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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
17 - 1 - 0 |
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212 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benny Andersson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Andersson throws a lazy uppercut
and Moore counters with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Moore checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Moore tried to counter with a leg kick but Andersson avoided it.
Moore misses with an uppercut.
Andersson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Moore with a body shot.
Andersson dips to his left and cracks Moore with an uppercut!
Good exchange - Andersson coming out on top.
Moore misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Moore drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Moore misses with a hook. Andersson ducked under it nicely.
Andersson scores with a leg kick.
Moore on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moore connects with a body shot that sends Andersson's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Andersson.
Andersson looks to land a right hand but Moore moved out of range.
Andersson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Moore with a nice cross.
Moore scores with a leg kick.
Moore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Andersson throws out the jab.
Andersson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Moore can pounce on him.
Moore explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Andersson misses with a straight left.
Moore is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Moore 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.
Andersson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moore backing away here, and Andersson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Moore throws a right hand that misses
and Andersson counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson works Moore's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moore connects with a solid leg kick.
Moore scores with a leg kick.
We've been informed that Andersson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Moore throws a right and a left that Andersson avoids nicely.
Moore throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Andersson to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Moore.
Andersson scoring well with a low kick there.
Moore moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Moore tries to land a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Moore 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Moore keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Moore misses its target.
Moore throws a body punch but Andersson moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moore throws a body punch but Andersson moves out of range.
Andersson scores with a hook to the body. Moore takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Andersson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Moore throws a front kick that sends Andersson stumbling back into the cage.
Andersson lands a right hook to the body.
Moore misses with a wild body shot.
Moore misses with a shot to the body
and Andersson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Andersson misses with an uppercut. Moore saw that one coming.
Moore swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Andersson misses with a left hand
and Moore counters with an inside leg kick.
Andersson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andersson has managed to clinch.
Moore prevents a body shot from Andersson.
Moore struggles to land a body shot inside as Andersson controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Moore as the two fighters clinch.
Andersson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Andersson throws a head punch that misses.
Moore lands a shoulder strike.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Moore lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Andersson throws a punch but it's blocked by Moore.
Andersson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Andersson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andersson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Andersson lands a left hand.
Moore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Andersson looks winded!
Moore lands a right hand.
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 Archie Moore will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Andersson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Andersson throws a leg kick but Moore moved away.
Andersson misses with a right hand
and Moore counters with a low kick, right behind Andersson 's knee.
Good work by Andersson as he checks the leg kick.
Andersson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Moore drops Andersson with a beautiful combination! Andersson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Moore is looking for the KO!
Andersson is rocked!
Archie Moore is winning the standup battle so far.
Moore clobbers Andersson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Andersson is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Andersson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moore slips a straight right by Andersson.
Andersson misses the body punch
and Moore counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Andersson out cold! What a finish! Moore is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Archie Moore!
Archie Moore retains his light heavyweight title!
Archie Moore took some time post fight to say the following; 'that was no challenge.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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