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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lachlan Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tane Te Rauparaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ready to Roll, The Black Dahlias. Te Rauparaha has chosen Get Ready - Concord Dawn ft Scribe as his entrance music. Tane Te Rauparaha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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190 cm
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190 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lachlan Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tane Te Rauparaha!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Te Rauparaha doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Anderson is looking to chop away at Te Rauparaha's legs.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Te Rauparaha is looking to clinch.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Te Rauparaha was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Te Rauparaha moves away.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Te Rauparaha finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Te Rauparaha moves into the clinch successfully.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Te Rauparaha.
Te Rauparaha stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Te Rauparaha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson has Te Rauparaha pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Te Rauparaha manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.
Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Te Rauparaha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Te Rauparaha throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Te Rauparaha is looking to clinch.
Anderson is looking to land body kicks.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Te Rauparaha is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Anderson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Te Rauparaha slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha has Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson breaks the clinch.
Te Rauparaha scores with a sloppy right hand. Anderson should have avoided that one.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch
and Anderson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Te Rauparaha tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Te Rauparaha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Anderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Anderson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Te Rauparaha on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Te Rauparaha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch up.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson throws a sloppy body shot
and Te Rauparaha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Te Rauparaha takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Te Rauparaha throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson throws a series of strikes that have Te Rauparaha backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch up
and Anderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Te Rauparaha counters with a right hand to the body.
Anderson misses with a low kick as Te Rauparaha jumps back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Te Rauparaha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tane Te Rauparaha will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Te Rauparaha lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anderson counters with a right hand to the body.
Anderson takes a swing at Te Rauparaha's ribcage but misses.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Te Rauparaha.
Te Rauparaha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Te Rauparaha counters with a slapping leg kick.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Te Rauparaha.
Te Rauparaha blocks a jab.
Anderson takes a swing at Te Rauparaha's ribcage but misses.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Anderson misses.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Te Rauparaha is looking to clinch.
Te Rauparaha tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
Anderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Te Rauparaha has taken the fight to the clinch.
Te Rauparaha tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha lands a body punch.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Te Rauparaha wants to clinch.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Te Rauparaha.
Tane Te Rauparaha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson throws a body punch but Te Rauparaha moves out of range.
Anderson is looking to wear down Te Rauparaha with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Te Rauparaha takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Te Rauparaha throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lachlan Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anderson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Te Rauparaha counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Te Rauparaha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Te Rauparaha trying to land knees to the body.
Te Rauparaha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Te Rauparaha lands a body shot.
Te Rauparaha tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Te Rauparaha holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha lands a body shot in the clinch.
Te Rauparaha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Te Rauparaha landing knees to the head.
Te Rauparaha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Te Rauparaha scoring well with a low kick there.
Te Rauparaha wants to clinch.
Anderson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Te Rauparaha makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Te Rauparaha avoids nicely.
Te Rauparaha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tane Te Rauparaha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A low kick from Anderson is predictable there
and Te Rauparaha counters by clinching up.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Te Rauparaha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Anderson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Anderson wants to break free but Te Rauparaha has control.
Te Rauparaha trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Te Rauparaha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Te Rauparaha tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Te Rauparaha lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Anderson avoiding damage as Te Rauparaha throws knees to the body.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson takes a swing at Te Rauparaha's ribcage but misses.
Anderson looks for a takedown but Te Rauparaha sprawls well.
Tane Te Rauparaha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Te Rauparaha tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha throws a head kick that Anderson semi-blocks.
Te Rauparaha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Te Rauparaha slips the punch.
Anderson misses with the combination.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Te Rauparaha wants to clinch.
Anderson shoots in but Te Rauparaha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lachlan Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson thumps Te Rauparaha with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Te Rauparaha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Te Rauparaha darts in trying to clinch
and Anderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Te Rauparaha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Anderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Lachlan Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Anderson.
Te Rauparaha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tane Te Rauparaha is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Te Rauparaha moves away.
Te Rauparaha gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Te Rauparaha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Te Rauparaha is blocking nicely.
Te Rauparaha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anderson or not.
Knees to the body from Te Rauparaha.
Te Rauparaha tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Te Rauparaha back against the cage.
Te Rauparaha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Te Rauparaha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Te Rauparaha cracks Anderson with a nice body shot.
Te Rauparaha lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Te Rauparaha breaks the clinch.
Te Rauparaha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Te Rauparaha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Te Rauparaha throws a shot to the body.
Anderson misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tane Te Rauparaha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Te Rauparaha 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tane Te Rauparaha!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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