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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amazing Game (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Blue clear sky. Game has chosen Spirit in the Sky as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sparky Anderson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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176 cm
27
157 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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165 cm
32
152 lbs
11 - 14 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Amazing Game! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Game leaves Anderson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Anderson checks the leg kick. A jab from Game misses. Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Game paws at him with a jab and circles away. Game misses with a two punch combination.
Anderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Game sprawls well. He's pushed Anderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Game. Game swinging wildly here.
A swing and a miss from Game. Game lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Sparky Anderson has been cut. Game throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily. Anderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Game sprawls well. He's pushed Anderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sparky Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him. Game moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. A slow jab from Game misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson shoots in but Game avoids the takedown attempt easily. Game throws a right and a left that Anderson avoids nicely. Game throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it. Game connects with a nice looking jab.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Game.
Game throws a jab but it's blocked by Anderson. Game throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Game's guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Anderson is working Game over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Game. This has been an exciting period of action! Game keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Anderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Anderson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Anderson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Anderson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Anderson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Anderson seems to have locked his on tight now - Game screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Anderson, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Sparky Anderson! A pretty intense looking Sparky Anderson took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
41% |
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