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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel King (ranked 3719 p4p, 417 weight class) and Anakond Lidland (ranked 3494 p4p, 394 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Nigel King has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nigel King seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nigel King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anakond Lidland!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lidland throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
King swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lidland.
King takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lidland fakes the leg kick and cracks King in the body.
King lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lidland at a distance.
King misses with a few strikes there.
Lidland scoring well with a low kick there.
King swinging wildly here.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lidland.
King was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lidland's coach down at Rabid Reindeer Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lidland's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
King lands with a right hand.
Lidland throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
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!
Lidland misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lidland's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lidland duly obliges.
Nigel King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with a body shot.
King tries to clinch there but Lidland circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to land a front kick but Lidland steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lidland looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Lidland scores with a head kick. King tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Nigel King has been cut.
King jabs at Lidland's body.
Lidland has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lidland there as he acknowledges the shot.
Good shot there by King.
Lidland has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lidland's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lidland closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
Lidland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King connects with a right hand. Lidland shakes it off.
King lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Anakond Lidland has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
King throws a push kick but Lidland slaps the foot to one side.
Lidland looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lidland explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A punch combination from King misses.
King is breathing heavily.
Lidland doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidland keeps King at a distance using the push kick.
King looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Lidland slips a straight right by King.
King scores with a leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! King crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lidland - the referee stops the clock and King gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lidland. King manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
King throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lidland throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
Lidland scores with a kick to the body.
King takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lidland scores with a body shot.
Lidland bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lidland shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. King eats them both and turns towards Lidland to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
King sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lidland scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
King scores with a nice body kick.
Lidland fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for King.
King throws a right hand that Lidland ducks under and follows up with a left that Lidland also avoids with ease.
Lidland throws a quick head kick that skims the top of King's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King throws a nice looking combination but Lidland bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lidland unleashes a big counter combination but King bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
King takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
King wants to clinch up but Lidland keeps it at a distance.
King takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lidland throws a body shot but no joy.
Lidland throws the kick towards the body but King avoids it.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lidland.
As King backs off Lidland throws a huge counter combo but King manages to avoid it all.
Lidland has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
King is trying to break the clinch but Lidland is controlling him.
King will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
King trying to control the position but instead, Lidland has worked for underhooks and has pushed King into the cage.
Lidland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lidland lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lidland.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lidland lands with a right to the head.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Lidland controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King is trying to force a seperation but Lidland has the dominant position.
King tries to break the clinch but Lidland is controlling the position.
Lidland stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
King is trying to push Lidland away but Lidland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anakond Lidland dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lidland clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage.
Lidland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lidland throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lidland scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
King shoots in for a takedown but Lidland shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
King throws a series of punches but Lidland avoids them all with ease.
Lidland gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King is trying to push Lidland away but Lidland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lidland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King has had enough of the clinch but Lidland keeps him there for the moment.
Lidland stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lidland breaks from the clinch.
Lidland gets cracked there but stands up to it.
King misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidland ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
King pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lidland is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
King lands a jab to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Lidland there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Lidland counters with an outside leg kick.
Lidland defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Lidland throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Lidland thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on King if he has to take too many more of those.
King takes a kick to the side of the head.
King pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lidland has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lidland.
King looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Lidland, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
King listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nigel King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lidland moves into the clinch.
Lidland digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lidland breaks the clinch.
Lidland darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
Lidland content to slow the pace in the clinch.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lidland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King lands a nice looking body shot.
King on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lidland. Lidland obviously looking to wear him down.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lidland.
King throws a low kick but Lidland moves out of range easily.
Lidland has managed to clinch.
Lidland pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Lidland won't allow it.
King is trying to break the clinch but Lidland has him pressed against the cage.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lidland's elbow.
King breaks from the clinch.
Lidland connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lidland lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Lidland throws a quick head kick that skims the top of King's head.
Lidland walks into a jab.
Lidland clinches up against the cage.
Lidland manages to break the clinch.
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lidland back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lidland keeps the fight on the outside.
Lidland closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lidland's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King throws a low kick but Lidland avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidland will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King is looking to clinch but Lidland is avoiding it.
Despite the aggression on Lidland's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lidland lets loose with a powerful body kick. King will feel that in the morning.
Lidland takes a shot right to the bread basket.
King lands the left hand.
King on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lidland drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lidland turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
King throws out a loose jab but Lidland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lidland misses with a wild combination.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lidland. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lidland looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anakond Lidland showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
King tests Lidland's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lidland gets caught napping as King dives in and scores a takedown. Lidland manages to retain guard.
Lidland keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
King trying to control but Lidland is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Lidland manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
King lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lidland or not.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lidland backwards.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lidland manages to break the clinch.
Lidland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
King takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
King throws a series of punches but Lidland moves out of range.
Lidland scores with a hook to the body. King takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lidland was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King tries to clinch but Lidland moves out of range.
Lidland is looking for the big counter here.
Lidland is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down King rather than just go for the knockout.
Lidland lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lidland connects with a high kick.
Lidland tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lidland throws the kick towards the body but King avoids it.
Lidland clinches.
Lidland has King pressed against the cage, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Lidland controls his hands.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
King drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lidland pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lidland throws a front kick that sends King stumbling back into the cage.
Lidland throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
Lidland lands a body shot.
King throws a leg kick but Lidland sees it coming and checks it nicely.
King connects with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lidland looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidland closes the distance and clinches.
Lidland is struggling to control the position.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anakond Lidland seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from King.
King loads up on a big right hand but Lidland slips the punch.
Lidland pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces King back to the cage. Lidland follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
King throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lidland misses with a head kick.
Lidland closes the distance and clinches.
Lidland's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nigel King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lidland.
A little feinted left hand from King on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Lidland is just out of range.
Lidland misses with a straight right.
King shoots in looking for a takedown but Lidland manages to keep the fight standing, pushing King's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lidland.
Lidland gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lidland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Lidland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lidland displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
King connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lidland swinging wildly here.
Anakond Lidland is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lidland has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anakond Lidland comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lidland 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anakond Lidland!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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