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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Bender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Anami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Bender!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake Anami!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anami shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bender counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anami fails with the takedown.
Anami throws a sloppy head kick
and Anami takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bender defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anami.
Tyson Bender has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Anami.
Sloppy strikes from Bender. Those never looked like landing.
Bender closes the distance and pushes Anami back into the cage.
Bender throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bender trying to land knees to the body.
Bender lands an elbow just above Anami 's eye.
It looks like Jake Anami has been cut.
Anami goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bender prevents it.
Bender looking to throw knees to the head but Anami is blocking nicely.
Bender misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bender.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bender.
Anami managing to block the knees to the body from Bender.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bender throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anami wants a takedown.
Bender putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anami in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bender stalling against the cage.
Bender tries a knee to the head but Anami blocks it.
Bender lands an elbow inside.
Bender is pushing Anami up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Anami is stalling here.
Bender tries a knee to the head but Anami blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bender.
Bender lands a knee to the head.
Bender with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anami is trying to force a seperation but Bender has the dominant position.
Bender misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bender with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bender is trying to maintain a safe position but Anami gets an underhook and turns Bender into the cage.
Bender is breathing heavily.
Bender landing knees to the head.
Anami tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bender smiles and moves away.
Anami fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anami closes the distance but Bender moves to the side
and Bender counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bender.
Bender has Anami pushed against the cage.
Bender misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anami.
Bender tries to land a knee to the head but Anami blocks with his arms.
Bender pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bender lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bender tries to land a knee to the head but Anami blocks with his arms.
Bender with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bender connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anami's face.
Anami trying to control the position but instead, Bender has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anami into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bender takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Anami is trying to break the clinch but Bender is controlling him.
Anami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anami tries for a takedown but Bender manages to get underhooks.
Bender lands an elbow that stopped Anami in his tracks for a moment.
Bender with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bender content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bender lands a nice knee to the body.
Anami tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bender just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bender utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bender landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Bender - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bender putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anami in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bender taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bender landing knees to the head.
Bender lands an elbow inside that Anami shrugs off.
Bender working Anami over with knees to the body.
Anami takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bender tries to land a knee to the head but Anami blocks with his arms.
Bender trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bender obliges.
Anami on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bender will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Anami up against the cage.
Bender lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bender landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Bender dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Anami's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bender fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bender doesn't manage to clinch there - Anami circles away.
Anami gets tackled into the cage by Bender. Bender maintains the clinch.
Anami tries to break free but Bender pushes him back against the cage.
Bender lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Anami has Bender pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bender manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bender with a knee to the head.
Anami can't break the clinch.
Anami takes an elbow to the temple.
Anami managing to block the knees to the body from Bender.
Anami on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bender has Anami pressed against the cage.
Anami wants to break free but Bender has control.
Bender missing with knees to the body.
Anami avoids the elbow strike from Bender, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bender connects with a knee to the head.
Bender tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bender.
Bender misses with an elbow over the top.
Bender keeps control of Anami as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bender is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bender looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bender looking to throw knees to the head but Anami is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bender - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Anami tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anami stalling in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bender takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Anami takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anami is trying to break free.
Bender leaning his opponent against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anami can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bender lands a knee to the head.
Bender throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anami is looking to break free of the clinch but Bender has double underhooks.
Bender gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bender tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bender with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Anami is looking to control Bender's arms but Bender gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anami has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bender.
Bender creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anami's defenses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bender stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tyson Bender.
Anami tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bender moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anami drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bender pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tyson Bender has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Anami.
Anami shoots for a double leg takedown but Bender sprawls well. He's pushed Anami's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Anami tries to keep at a distance but Bender has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bender controlling the action here for a moment.
Bender with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bender is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Anami working hard to break the clinch.
Bender lands a nice knee to the body.
Bender lands a nice elbow.
Bender lands an elbow inside that Anami shrugs off.
Anami takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anami takes an elbow to the forehead.
Come on Bender - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bender landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bender landing knees to the body.
Bender creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anami's defenses.
A knee to the head by Bender.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anami takes an elbow to the temple.
Anami takes an elbow to the temple.
Bender looking to throw knees to the head but Anami is blocking nicely.
Bender utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Bender dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Anami's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Bender ducks under a wild hook from Anami.
Tyson Bender is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bender doesn't manage to clinch there - Anami circles away.
Anami closes the distance and clinches.
Anami fails to pull guard.
Bender avoiding damage.
A right hand to the body from Anami.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bender - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anami tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bender avoids it.
Bender lands a good knee to the midsection. Anami won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bender displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anami up against the cage.
Bender lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anami fails to pull guard.
Anami drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tyson Bender has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Anami.
Bender dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bender lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bender takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bender.
Bender is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bender connects with a knee to the head.
Bender landing knees to the head.
Bender lands a good knee to the midsection. Anami won't want to take too many of those.
Bender lands an elbow inside.
Bender lands a knee to the body.
Anami jumps guard but Bender stands there with Anami around his waist. Anami gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Anami takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bender.
Bender lands a damaging elbow.
Anami is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bender connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anami's face.
Bender lands an elbow inside that Anami shrugs off.
Anami tries to pull guard but Bender holds him up against the cage and eventually Anami drops back down to his feet.
Bender lands an elbow just above Anami 's eye.
Bender tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bender lands a knee to the body.
Bender throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anami blocks it with crossed arms.
Anami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bender landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bender landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anami tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anami takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tyson Bender has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bender pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anami tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bender smiles and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bender has Anami up against the cage in a clinch.
Bender lands a damaging elbow.
Bender landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bender slowing the pace effectively.
Bender lands an elbow inside that Anami shrugs off.
Bender tries a knee to the head but Anami blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Bender.
Bender with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bender has Anami pushed against the cage.
Bender tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bender lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bender working Anami over with knees to the body.
Anami blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anami takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anami looking to stall.
Bender tries to land knees in the clinch but Anami avoids the damage to the body.
Bender landing knees to the head.
Bender gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anami takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anami avoids a wild elbow strike from Bender.
Anami blocks an elbow strike from Bender.
Bender avoiding damage as Anami throws knees to the body.
Anami has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bender avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bender obliges.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bender comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bender with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anami works on Bender's body with a couple of short punches.
Jake Anami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyson Bender is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bender lands an elbow inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Bender showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bender has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Bender!
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