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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Knarles Grunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ciaran Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunt comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. 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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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Knarles Grunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ciaran Anderson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grunt throws out the jab.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Grunt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grunt manages to avoid it.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anderson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grunt.
Grunt shoots in for a takedown but Anderson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice combination there by Grunt.
Anderson misses with a hook to the body
and Grunt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Grunt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Grunt takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Grunt checks the leg kick.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Grunt is just out of range.
Grunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Grunt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Grunt.
Anderson throws a body punch but Grunt moves out of range.
Grunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Grunt throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grunt digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Grunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson throws a body punch but Grunt moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Grunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grunt misses with a combination
and Anderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jab from Anderson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grunt. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice jab there from Grunt.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson motions for Grunt to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grunt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grunt.
Anderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Grunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grunt avoids the body shot from Anderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grunt at a distance.
Grunt throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grunt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grunt.
Grunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Ciaran Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anderson throws a body punch but Grunt moves out of range.
Grunt misses the shot to the body.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson lands a nice shot that snaps Grunt's head back.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grunt moves away.
Grunt shoots in but no luck this time.
A shot to the body from Grunt misses
and Anderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson throws a shot to the body.
Grunt throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anderson lands a slapping body shot.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grunt thows a body shot but no joy.
Grunt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Grunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body. Grunt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grunt.
Some wild striking there from Grunt.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grunt moves away.
Grunt misses with a hook.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Grunt tries to bum rush Anderson with a series of wild strikes but Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grunt throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grunt.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Grunt.
Anderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Grunt misses.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Grunt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grunt connects with a right hand. Anderson shakes it off.
Grunt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Grunt misses with a body shot.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anderson throws a good cross that connects.
Grunt needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Grunt avoids nicely.
Anderson throws out a powerful jab.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Grunt does no damage.
Grunt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anderson finds it's way round the side to connect with Grunt's head.
A clash of legs there as Grunt blocks the low kick.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grunt takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Anderson's corner calls for a 1-2. Anderson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Anderson lands a nice looking body shot.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
A jab from Grunt misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ciaran Anderson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Grunt misses with a combination
and Anderson counters with a left and a right that stings Grunt.
Grunt misses with a hook.
Grunt misses with a body shot.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knarles Grunt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Anderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Grunt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grunt moves away.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Grunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Grunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grunt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Grunt's shoulder, as Grunt tries to avoid the shot.
Grunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grunt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Anderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grunt manages to avoid it.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Grunt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grunt lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Grunt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grunt shoots in and drives through. Anderson sprawls well.
Grunt fails with a takedown attempt.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a leg kick.
Grunt fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knarles Grunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson scores with a nice right hand.
Anderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A lazy left from Anderson finds it's target.
Grunt fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Grunt misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grunt manages to avoid it.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Grunt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunt throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Grunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grunt looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Ciaran Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grunt moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grunt manages to avoid it.
Grunt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grunt.
Anderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grunt throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Anderson - just one landing.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Grunt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Anderson cracks Grunt with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson misses the body punch
and Grunt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grunt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grunt thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grunt fails to land with a series of punches.
Grunt is looking to wear down Anderson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grunt momentarily.
Anderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anderson lands with a straight right. Grunt didn't see that one coming.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grunt lands a jab to Anderson's midsection.
Anderson catches Grunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Grunt. Grunt gets slowly back to his feet.
Grunt swinging wildly here.
Grunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grunt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grunt misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Grunt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Anderson throws a body punch but Grunt moves out of range.
Grunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grunt throws out a powerful jab.
Grunt avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grunt doesn't seem bothered though.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grunt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grunt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Grunt should have avoided that one.
Grunt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anderson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Anderson duly obliges.
Grunt misses the shot to the body.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Anderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grunt circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson throws a body punch but Grunt moves out of range.
Grunt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Anderson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Grunt slips under a jab from Anderson.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Grunt. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Nice body punch from Grunt.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Grunt ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grunt's head.
Grunt throws out a powerful jab.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Grunt saw that one coming.
Grunt avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Decent striking displayed by Anderson there.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grunt moves away.
Anderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Grunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ciaran Anderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Anderson lands a jab to Grunt's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Grunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grunt.
Some wild striking there from Grunt.
Some bone on bone action there as Grunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Grunt counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Anderson!
Anderson trying desperately to get to his feet.
BOOM! Grunt connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Anderson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Anderson bucks up and throws Grunt to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Grunt shoots in and drives through. Anderson sprawls well.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Grunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grunt dives in and grabs Anderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Anderson pushes down on Grunt's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knarles Grunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Grunt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grunt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Anderson lands with a nice body punch.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Anderson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grunt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Anderson lands a really nice looking cross but Grunt seems unphased.
Grunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Grunt.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grunt moves away.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Nice uppercut lands for Anderson. That snapped Grunt's head back.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Grunt avoids them all with ease.
Grunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slow jab from Grunt misses its intended target.
Grunt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grunt misses with a body shot.
Knarles Grunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson works Grunt's body with a nice hook.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anderson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Anderson scores with a nice head shot.
Grunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grunt on the side of the head.
Grunt misses with an uppercut.
Grunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Anderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Grunt.
Anderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grunt at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Anderson as he connects with a hook.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grunt throws out the jab.
Anderson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson digs a good body shot into Grunt's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Grunt counter with a right hand.
Anderson misses with the combination.
Anderson jabs at Grunt's body.
Grunt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anderson counters with a left to the body.
Anderson swings for the body but Grunt moves out of range.
Grunt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grunt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grunt.
Grunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Grunt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Grunt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anderson scores with a nice strike.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Grunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Anderson scores with a body shot.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grunt manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Grunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grunt.
Ciaran Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson cracks Grunt with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson connects with a crisp jab.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Grunt is just out of range.
Anderson catches Grunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Grunt swinging wildly here.
Anderson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grunt in his tracks.
Anderson lands a nice shot that snaps Grunt's head back.
Grunt thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson lands with a good body shot.
Anderson cracks Grunt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grunt dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Grunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grunt manages to avoid it.
Grunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Anderson scores with a shot to the body.
Jab from Anderson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ciaran Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ciaran Anderson!
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