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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ingemar Anders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anders's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gods Son. Barca is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Carthage. Hannibal Barca is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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153 lbs
31 - 19 - 1 |
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175 cm
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165 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Ingemar Anders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hannibal Barca!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anders has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Anders feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barcas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barca displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barca misses the jab.
Anders misses with a straight right.
Anders lands a jab to Barca's midsection.
Anders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anders swings for the body but Barca moves out of range.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Barca.
Barca fails to land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Anders misses the target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anders, right into the meat.
Anders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anders gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders breaks from the clinch.
Barca gets a takedown into half guard.
Barca is keen to just control but Anders is a slippery customer.
Barca prevents Anders from improving his position.
Barca not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anders is trying to maintain the position but Barca is very close to passing his half guard.
Anders on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Barca working the head and body with strikes.
Anders's coaches at London MMA Club have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Barca seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Anders on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Anders tries to roll over but Barca keeps him under control.
Barca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Anders is looking for a sweep. Barca is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barca is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Anders is just riding it out for now. Barca eventually gives up the hold.
Barca thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Anders's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca throwing shots but Anders is blocking nicely.
Anders is looking for a sweep. Barca is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anders is looking to control Barca's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anders avoid being mounted?
Barca working the head and body with strikes.
Barca not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Anders has his hands clasped together around Barca's back. He's all about the action.
Anders blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Barca is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Anders still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Anders has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Anders avoids the strikes from the bottom by Barca.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca manages to work his way to half guard, despite Anders's best efforts.
Barca wants to get back to full guard.
Anders moves nicely into side control.
Barca is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Anders prevents Barca from improving his position.
Barca looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Barca is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Anders pulls his head out easily.
Anders wants to control but Barca is keeping him busy.
Anders passes to full mount!
Anders tries to control but Barca wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Barca dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Barca jabs Anders to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barca tries to keep at a distance but Anders has taken the fight into the clinch.
Anders wants to stall.
Barca drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anders pulls his leg out and moves away.
Barca misses with an uppercut.
Barca punishes Anders's body with a nice straight punch.
Barca throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Barca misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anders avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anders throws the kick towards the body but Barca avoids it.
Barca keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barca. Anders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anders was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders walks into a left hand.
Anders drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barca misses with an uppercut. Anders saw that one coming.
Barca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anders bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barca staying out of range there.
Anders buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barca with a lazy takedown attempt
and Anders counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Barca is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ingemar Anders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hannibal Barca.
Anders prevents the takedown attempt.
Barca drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anders pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anders cracks Barca with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barca rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Barca misses with a lunging right hand
and Anders counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Anders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anders swings for the body but Barca moves out of range.
Barca with a poor takedown
and Anders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anders throws a hook but Barca avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barca is defended easily by Anders.
Anders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barca.
Barca might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Anders wants to clinch up but Barca keeps it at a distance.
Anders looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Anders looks to land a left hand but Barca moved out of range nicely.
Barca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anders 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.
Anders tries to clinch but Barca moves out of range.
Anders tries to close the distance and clinch but Barca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ingemar Anders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anders as he jumps to the side.
Barca misses with a hook. Anders ducked under it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anders.
Anders misses the jab.
Barca circles away from the clinch attempt
so Barca counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Barca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Anders trying to control the position.
Anders has control of Barca's left arm, preventing Barca from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Anders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barca landing some decent shots from guard.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Anders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barca might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Anders haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Barca distracts Anders with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hannibal Barca will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Barca lands a nice hook to Anders's body. Anders takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Anders.
Anders connects with a crisp jab.
Anders misses with a body kick.
Barca closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Anders gets back to half guard.
Barca working over Anders with some ground and pound. Anders looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Barca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anders defending well though.
Barca has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anders tries to roll over but Barca keeps him under control.
Anders is not content to let Barca control the position.
Barca throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders is trying to get back to full guard.
Anders is trying to maintain the position but Barca is very close to passing his half guard.
Barca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anders defending well though.
Barca is looking for a kimura here.
Barca missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barca is pressing down on Anders's thigh, looking to free his foot. Anders is holding on for now.
Barca throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Anders to regain full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Barca in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hannibal Barca has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anders can't keep his opponent in guard - Barca advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Barca throws a strike but Anders avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Barca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barca missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Anders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barca missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barca with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barca throws an elbow that misses. Anders uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barca's guard. Nice move by Anders!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca looking for a sweep. Not yet Barca, not yet.
Barca is looking for a triangle but Anders pushes his legs off easily.
Barca is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Anders rolls with it to try and escape but Barca cranks on the arm and Anders is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hannibal Barca!
Hannibal Barca really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AnonymouS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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