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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anth Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and karl anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). karl anderson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anth Dixon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, karl anderson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
anderson dives in and grabs Dixon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dixon pushes down on anderson's head and hops out.
Dixon has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by anderson.
anderson is looking to clinch but Dixon is avoiding it.
Dixon misses with a two punch combination.
anderson gets a takedown into half guard.
Dixon wants to get back to his feet.
anderson lands with a punch from half guard.
Dixon is refusing to be controlled, as anderson sits in half guard.
Dixon tries to kick anderson off in order to stand up. anderson Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Dixon is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but anderson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
anderson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
anderson with shots to the head and body - Dixon looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dixon trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon is breathing heavily.
anderson wants to control the pace but Dixon is squirming around nicely.
anderson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, anderson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
anderson unloading with bombs!
anderson trying to control but Dixon is having none of it.
Dixon is trying to escape the mount.
anderson cracks Dixon with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
anderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
anderson lands a nice shot to the head.
Dixon throwing hammer fists to the chest of anderson. What's that going to do exactly?
anderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dixon hang on?
anderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dixon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
anderson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Dixon really wants to buck anderson off and get back to his feet.
Dixon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dixon tries to get out of the position.
anderson prevents Dixon from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
anderson landing strikes, looking to finish!
anderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
anderson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
anderson landing strikes from the mount and Dixon is in trouble!
anderson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dixon wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
anderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dixon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
anderson controlling from mount.
anderson quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for anderson but it's paid off an Dixon is forced to tap! Nice work by anderson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). karl anderson!
karl anderson is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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