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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Monday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes into the arena with Skyscrapers - Ready, Set, Fall! blaring out of the sound system. Anderson Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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199 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite 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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Monday!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Monday.
Monday on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anderson. Anderson obviously looking to wear him down.
Monday misses with a looping right.
Anderson Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monday rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Anderson. Those never looked like landing.
Monday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Monday showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson fails with the takedown
and Monday counters with a two punch combo.
Nice body kick from Anderson.
Monday takes one to the chin there.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Monday shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Monday throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Anderson. Monday shrugs it off though.
Anderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Anderson works the jab nicely.
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Monday. That did some damage!
Monday pushes Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monday goes for a takedown attempt but Anderson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Monday clinches up with Anderson and pushes him back against the cage.
Monday drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Anderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Monday has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Monday is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson looking to sit in guard and control but Monday gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Anderson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Anderson wants to stand and escape but Monday is having none of it.
Anderson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Anderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Monday from controlling successfully.
Anderson has his foot on Monday's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Monday works his way back into a safe position though.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Monday controlling him for the moment.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Anderson is striking but Monday is not phased and passes to half guard.
Anderson gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Monday from controlling successfully.
Anderson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Monday missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson takes a swing at Monday's ribcage but misses.
Monday is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Monday throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Monday moved away.
Anderson darts in trying to clinch
and Monday counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Monday's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Monday works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Anderson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slow jab from Monday misses its intended target.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Monday.
Monday chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Anderson can pounce on him.
Anderson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Monday looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Monday dodges the ground and pound from Anderson.
Monday is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Anderson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Monday avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Anderson.
Anderson advances nicely into full mount.
Anderson working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Monday slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Anderson thows a huge punch but Monday dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Monday's head.
Monday blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anderson.
Anderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anderson looking to land elbow strikes but Monday uses the position to regain half guard.
Anderson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Anderson wants to work for an arm triangle but Monday is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Monday's head.
Anderson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Monday is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Anderson Anderson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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