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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanderson comes to the cage accompanied by I Run the Military. Hall has chosen Tinie Tempah - Simply Unstoppable as his entrance music. Warren Hall struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dan Sanderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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162 lbs
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Warren Hall!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sanderson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sanderson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Sanderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sanderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sanderson decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Hall tries to sprawl but Sanderson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Sanderson working over Hall with some ground and pound. Hall looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sanderson working over Hall with some ground and pound. Hall looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson is trying to work for a kimura but Hall is defending well.
Sanderson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hall is just riding it out for now. Sanderson eventually gives up the hold.
Hall is defending against the submission attempts here by Sanderson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanderson controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall 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.
Sanderson stalling.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hall sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hall 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 Sanderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hall throws a wild body kick that Sanderson sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hall avoids it really well and circles away.
Hall wants to clinch
and Sanderson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hall's guard now.
Sanderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hall's head.
Sanderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sanderson won't allow Hall to get back to his feet.
Hall looks gassed!
Sanderson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sanderson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sanderson passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Hall is trying to stand up here but Sanderson is controlling him well.
Sanderson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sanderson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hall for as long as he can get away with.
Nice strikes from Sanderson there.
Hall is looking to get back to is feet but Sanderson passes into side control.
Sanderson grinds an elbow into Hall's temple.
Sanderson advances nicely into full mount.
Sanderson controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Sanderson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sanderson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanderson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hall sprawls well initially but Sanderson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sanderson wants to work for an arm triangle but Hall is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sanderson prevents Hall from improving his position.
Sanderson trying to control the pace.
Dan Sanderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Sanderson.
Sanderson slips a nice elbow through Hall's hands, connecting with Hall's forehead.
Hall tries to kick Sanderson off in order to stand up. Sanderson Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hall!
Sanderson controlling the pace for now.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Sanderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hall?
Sanderson controlling from mount.
Sanderson looking to finish Hall with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hall!
Sanderson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sanderson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanderson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hall has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanderson content just to control the position here.
Hall is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sanderson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanderson controlling from mount.
Sanderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Sanderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanderson cracks Hall with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanderson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sanderson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Hall that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hall is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanderson loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hall scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sanderson land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sanderson stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Sanderson!
Dan Sanderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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