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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tnt. Alexander Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
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197 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Kruger misses.
Kruger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson slips a straight right by Kruger.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kruger throws a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruger was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kruger struggling a bit here.
Kruger tries to bench press Anderson off him but Anderson keeps the position.
Anderson trying to control the position but Kruger is working away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kruger regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger tries to roll over but Anderson keeps him under control.
Kruger actively working from the bottom here.
Anderson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kruger keeps working.
Anderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kruger wants to get back to full guard.
Anderson 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.
Anderson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kruger with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anderson slips a nice elbow through Kruger's hands, connecting with Kruger's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Anderson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Anderson thows a huge punch but Kruger dodges it nicely.
Anderson blocks the strikes from Kruger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anderson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kruger taking shots to the head.
Kruger is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anderson lands a big elbow - Kruger is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Kruger is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Alexander Anderson!
Alexander Anderson retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Alexander Anderson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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