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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Lennox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Caraan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caraan has chosen TubThumping(I get Knockdown) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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203 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
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182 cm
24
196 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Lennox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cedric Caraan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lennox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caraan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Cedric Caraan has been cut.
Lennox has closed the distance and engaged Caraan in a clinch.
Caraan is fighting off a takedown attempt but Lennox is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Caraan to the mat. Caraan regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lennox missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lennox knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Caraan on the ground.
Lennox would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lennox connects with a couple of short punches.
Caraan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lennox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Caraan has a closed guard, preventing Lennox from standing up.
Lennox gets to his feet - Caraan follows without any prompting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lennox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caraan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lennox manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Caraan on his heels. He'll look to pass Caraan's guard now, I'm sure.
Lennox scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lennox pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caraan is keeping the position for now.
Caraan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lennox throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Caraan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lennox controls the pace.
Lennox has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Caraan has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Lennox is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Caraan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caraan is letting Lennox control him for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lennox tries to advance to mount but Caraan denies him.
Caraan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Lennox tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lennox has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lennox decides to take the fight back to the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Caraan.
Oooooh!!! Lennox has knocked Caraan down with a huge combo! Lennox steps away and waves a wobbly Caraan back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Caraan is rocked!
That has opened up Cedric Caraan's cut even more.
Lennox moves into the clinch successfully.
Caraan is still on wobbly legs! Can Lennox finish him?
Lennox manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh!!! Lennox has knocked Caraan down with a huge combo! Lennox steps away and waves a wobbly Caraan back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The cut above Cedric Caraan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lennox rushes Caraan and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lennox gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lennox stands up from half guard.
Lennox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caraan seems to have recovered his senses.
Caraan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Caraan looks gassed!
Lennox scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lennox working the ground and pound.
Caraan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lennox controlling the position from side mount.
Lennox is working Caraan over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caraan tries to improve position but can't.
Lennox controls the position from side control.
Caraan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lennox is trying to get an arm triangle but Caraan is defending well.
Lennox lands a few punches from side control.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Cedric Caraan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Anderson Lennox!
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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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