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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rickon Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Anderson's choice of entrance music: Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
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169 lbs
25 - 21 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Rickon Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control.
Stark is trying to get back to his feet.
Anderson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Stark knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Stark is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Anderson is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Anderson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Anderson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Anderson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stark, who protects the arm well.
Anderson trying to control the position but Stark is working away.
Stark 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.
Anderson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Anderson scoring with punches and elbows.
Stark is trying to buck Anderson off.
Anderson trying to control the action but Stark is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stark is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Anderson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Anderson in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Stark is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sparky Anderson!
During a confident post fight interview, Sparky Anderson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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