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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rigid Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Korn - Freak on a leash kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rigid Jones has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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205 lbs
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214 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rigid Jones!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson clinches with his opponent.
Anderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
The is referee keeping an eye on Anderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Anderson tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones closes the distance but Anderson moves to the side
and Anderson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jones really felt that one!
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anderson throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Jones tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Anderson counters by clinching up.
Anderson wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones just leaning against Anderson, taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
Anderson pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones stalls.
Anderson jumps guard but Jones stands there with Anderson around his waist. Anderson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson jumps guard but Jones stands there with Anderson around his waist. Anderson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones prevents a takedown attempt there.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Anderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anderson tries for a takedown but Jones manages to get underhooks.
Anderson breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
A left hand lands to the body for Jones.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Anderson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jones works on Anderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Anderson jumps guard but Jones stands there with Anderson around his waist. Anderson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Anderson can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.
Anderson gets the takedown into side control.
Jones pushes Anderson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Anderson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Anderson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Anderson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Anderson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Anderson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jones is rocked!
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Anderson decides to stand up, so the ref orders Jones to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones looking to stall.
Jones is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Anderson can't get the takedown.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The is referee keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Anderson stalling the fight.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anderson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Anderson dominated that round.
That's time! Anderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anderson fails with the takedown.
Jones throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anderson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Matthew Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones wants to clinch
and Anderson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Anderson looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Jones tries to clinch
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Anderson has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Anderson drops back down to his feet.
Anderson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones prevents Anderson from breaking the clinch.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A body shot lands from Jones.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Come on Jones - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
Anderson tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Anderson drops back down to his feet.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson looking for a takedown.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones gets underhooks to prevent Anderson's takedown attempt.
Anderson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anderson pulls Jones into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jones off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anderson counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rigid Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones tries to clinch but Anderson moves away
and Anderson counters with a double leg. Jones bangs his head on the mat and seems to be on queer street here... Anderson follows up with punches and the ref steps in to end the fight! It was the slam that caused all the problems.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Matthew 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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