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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Hyde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steven Hyde!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ron Honeybunn and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Hyde.
Anderson throws a counter combo.
Hyde buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
A cross from Anderson lands.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hyde.
Despite the aggression on Anderson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Anderson fails with the takedown.
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hyde pinned against the cage. Hyde gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hyde lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hyde throws a push kick but Anderson slaps the foot to one side.
Hyde moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAnderson.
Hyde tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Anderson cracks the inside of Hyde's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hyde but Hyde pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Steven Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Anderson.
Hyde throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Hyde thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Anderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hyde throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steven Hyde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hyde takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Anderson dives in and grabs Hyde's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hyde pushes down on Anderson's head and hops out.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Hyde.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Hyde counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hyde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hyde throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
Hyde sets himself, and Anderson steps forward looking for the clinch! Hyde avoids it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyde throws a nice looking combination but Anderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Hyde pushes him off.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt - Hyde sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hyde is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hyde has his back to the cage.
Hyde content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hyde is trying to stall.
Hyde stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A frustrated look appears on Hyde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Hyde dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hyde lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hyde throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
William Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Hyde is avoiding it.
Anderson fails with the takedown.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hyde.
Hyde tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Hyde off the cage and back into range.
Hyde looks for the body kick but Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hyde slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Steven Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Anderson.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hyde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hyde looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Anderson.
Hyde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Anderson checks a leg kick.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hyde lands a slapping body shot.
Hyde lands with a kick to the temple. Anderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hyde thuds a left hand into Anderson's body.
Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Hyde avoids them all with ease.
Hyde throws a big counter combination but Anderson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Hyde tries to tie him up.
Hyde trying to control the position but instead, Anderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hyde into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hyde is looking to wear down Anderson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Hyde.
Anderson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hyde on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anderson tries a low kick but Hyde avoids it.
Donk. Anderson catches Hyde right on the button with a cross.
Anderson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hyde avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Hyde tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Anderson slips a jab from Hyde.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Hyde is avoiding it.
Hyde just misses with a punch to the body.
Hyde jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hyde throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Hyde dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hyde on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Hyde misses.
Anderson sizes up Hyde with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hyde scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Hyde avoids nicely.
Hyde throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hyde connects with a leg kick. Anderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hyde stalling in the clinch but Anderson improves position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hyde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Hyde takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anderson tries to clinch but Hyde is having none of it.
Hyde was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Anderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hyde's waist but Hyde gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anderson off to one side.
Hyde seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hyde is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Anderson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Hyde misses the target.
Anderson looks to clinch
and Hyde counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anderson tests Hyde's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Hyde avoids them all with ease.
Hyde throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hyde avoids it really well and circles away.
Hyde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anderson.
Hyde tries to keep at a distance but Anderson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hyde wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson breaks the clinch.
Hyde throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anderson, right into the meat.
Anderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
An inside leg kick lands from Hyde.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hyde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Hyde circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson gets a clinch.
Anderson prevents Hyde from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson taking a breather.
Hyde is trying to force a seperation but Anderson has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Anderson really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hyde tries to score with a low kick but Anderson moves his leg out of the way.
Hyde throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hyde moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hyde defends well and Anderson ends up having to push Hyde into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hyde looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Hyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Hyde.
Hyde takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Hyde, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyde lands with a nice body punch.
That kick from Hyde tenderised Anderson's leg. Anderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Anderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hyde.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Hyde misses.
Hyde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Anderson misses.
Hyde looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Hyde avoids it well.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hyde swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Hyde throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hyde.
Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steven Hyde is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hyde moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hyde bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hyde throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Hyde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hyde throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hyde's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Hyde sees it coming and moves out of range.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Hyde.
Anderson fails with the takedown
enabling Hyde to counter with a crisp jab.
Steven Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Anderson.
Hyde keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hyde connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anderson. Anderson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Anderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hyde looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
Anderson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hyde.
Hyde throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Hyde had his way with William Anderson in that round.
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. This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Hyde.
Hyde misses with a low kick.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hyde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hyde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hyde.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Hyde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Hyde tries to tie him up.
Hyde working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hyde moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
Hyde is trying to stall.
Hyde is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anderson is keeping busy.
Hyde can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Anderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hyde.
Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Anderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyde tries to break free but Anderson pushes him back against the cage.
Hyde wants to get back to striking at distance but Anderson won't allow it.
Hyde is trying to maintain a safe position but Anderson gets an underhook and turns Hyde into the cage.
Hyde looking to stall.
Maybe Hyde would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Anderson breaks the clinch.
Anderson moves into the clinch.
A short right from Anderson.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hyde tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hyde lands with a thumping leg kick.
Anderson walks into a jab.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hyde has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Steven Hyde!
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight for Steven Hyde!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Steven Hyde!
Steven Hyde wins by unanimous decision!
Steven Hyde is the new middleweight champion!
Steven Hyde thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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