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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Cabaye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced |
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlos Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Cabaye !
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabaye steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Cabaye moves into the clinch.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cabaye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cabaye lands a big head kick that sends Anderson tumbling to the mat! Cabaye takes a step backwards and waves Anderson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Anderson is rocked!
It looks like Carlos Anderson has been cut.
Cabaye gets a clinch.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson stalling the fight.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cabaye 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson shoots in but Cabaye avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cabaye rushes Anderson and presses him up against the cage.
Cabaye misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson jumps guard but Cabaye stands there with Anderson around his waist. Anderson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cabaye is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cabaye works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cabaye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabaye gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Anderson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Anderson prevents Cabaye from getting back to his feet.
Cabaye is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Anderson dives into side control.
Cabaye is trying to buck Anderson off.
Cabaye dodges the ground and pound from Anderson.
Anderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cabaye is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cabaye sneaks out the side door and pushes Anderson away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cabaye .
Cabaye rushes Anderson and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cabaye lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson is trying to pull guard but Cabaye turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to pull guard but Cabaye forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Cabaye is pressed up against the cage. Anderson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cabaye down to the mat. Cabaye avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Cabaye has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Cabaye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cabaye explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cabaye pushes Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson tries for a takedown. No joy.
A left hand lands to the body for Cabaye .
Cabaye gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cabaye digs a right hand underneath Anderson's ribcage. Anderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cabaye lands a body shot.
Cabaye lands a nice knee to the body.
Cabaye digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
A hook to the body from Cabaye .
Cabaye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cabaye lands a big head kick that sends Anderson tumbling to the mat! Cabaye takes a step backwards and waves Anderson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabaye takes the fight into the clinch.
Cabaye breaks from the clinch.
Cabaye drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Cabaye landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cabaye lands a knee to the body.
Cabaye breaks from the clinch.
Cabaye 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cabaye duly obliges.
Carlos Anderson's cut is getting worse.
Cabaye takes the fight into the clinch.
Cabaye works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Anderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabaye working Anderson over with knees to the body.
Cabaye leaning against his opponent.
Cabaye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabaye clinches up against the cage.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Cabaye lands a body punch in the clinch.
The referee calls for Cabaye to work.
Nice body punch from Cabaye - that landed with a thud.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cabaye .
Anderson can't get the takedown.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cabaye throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cabaye lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Cabaye .
Cabaye lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cabaye crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Cabaye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Anderson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Anderson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cabaye .
Cabaye gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cabaye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Cabaye .
Whack! Cabaye lands a heavy head kick that drops Anderson. The ref tackles Cabaye to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Anderson was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Alex Cabaye !
Alex Cabaye was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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