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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Anderson (ranked 4751 p4p, 493 weight class) and Conor Moccgregor (ranked 6762 p4p, 589 weight class). Anderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pony. Moccgregor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Victor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 cm
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185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexis Anderson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Moccgregor! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Anderson takes the fight into the clinch. Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head. Moccgregor jumps guard but Anderson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. I was talking to Anderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. A body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson tries to work over Moccgregor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moccgregor backwards. Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Moccgregor controls his hands.
Moccgregor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Moccgregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Anderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Moccgregor's head. A left hand lands to the body for Anderson.
Moccgregor looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round. Moccgregor managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Moccgregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Anderson prevents Moccgregor from breaking the clinch. Moccgregor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Moccgregor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Anderson smiles and moves away.
Alexis Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conor Moccgregor. Anderson clinches up against the cage. A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson. Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moccgregor backwards. Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moccgregor backwards. Anderson scores with a hook to the body. A right hand to the body from Anderson.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A body shot lands from Anderson.
A short uppercut from Anderson. Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. This has been an exciting period of action! Anderson lands a shot to the body. Anderson lands a body shot. Anderson lands a shoulder strike. Nice body punch from Anderson. Anderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Anderson lands an uppercut.
Moccgregor is rocked! A short body shot lands from Anderson as the two fighters clinch.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Moccgregor's ribcage. Moccgregor let out a lung full of air as it connected. Anderson pushes Moccgregor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Moccgregor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Moccgregor backwards. Anderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Anderson lands an uppercut. A right hook to the body lands for Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body. A short uppercut from Anderson. A short right from Anderson on the inside. Moccgregor is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him? Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Moccgregor controls his hands.
Moccgregor seems to have recovered his senses. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson. Anderson drops Moccgregor onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Moccgregor is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself, with Moccgregor pressed up against the cage and cracks Moccgregor with a massive uppercut! Moccgregor goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Anderson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexis Anderson! An out of breath Alexis Anderson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. In defeat, Conor Moccgregor stepped up to the mic, saying 'My opponent was the better man, but best believe this is not the end of my story.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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