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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slade Wilson (ranked 2752 p4p, 314 weight class) and Sir Anthony Buzzard (ranked 1414 p4p, 181 weight class). Wilson comes to the cage accompanied by Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
23 - 22 - 3, fighting out of London, Slade Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sir Anthony Buzzard!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buzzard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wilson. That's going to slow Buzzard down.
Wilson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wilson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Buzzard sprawls and moves away.
Wilson has a takedown stuffed.
Buzzard moves in looking to clinch but Wilson pushes him off.
We've been hearing reports that Wilson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wilson checks a leg kick nicely.
A big right from Wilson misses.
Wilson goes for a double leg but Buzzard avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Buzzard continues to drive forward.
A big right from Wilson misses.
Wilson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Buzzard has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wilson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buzzard.
It seemed like Buzzard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Wilson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Buzzard - just one landing.
Wilson misses with a body shot.
Wilson just misses with a punch to the body.
Buzzard misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Wilson misses.
It seemed like Buzzard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Buzzard fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson slips a jab from Buzzard.
Donk. Buzzard catches Wilson right on the button with a cross.
Buzzard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buzzard misses with a hook. Wilson ducked under it nicely.
Buzzard defending well as Wilson loads up on a big left hand.
Buzzard tried to score with a low kick but Wilson checks it.
Buzzard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wilson's head backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Buzzard.
Buzzard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wilson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buzzard moves away.
Wilson lands with an overhand left.
Buzzard tries to bum rush Wilson with a series of wild strikes but Wilson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wilson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Buzzard pinned against the cage. Buzzard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slade Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buzzard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilson circles away quickly and effectively.
Wilson shoots in looking for a takedown but Buzzard manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wilson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
It seemed like Buzzard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Buzzard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Buzzard wants to stand but Wilson has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Wilson wants to control but Buzzard is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wilson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wilson won't allow Buzzard to pass to mount.
Buzzard wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard prevents Wilson from improving his position.
Buzzard tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Wilson.
Buzzard wants to pass the guard but Wilson is defending well.
Wilson is refusing to be controlled, as Buzzard sits in half guard.
Buzzard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Buzzard looks to land a combination but Wilson avoids it well.
Good leg kick by Wilson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wilson throws out a loose jab but Buzzard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buzzard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wilson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Wilson does no damage.
A lazy left from Wilson finds it's target.
Buzzard misses with a hook. Wilson ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilson. Buzzard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buzzard let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Buzzard tries to bum rush Wilson with a series of wild strikes but Wilson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Buzzard moves away and avoids it.
Buzzard throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Buzzard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sir Anthony Buzzard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Buzzard counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buzzard cracks Wilson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wilson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Buzzard's head backwards.
The fighters circling - Wilson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wilson checks a leg kick.
Buzzard blocks a low kick nicely.
Buzzard throws out a powerful jab.
Buzzard lands with a slapping head kick.
Wilson tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Anthony Buzzard dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Buzzard lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Buzzard.
Wilson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buzzard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wilson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wilson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Buzzard misses with a two punch combination.
Buzzard misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheers as Buzzard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wilson doesn't seem phased though.
Buzzard throws a jab when Wilson was well out of range.
Wilson checks a leg kick.
Wilson misses with the combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Buzzard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson scores with a nice right hand.
Wilson throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Buzzard dips to his left and cracks Wilson with an uppercut!
Wilson connects with a jab.
Wilson closes the distance and clinches up with Buzzard, looking for a takedown. Wilson pushes Buzzard against the cage but Buzzard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wilson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Buzzard stalks Wilson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wilson's face. Wilson staggers backwards, shaken.
Wilson misses with an uppercut. Buzzard saw that one coming.
Buzzard feints and then cracks Wilson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wilson down.
Wilson throws a hook but Buzzard avoids it easily.
Wilson swings for the body but Buzzard moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Buzzard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Buzzard tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilson is retaining full guard.
Buzzard has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Wilson is proving hard to escape from.
Wilson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wilson pulls Buzzard in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard wants to stand but Wilson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wilson working a defensive guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Wilson working for a triangle but Buzzard defends it easily.
Buzzard wanted to stand there but Wilson had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Buzzard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wilson lands a nice shot that snaps Buzzard's head back.
Wilson slips a straight right by Buzzard.
Buzzard scores with a shot to the body.
Buzzard misses with a low kick.
Wilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slade Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson looks to land a left hand but Buzzard moved out of range nicely.
Buzzard with a hook.
Wilson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wilson avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wilson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buzzard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
An inside leg kick from Wilson misses.
Buzzard throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buzzard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Buzzard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buzzard throws a right hand that Wilson ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilson also avoids with ease.
Wilson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Buzzard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Buzzard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fighters circle momentarily. Buzzard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A punch combination from Wilson misses.
Wilson blocks a jab.
Buzzard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A big left from Wilson misses.
Buzzard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wilson with a body shot.
Buzzard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Anthony Buzzard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Wilson slips a straight right by Buzzard.
Buzzard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wilson's sensitive parts.
Sir Anthony Buzzard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping leg kick lands for Buzzard.
Wilson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Buzzard lands a two punch combo.
Wilson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Buzzard scores with a body shot.
Wilson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Buzzard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Buzzard throws a body kick that misses
and Wilson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buzzard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wilson on the side of the head.
Buzzard throws a leg kick which misses Wilson's front leg but catches the back leg as Wilson tries to avoid it.
Buzzard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wilson lands a head shot.
Wilson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Buzzard.
A counter left hand to the body from Wilson misses its target.
Wilson tries to land a front kick but Buzzard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wilson walks into a stiff left hand from Buzzard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buzzard looks for the body kick but Wilson saw that one coming.
Wilson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Buzzard cracks Wilson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wilson throws an overhand right that lands on Buzzard's shoulder, as Buzzard tries to avoid the shot.
Wilson is looking to land body kicks.
Wilson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Buzzard.
Wilson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wilson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wilson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buzzard. Buzzard obviously looking to wear him down.
Sir Anthony Buzzard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buzzard lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wilson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wilson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buzzard stuffs the takedown attempt from Wilson. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet.
Buzzard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wilsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buzzard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Buzzard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Buzzard.
Buzzard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Buzzard.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wilson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Buzzard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Buzzard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wilson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Buzzard throws a nice head kick!
Buzzard digs a good body shot into Wilson's ribs.
A bone on bone clash there as Buzzard blocks the leg kick.
Buzzard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wilson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wilson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buzzard.
Slade Wilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buzzard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wilson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Buzzard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wilson's knee momentarily.
Buzzard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wilson with a poor takedown
and Buzzard counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Buzzard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wilson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wilson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard misses with a body punch
and Wilson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice combination there by Buzzard.
Buzzard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wilson under the eye.
Buzzard shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Buzzard was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Buzzard tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Sir Anthony Buzzard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wilson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Buzzard has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Wilson throws a lazy uppercut
and Wilson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good leg kick by Buzzard there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Buzzard avoids a kick to the body.
Wilson ducks right into an uppercut from Buzzard.
Buzzard lands with a nice combination. Wilson backs away looking to recover.
Wilson misses with a series of wild punches.
Buzzard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big right from Wilson misses.
Buzzard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Buzzard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson jabs Buzzard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Buzzard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wilsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buzzard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wilson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sir Anthony Buzzard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Buzzard 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sir Anthony Buzzard!
In his post fight interview, Sir Anthony Buzzard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Slade Wilson was interviewed post fight and said 'Respect to my opponent. He was the better man tonight. Still, I think if I had another go at it I would beat him. Let's run it back.'.
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