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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beast Rage (ranked 6277 p4p, 412 weight class) and Eric Anderson (ranked 8180 p4p, 453 weight class). Anderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Out of Control kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Beast Rage has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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152 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beast Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Rage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Rage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Rage drops down looking for a counter takedown but Anderson sprawls and moves away.
Rage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson connects with a body shot that sends Rage's belly button to the back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rage.
Rage misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rage moves away.
Rage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rage appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rage was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson looks winded!
Rage moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Rage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rage manages to avoid it.
Rage feinted with a counter takedown.
Rage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rage drops down looking for a counter takedown but Anderson sprawls and moves away.
Eric Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Rage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rage in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Rage.
Rage appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rage can pounce on him.
Rage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rage.
Anderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rage. Rage obviously looking to wear him down.
Rage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rage rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rage is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Rage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson swings for the body but Rage moves out of range.
Rage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rage.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rage tries to counter with a takedown but Anderson is quick to defend against it.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rage works Anderson's body with a nice hook.
Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson swings for the body but Rage moves out of range.
Rage tries to counter with a takedown but Anderson is quick to defend against it.
Rage connects with an inside leg kick.
Rage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rage changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Anderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rage. Rage obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rage.
Anderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rage connects with a leg kick. Anderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anderson tries to clinch up
and Rage counters with a shoot takedown. Anderson fights it but they end up in guard.
Rage engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Rage from controlling successfully.
Rage stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Rage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rage.
Rage looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Rage turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Rage drops down looking for a counter takedown but Anderson sprawls and moves away.
Anderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rage. Rage obviously looking to wear him down.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Rage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rage, right into the meat.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Rage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beast Rage dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rage swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Rage moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAnderson.
Rage connects with an inside leg kick.
Anderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rage lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rage looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Anderson throws a right hand that Rage ducks under and follows up with a left that Rage also avoids with ease.
Rage changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Rage lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rage.
Beast Rage is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson tries to clinch but Rage is having none of it.
Rage half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Anderson misses with the body kick
and Rage counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rage stands up and waves to Anderson to follow him.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rage moves away.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage lands with a good body shot.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rage half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rage feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Rage pushes him off.
Rage appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rage buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rage lands with a good body shot.
Rage is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Rage circles away.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Rage avoids nicely.
Rage drops down looking for a counter takedown but Anderson sprawls and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rage.
Rage throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
Anderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rage connects with an inside leg kick.
Rage throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rage lands with a nice body kick.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rage can pounce on him.
Rage throws a body shot but no joy.
Rage is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rage, right into the meat.
Rage throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
Rage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Rage throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Rage.
Rage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
Rage lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rage throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
Rage lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Rage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rage. That's going to slow Anderson down.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Rage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Rage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Rage saw that one coming.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Rage feinted with a counter takedown.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Rage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson 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.
Anderson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Anderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rage - the referee stops the clock and Anderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rage. Anderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rage.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Rage circles away and keeps his distance.
Rage lands with a kick to the temple. Anderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anderson instigates a clinch.
Rage manages to break the clinch.
Rage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rage cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beast Rage dominated that second round.
That's time! Rage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Rage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rage.
Rage lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Rage cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Rage with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anderson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Rage.
Anderson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rage counters with a shoot takedown. Anderson fights it but they end up in guard.
Rage engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rage trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson has his foot on Rage's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rage works his way back into a safe position though.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Rage from controlling successfully.
Rage's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Rage from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Anderson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Anderson tries to clinch but Rage is having none of it.
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.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Rage saw that one coming.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Rage ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Rage pushes him off.
Rage throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
Rage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rage breaks the clinch.
Beast Rage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A good leg kick by Rage.
Rage motions for Anderson to come forward. Rage throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rage slips a straight right by Anderson.
Rage slips a straight right by Anderson.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rage is just out of range.
Rage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eric Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rage. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anderson moves into range and clinches up with Rage.
Rage blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Rage avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the cage.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rage takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Rage throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rage throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Beast Rage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rage, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beast Rage!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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