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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 667 p4p, 78 weight class) and Scott Keene (ranked 979 p4p, 123 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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158 lbs
24 - 13 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Keene!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keene connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Keene.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Keene circles away.
Anderson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Keene throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice leg kick.
Anderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anderson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Keene scores with a nice strike.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Keene waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
A decent looking cross lands there for Anderson.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keene throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keene doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson scores with a head kick. Keene tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Keene is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a jab when Keene was well out of range.
Keene is still on wobbly legs! Can Anderson finish him?
Anderson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anderson misses with a looping left.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Keene moves away and avoids it.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keene looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Keene seems to have recovered his senses.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Keene.
Anderson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keene throws a big shot that misses.
Scott Keene is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keene connects with a right hand. Anderson shakes it off.
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anderson lands a jab to the nose.
Jab from Keene.
Scott Keene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keene throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Anderson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Keene did well to prevent Anderson getting side control.
Keene pushes Anderson off and gets back to his feet.
Keene takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keene cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Keene throws a lazy uppercut
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Keene takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Keene moves away and avoids it.
Keene works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Keene uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keene! But no joy.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keene throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Keene with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Keene tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Keene circles away.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Keene misses.
Anderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keene's head.
Anderson throws a head kick that half lands.
Keene ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Keene moves out of range of the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keene! But no joy.
Keene throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Keene misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
and Keene counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
It seemed like Keene was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Keene scores with a jab to the head.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Keene uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keene! But no joy.
Keene misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Keene moves out of range easily.
Keene throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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 Sparky Anderson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Anderson throws a body punch but Keene moves out of range.
Keene looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Keene swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Anderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anderson tries to clinch but Keene is having none of it.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keene was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sparky Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Keene throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keene misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Keene ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Keene counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Keene ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keene looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Keene throws a right hand that misses
and Anderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keene ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Keene.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keene counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses
and Keene counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Keene circles away.
Keene throws a hook but Anderson avoids it easily.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Anderson. Beautiful body shot.
Keene waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keene lunges at Anderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anderson's hand.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keene.
Anderson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Anderson misses.
Keene might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Keene counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson jabs at Keene's body.
Keene throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Keene just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson jabs Keene to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Keene, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Keene on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Keene saw that one coming.
Keene uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Keene looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson connects with a jab.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Keene swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice side step and Keene releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keene looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
A jab lands there for Keene.
Keene throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keene.
Anderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anderson keeps control of Keene as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anderson breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keene.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keene.
Keene tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Keene.
Keene misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Keene throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keene swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Keene backs away, Anderson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Scott Keene will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Keene throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Keene throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Anderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Keene.
Keene dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keene lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Keene misses.
Keene lands with a cross.
Keene moves out of range of the strikes.
Keene takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anderson, right into the meat.
Anderson takes a swing at Keene's ribcage but misses.
Keene throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Keene throws a big shot that misses.
Keene cracks Anderson with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keene scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Anderson doesn't seem bothered though.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keene manages to avoid it.
Keene let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Keene scores with a hook.
Anderson feints and then cracks Keene's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keene down.
Keene misses with a hook.
Anderson misses the jab.
Keene doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Keene's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Keene looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Keene in a clinch.
Anderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Keene lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
Keene prevents the takedown attempt.
Keene lands an uppercut.
Keene pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Keene's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Keene scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Keene tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Keene.
Anderson is looking to score with low kicks.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keene looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Anderson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
A lazy left from Anderson finds it's target.
Anderson moves forwards but Keene connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Keene stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Keene wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Keene checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anderson is defended easily by Keene.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sparky Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson slips a jab from Keene.
Keene clobbers Anderson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Keene.
Keene throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson gets a clinch.
Keene throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Keene fails to land.
Keene lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anderson slowing the pace effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keene.
Keene misses with an uppercut. Anderson saw that one coming.
Anderson with a poor takedown
and Keene connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keene sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keene let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Keene scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keene gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Keene misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Anderson misses the target.
Keene cracks Anderson with a good jab.
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Keene.
Keene circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Keene comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Keene has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Keene!
Scott Keene seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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