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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arn Anderson (ranked 2509 p4p, 277 weight class) and Niles Black (ranked 2205 p4p, 253 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by The Enforcer. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arn Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niles Black!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black moves away from the strike by Anderson.
A countering left hand to the body from Black misses.
Black jabs Anderson right on the nose. Anderson blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Arn Anderson has been cut.
Black takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Black lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Black tries to sprawl out of it but Anderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Black manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Anderson instigates a clinch.
Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Black throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Anderson misses
and Black counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black misses with a leg kick
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Black moved out of range nicely.
Black looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black thows a body kick. Anderson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Black.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson tries to keep at a distance but Black has taken the fight into the clinch.
Black tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Black jabs Anderson right on the nose. Anderson blinks but takes it well.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Black needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Black takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Niles Black has been cut.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Black slips a straight right by Anderson.
Anderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Anderson.
Anderson connects with a body shot.
Anderson clinches with his opponent.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Black's ribcage. Black let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Black pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Anderson. That snapped Black's head back.
Black moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Black takes one to the chin there.
Anderson swings for the body but Black moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Black dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Black with a hook.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Black throws a poor cross that misses
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Black.
Black walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Black scores with a nice head shot.
Anderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Black throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
As Black backs away, Anderson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Black is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Anderson is looking to counter punch.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson lands with a straight right. Black didn't see that one coming.
Black on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Black.
Anderson throws a body punch but Black moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson darts in and clinches Black up against the cage.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Black.
Black stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Black digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
Black takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anderson takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Anderson is looking to wear down Black with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Black misses with a looping right.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Black throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Anderson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
Anderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A slapping leg kick lands for Black.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Black.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arn Anderson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Anderson drives through and clinches with Black against the cage.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Black can't break the clinch.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Anderson.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anderson tries to throw a body punch but Black avoids it by throwing Anderson back against the cage.
Anderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Black gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Anderson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Black.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Black lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
Anderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Black manages to break the clinch.
Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Black.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Anderson is looking to slow Black down with leg kicks.
Arn Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A right-left combo lands from Anderson.
Anderson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black throws a shot to the body.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Anderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Black.
Black fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Black lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a jab when Black was well out of range.
Anderson drops Black with a right and a left! Anderson comes rushing in but Black regains his composure and manages to keep Anderson in guard.
Anderson connects with a couple of short punches.
Black keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson is working Black over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anderson controlling from the top position.
Anderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Black is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Anderson wants to control but Black is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Anderson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Black is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Anderson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Black's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Black's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeps control of the position as Black tries to break free.
Anderson working for the choke.
Black is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Anderson trying to control.
Anderson has good solid back control here.
Anderson is looking for the choke from the back position but Black is controlling his hands well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arn Anderson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Black moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Black lands a lovely overhand right.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Anderson defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Anderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Black.
Black works the jab nicely.
Black closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Black swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Anderson is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Black like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Black from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arn Anderson!
During a confident post fight interview, Arn Anderson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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