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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Lockyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Anastasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Lockyer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anastasio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lockyer breaks the clinch.
Anastasio lands a nice shot that snaps Lockyer's head back.
Lockyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anastasio works Lockyer's body with a nice hook.
Anastasio looks to land a body kick but Lockyer moved away.
Anastasio has managed to clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Anastasio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Anastasio struggles to land a body shot inside as Lockyer controls his hands.
Lockyer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anastasio slows down the pace here.
Lockyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lockyer misses with a hook.
Lockyer misses with a looping left.
Anastasio moves out of range as Lockyer strikes.
Anastasio blocks a jab.
Lockyer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anastasio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anastasio connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Anastasio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anastasio.
Anastasio misses with a looping right.
Anastasio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anastasio is looking to slow Lockyer down with leg kicks.
Anastasio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lockyer.
Lockyer is looking to score with low kicks.
Anastasio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice defenses there by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a series of punches but Lockyer avoids them all with ease.
Anastasio moves away from the strike by Lockyer.
Lockyer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lockyer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anastasio finds it's way round the side to connect with Lockyer's head.
Darren Lockyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Anastasio feints and then cracks Lockyer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lockyer down.
Anastasio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lockyer.
Lockyer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anastasio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lockyer is out of range and Anastasio settles back down.
A countering left hand to the body from Lockyer misses.
Lockyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anastasio swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lockyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anastasio was well out of range. Poor timing from Lockyer.
Lockyer throws a right and a left that Anastasio avoids nicely.
Anastasio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anastasio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anastasio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lockyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anastasio.
Lockyer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anastasio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lockyer. Lockyer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lockyer looks to land a body kick but Anastasio moved away.
Nice cross by Lockyer.
A left lands for Lockyer.
Lockyer throws a nice looking combination but Anastasio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anastasio slips a jab from Lockyer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anastasio to score with a decent uppercut.
Lockyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lockyer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anastasio thuds his right hand into Lockyer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lockyer cracks Anastasio with an open hand slap.
Lockyer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lockyer throws a nice looking combination but Anastasio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lockyer. Anastasio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anastasio throwing a counter right hand but Lockyer manages to avoid it.
Lockyer throws a lazy uppercut
and Anastasio counters with a nice leg kick.
Lockyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anastasio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lockyer.
Lockyer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anastasio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lockyer misses with a left hand
and Anastasio counters with a good low kick that Lockyer was not able to check.
Anastasio throws out a powerful jab.
Anastasio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anastasio misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Lockyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice defenses there by Lockyer.
Anastasio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lockyer throws out the jab.
Lockyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lockyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anastasio manages to avoid it.
Anastasio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lockyer misses with a jab to the body
and Anastasio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
Anastasio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lockyer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lockyer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lockyer connects with a crisp jab.
Lockyer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anastasio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lockyer tried to score with a low kick but Anastasio checks it.
Lockyer throws a nice looking combination but Anastasio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Anastasio will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Anastasio scores with the left hand. Lockyer knows he should have avoided that one.
Lockyer slips under a jab from Anastasio.
Lockyer misses with a leg kick.
Anastasio lands with a cross.
Lockyer throws a body punch but Anastasio moves out of range.
Anthony Anastasio is winning the standup battle so far.
Lockyer throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lockyer!
Lockyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Anastasio dips to his left and cracks Lockyer with an uppercut!
A clash of legs there as Anastasio blocks the low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Anastasio misses the target.
Lockyer catches Anastasio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anastasio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lockyer lands with an overhand left.
Anastasio throws a leg kick but Lockyer moved away.
Lockyer throws a big shot that misses.
Anastasio has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anastasio.
Lockyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Anastasio is just out of range.
Anastasio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio slips under a jab from Lockyer.
Anastasio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Lockyer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lockyer misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut there from Lockyer.
Anastasio misses with an uppercut.
Anastasio misses with a two punch combination.
Lockyer stuns Anastasio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lockyer lands a nice hook to Anastasio's body. Anastasio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Anastasio misses.
Anastasio lands a jab to the nose.
Lockyer scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anastasio.
Lockyer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anastasio has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lockyer finds it's way round the side to connect with Anastasio's head.
A swing and a miss from Lockyer.
Lockyer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lockyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick lands from Anastasio.
Lockyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Anastasio throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Anastasio looks to score with a jab to the body but Lockyer is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lockyer! But no joy.
Anastasio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lockyer momentarily.
Anastasio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lockyer scores with a jab.
Anastasio misses with a straight right.
Good standup being displayed there by Lockyer as he connects with a hook.
Anastasio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anastasio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lockyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Anastasio.
Lockyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Lockyer misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Anastasio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lockyer scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - Lockyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lockyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anastasio throws a head kick that misses.
Lockyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lockyer cracks Anastasio with an open hand slap.
Anastasio defending well as Lockyer loads up on a big left hand.
Jab, jab by Anastasio - just one landing.
Lockyer misses with a body shot
and Anastasio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lockyer thinking.
Nice uppercut there from Lockyer.
Lockyer blocks the body kick.
Lockyer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big left from Anastasio misses.
Lockyer misses with a hook to the body
and Anastasio counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lockyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anastasio counters with a stiff right hand.
Lockyer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lockyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer loads up on a big right hand but Anastasio slips the punch.
Lockyer misses with a wild body shot.
Anastasio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anastasio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lockyer misses with a lunging right hand
and Anastasio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anastasio throws a series of punches but Lockyer moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Lockyer misses the target.
Anastasio half committed to a counter leg kick.
Anastasio connects with a single shot there.
Anastasio staying out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Anastasio misses its target.
Lockyer lands a nice shot to the body.
Lockyer looks to land a right hand but Anastasio moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anastasio takes one to the chin there.
Anastasio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Anastasio thuds a left hand into Lockyer's body.
Lockyer throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Anthony Anastasio will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lockyer scores with a nice right hand.
Lockyer throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big right from Lockyer misses.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anastasio.
Anastasio takes one to the side of the head.
Lockyer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anastasio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anastasio with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lockyer to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anastasio.
Lockyer misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lockyer misses with a shot to the body
and Anastasio counters with a stiff right hand.
Anastasio wants to clinch.
Anastasio avoids the body shot from Lockyer.
A shot to the liver by Lockyer. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio throws a body punch but Lockyer moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Anastasio.
Lockyer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anastasio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lockyer tries to move into range but Anastasio moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anastasio. That's going to slow Lockyer down.
Lockyer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Anastasio throws a leg kick but Lockyer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Anastasio scores with a push kick.
Lockyer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab by Anastasio.
Lockyer throws a right hand that misses
and Anastasio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lockyer lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anastasio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lockyer circles away quickly and effectively.
Lockyer throws a big shot that misses.
Lockyer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Anastasio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lockyer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anastasio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Anastasio misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio missing with a left hand there. Lockyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lockyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anastasio.
Anastasio scores with a hook.
Anastasio throws a hook but Lockyer blocks it.
Anastasio backing away here, and Lockyer unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lockyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Anastasio is just out of range.
Lockyer ducks right into an uppercut from Anastasio.
Lockyer throws a right and a left that Anastasio avoids nicely.
Lockyer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anastasio circles away quickly and effectively.
Lockyer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anastasio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lockyer thinking.
Lockyer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anastasio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lockyer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Anastasio connects with a leg kick. Lockyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lockyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Anthony Anastasio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio connects with an inside leg kick.
Anastasio connects with a leg kick. Lockyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lockyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anastasio.
Lockyer throws an overhand right that lands on Anastasio's shoulder, as Anastasio tries to avoid the shot.
Anastasio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anastasio wants to clinch.
Anastasio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Darren Lockyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lockyer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lockyers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio moves out of range as Lockyer strikes.
Anastasio checks a low kick from Lockyer.
Anastasio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anastasio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lockyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lockyer looks to throw the jab but Anastasio is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anastasio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lockyer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A cross from Anastasio lands.
Lockyer throws a hook but Anastasio blocks it.
Anastasio moves away from the strike by Lockyer.
Lockyer punishes Anastasio's body with a nice straight punch.
Anastasio lands the left hand.
Lockyer connects with a crisp jab.
Anastasio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anastasio tests Lockyer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lockyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anastasio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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 Anthony Anastasio.
Well Anastasio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Anastasio!
Our winner, Anthony Anastasio, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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