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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karevul Ikarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ikarus's choice of entrance music: Flight of Icarus by Iron Maiden. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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214 lbs
7 - 2 - 1 |
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193 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Karl Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karevul Ikarus!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ikarus.
Anderson connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Karevul Ikarus has been cut.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Ikarus. Ikarus gets slowly back to his feet.
Anderson takes a swing at Ikarus's ribcage but misses.
Anderson wants to slow Ikarus down by chopping away at his legs.
Ikarus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ikarus darts in looking for a takedown but Anderson gets double underhooks and turns Ikarus into the cage.
Anderson has Ikarus pressed against the cage.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Ikarus backwards.
Ikarus jumps into guard, dragging Anderson to the mat.
Ikarus is looking for a triangle but Anderson pushes his legs off easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Anderson has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Anderson postures up and lands a big shot to Ikarus's brow.
Ikarus had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anderson defends it easily.
Ikarus keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson throws a big elbow that misses.
Anderson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ikarus is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anderson is aware though and is defending well.
Ikarus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ikarus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ikarus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ikarus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ikarus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Our spies down at at Reign in Blood inform us that Ikarus has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson looking to sit in guard and control but Ikarus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ikarus trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Anderson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ikarus trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson trying to keep a closed guard but Ikarus is proving a slippery customer.
Anderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anderson being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Karevul Ikarus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Anderson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Karl Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ikarus slips a jab from Anderson.
Ikarus shoots for a double leg takedown but Anderson sprawls well. He's pushed Ikarus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Karl Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karevul Ikarus.
Ikarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Ikarus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Ikarus.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ikarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Ikarus looks for a takedown but Anderson sprawls well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ikarus dips to his left and cracks Anderson with an uppercut!
Anderson cracks Ikarus with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Anderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karevul Ikarus's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ikarus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ikarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ikarus counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ikarus.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ikarus trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ikarus wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.
Ikarus is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ikarus trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Karevul Ikarus has got the better of the ground game so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Karevul Ikarus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ikarus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ikarus under the eye.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ikarus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Ikarus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ikarus to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ikarus controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Ikarus from controlling successfully.
Ikarus preventing the sweep.
Anderson is trying to keep Ikarus in close.
Ikarus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Karevul Ikarus has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Anderson scores with a hook.
Ikarus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anderson.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ikarus manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ikarus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Anderson sprawls well. Anderson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ikarus gets slowly back to his feet.
Anderson connects with a crisp jab.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ikarus.
Ikarus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson cracks Ikarus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Anderson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson throws a body punch but Ikarus moves out of range.
Ikarus avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Ikarus checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anderson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ikarus's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ikarus keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Ikarus trying to keep a closed guard but Anderson is proving a slippery customer.
Ikarus working for a triangle but Anderson defends it easily.
Ikarus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anderson's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ikarus trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson is looking for a triangle but Ikarus pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Anderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karevul Ikarus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Anderson throws a body punch but Ikarus moves out of range.
Anderson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ikarus moves away.
Anderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Ikarus.
Anderson takes a swing at Ikarus's ribcage but misses.
Anderson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ikarus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ikarus doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Anderson counters with a nice body shot.
Ikarus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ikarus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson gets a takedown into half guard.
Ikarus trying to control from the bottom.
Ikarus is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Anderson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Anderson's back!
Ikarus controlling well, preventing Anderson from escaping the position.
Anderson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Ikarus looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ikarus mounts Anderson! Really nice guard pass there!
Ikarus with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ikarus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Anderson wants to control but Ikarus is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson is working hard here to advance position.
Ikarus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anderson is looking to escape.
Anderson wants to hold on but Ikarus pushes him away.
Ikarus has control of Anderson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Anderson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Anderson regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to improve his position.
Ikarus is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karevul Ikarus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson is trying to maintain the position but Ikarus is very close to passing his half guard.
Ikarus perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ikarus is trying to control the action in half guard but Anderson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Karevul Ikarus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ikarus manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Anderson on his heels. He'll look to pass Anderson's guard now, I'm sure.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Ikarus from controlling successfully.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Ikarus controlling him for the moment.
Anderson looking to control.
Ikarus preventing the sweep.
Karl Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ikarus trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Anderson is trying to control the position but Ikarus postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Karl Anderson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Anderson!
A victorious Karl Anderson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Karevul Ikarus stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats Buddy'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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