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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Reny (ranked 3645 p4p, 405 weight class) and Steven Anderson (ranked 4050 p4p, 441 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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185 cm
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210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
25
205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Reny! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steven Anderson! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reny misses with a body kick. Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reny misses with the combination.
As Reny backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Reny manages to avoid it all. Reny looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well. Reny throws a right and a left that Anderson avoids nicely. Despite the aggression on Anderson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Reny.
Reny throws a head kick that misses. Reny throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reny.
Anderson unleashes a big counter combination but Reny bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Reny throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Anderson's head. Reny throws a right and a left that both miss. Reny throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Reny scores with a push kick. Reny throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reny fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anderson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Anderson blocks a head kick by Reny.
Reny throws a hook but Anderson blocks it. Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. A jab from Reny misses. Anderson unleashes a big counter combination but Reny bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Reny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anderson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Sloppy strikes from Reny. Those never looked like landing. Reny throws a right and a left that both miss. Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here. Reny fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Anderson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Anderson blocks a head kick by Reny.
Reny misses with a body kick. Reny throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand. Reny is breathing heavily. Anderson avoids the head kick by Reny.
Anderson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Reny pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reny throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range. As Reny backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Reny manages to avoid it all. Reny misses with a head kick.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick. Despite the aggression on Anderson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Reny throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy. A low kick from Reny is predictable there and Anderson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Reny tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here. A solid body kick from Reny. Reny misses with a two punch combination.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Reny.
Reny tries to land a leg kick but Anderson saw it coming and moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy. Reny looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range. As Reny backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Reny manages to avoid it all. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Reny dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Reny throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Reny falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters with a two punch combo. Nick Reny is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Reny throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily. Reny misses with a double jab.
Anderson throws a counter combo. Reny misses with a wild combination.
Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reny.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson checks a leg kick. Anderson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Reny misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Reny.
It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Reny lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anderson takes a step back to recover. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Anderson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Reny has got the better of the exchanges. Reny throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Reny misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. As Reny backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Reny manages to avoid it all.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reny fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here. Reny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around? Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
As Reny backs off Anderson throws a huge counter combo but Reny manages to avoid it all. A big right from Reny misses. No joy there for Reny, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little jabbing left from Anderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Good leg kick by Reny there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reny throws a half hearted mid kick. Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Reny misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reny 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Reny misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reny looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reny 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. A little jabbing left from Anderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Reny misses with a left hand and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Reny misses with a body kick. It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Reny throws a body shot but no joy. It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. An inside leg kick lands from Reny. Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Anderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anderson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Reny tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson unleashes a big counter combination but Reny bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Reny rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Reny throws a leg kick that is checked and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand. Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Reny. Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Anderson avoids the head kick by Reny.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reny 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 Anderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Reny dominated that second round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Reny misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy. Reny pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reny is looking to land body kicks. Reny looks for the body kick but Anderson saw that one coming. Anderson throws out a counter right but Reny avoids it with no problem. Anderson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nick Reny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Anderson moves out of range of the body kick from Reny.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Reny throws a series of punches but Anderson avoids them all with ease. Anderson throws out a counter right but Reny avoids it with no problem. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Anderson checks a leg kick. A shot to the liver by Reny. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reny throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy. Reny throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease. Reny throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily. Reny throws a leg kick but Anderson checks it. Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Reny misses with a body shot.
Reny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Reny avoids it with no problem. Reny throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A swing and a miss from Reny. Nick Reny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Reny throws a right and a left that Anderson avoids nicely. Anderson throws out a counter right but Reny avoids it with no problem. Reny throws a head kick that misses and Anderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Reny is looking to score with low kicks. Reny throws a combination that misses and Anderson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Reny misses with the body kick and Anderson counters with a one-two 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! Anderson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Reny avoids it with no problem. Reny misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it. Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Reny lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively. Reny throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anderson counters with a three punch combo that has Reny backing up. Reny nods at Anderson to acknowledge the strikes. Reny throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reny takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. A lazy body kick from Reny and Anderson counters with a one-two to the body. Reny throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Anderson counter with a right hand. Reny pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Reny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Reny throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson counters with a straight right hand. Anderson blocks a head kick by Reny.
Anderson is looking for the big counter here. Reny throws a half hearted mid kick. Reny tries to bum rush Anderson with a series of wild strikes but Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy. Nick Reny is winning the standup battle so far. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Anderson avoids the head kick by Reny.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Reny rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily. A looping hook to the body misses from Reny. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet. It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nick Reny. Well Reny has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27 Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27 Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Reny!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
38% |
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