulma Rauta dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Anderson lands with a straight right. Rauta didn't see that one coming.
Rauta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rauta. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson tried to counter with a leg kick but Rauta avoided it.
Anderson clinches up against the cage.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rautas head.
Rauta blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rauta avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Rauta's ribcage.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rauta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta throws a head punch that misses.
Rauta throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rauta.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short left from Anderson.
Rauta blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Rauta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rauta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rauta misses with the head strike.
Anderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rauta misses with some punches.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Rauta.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rauta blocking some punches.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rauta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
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.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rauta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Jones Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rauta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rauta is trying to break free.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rauta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
Rauta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Kulma Rauta's cut even more.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rauta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rauta leaning against his opponent.
Rauta breaks the clinch.
Anderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rauta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rauta misses with an uppercut.
Anderson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rauta in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rauta swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jab by Anderson.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson throws a body punch but Rauta moves out of range.
Rauta throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Kulma Rauta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
Anderson has Rauta pressed against the cage, preventing Rauta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rauta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rauta connects with an inside leg kick.
Rauta takes one to the chin there.
Good work by Anderson as he checks the leg kick.
Anderson is looking to counter punch.
Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rauta.
Rauta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rauta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jones Anderson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Anderson scores with a jab. Rauta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Rauta.
Rauta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rauta throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rauta misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Rauta misses with a leg kick
and Anderson counters with a good, hard body kick but Rauta shrugs it off.
Anderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rauta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson scores with a spinning back kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Rauta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rauta throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Rauta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A telegraphed right hand from Rauta misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta looks to land a body kick but Anderson moved away.
A big left from Rauta misses.
Rauta moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Rauta was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Rauta is out of range.
Rauta throws a leg kick but Anderson checks it.
Rauta throws a solid leg kick but Anderson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rauta.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rauta is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rauta! But no joy.
Rauta throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Rauta bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Anderson's head backwards.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Rauta off the cage and back into range.
Anderson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a push kick.
Rauta throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A good leg kick by Rauta.
Rauta misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Anderson finds it's way through Rauta's defenses.
Rauta moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
A nice side step and Rauta releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rauta lands a jab.
Rauta scores with a sloppy right hand. Anderson should have avoided that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Rauta scores with a four punch combination!
Rauta with a jab.
Anderson misses the jab.
Rauta tries to move into range but Anderson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
Rauta misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rauta or not.
Rauta blocks an elbow strike.
Rauta swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rauta slows down the pace here.
Rauta misses with some punches.
Rauta avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rauta's brow.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The cut above Kulma Rauta's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
Anderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kulma Rauta's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Rauta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rauta swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rauta blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Rauta 's eye.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kulma Rauta's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jones Anderson!
Jones Anderson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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