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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Anderson (ranked 1626 p4p, 193 weight class) and Mickey Diaz (ranked 3115 p4p, 331 weight class). Anderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pony. Diaz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Coming For You, by The Offspring kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mickey Diaz has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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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
6 - 4 - 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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mickey Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz moves into the clinch successfully.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Anderson walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Diaz gets a clinch.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Anderson staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Diaz jumps guard but Anderson stands there with Diaz around his waist. Diaz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Alexis Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Diaz.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson gets tackled into the cage by Diaz. Diaz maintains the clinch.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Diaz jumps guard but Anderson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
A short right from Anderson.
A short left from Anderson.
Anderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson.
Diaz looks winded!
Anderson cracks Diaz with a nice body shot.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson lands a left hand.
A short right from Anderson.
A shot in the inside from Anderson.
Diaz is rocked!
Anderson is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Diaz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Anderson is stalling in the full guard.
Anderson trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Anderson is really struggling to control Diaz but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diaz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Anderson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Anderson is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at 3Band MMA ($700/week) that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Anderson controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Anderson defends well.
Diaz being controlled here, momentarily.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson is fighting to break Diaz's control of his arms but Diaz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good body shot from Anderson.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Anderson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexis Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Anderson gets a clinch.
Diaz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Anderson just stands there and leans against the cage.
A body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson cracks Diaz with a nice body shot.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Anderson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Diaz blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Anderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Diaz drops back down to his feet.
Alexis Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Diaz.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Anderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
Anderson is working Diaz over against the cage.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson gets a clinch.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
Alexis Anderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stalling in the clinch from Anderson.
Anderson pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Anderson fakes the body blow, causing Diaz to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Diaz goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexis Anderson!
A very excited looking Alexis Anderson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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