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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ingemar Anders (ranked 1823 p4p, 202 weight class) and Michael Alvarez (ranked 3050 p4p, 300 weight class). Anders comes to the cage accompanied by Gods Son. Alvarez has chosen Doom as his entrance music. Michael Alvarez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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153 lbs
40 - 31 - 2 |
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 31 - 2, fighting out of London, Ingemar Anders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anders looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez throws a head kick but Anders moves out of range.
Anders lands a slapping body shot.
Michael Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez with a jab.
Anders throws a leg kick that misses.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anders. Anders obviously looking to wear him down.
Anders has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alvarez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Anders counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.
Anders lands a jab.
Alvarez closes the distance and pushes Anders back into the cage.
Anders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alvarez forces Anders back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anders avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the cage.
Alvarez misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anders throws a leg kick but Alvarez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Alvarez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anders lands with a hook. Alvarez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alvarez misses with a head kick.
Alvarez moves in looking to clinch but Anders pushes him off.
Alvarez is looking to land body kicks.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Anders sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvarez throws the kick towards the body but Anders avoids it.
Anders throws a low kick but Alvarez moves out of range easily.
A good leg kick by Alvarez.
Anders takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anders avoids the head kick by Alvarez.
A low kick from Alvarez misses
and Anders counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez lands a glancing blow to the side of Anders's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anders avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Anders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anders scores with a jab to the head.
Alvarez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Anders will feel that in the morning.
Anders misses with a body shot.
Alvarez thows a body kick. Anders tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Anders is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Anders closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anders 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 Alvarez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alvarez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alvarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Anders was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Alvarez.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Anders.
Alvarez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Anders waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alvarez.
Anders throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut. Anders saw that one coming.
Anders throws a low kick but it's checked well by Alvarez.
Anders scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Anderss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alvarez scores with a leg kick.
Anders thows a leg kick but Alvarez checks it
and Alvarez counters with a body kick.
Anders lands a jab to Alvarez's midsection.
Anders lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anders connects with a single shot there.
Anders wants to slow Alvarez down by chopping away at his legs.
Alvarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alvarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alvarez connects with a leg kick. Anders looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anders scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Anders's head but Anders sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvarez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Anders is out of range and Alvarez settles back down.
Anders swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anders is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tries to clinch there but Anders circles away.
Anders takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot
and Anders counters with a three punch combo that has Alvarez backing up. Alvarez nods at Anders to acknowledge the strikes.
Anders lands a nice shot to the body.
Anders pushes Alvarez away with a front kick.
Anders scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Alvarez.
Anders lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alvarez throws a body kick that misses.
Anders tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Alvarez manages to circle out of the way.
Anders catches Alvarez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anders moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ingemar Anders will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Anders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Anders connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alvarez. Alvarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alvarez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anders scores with a body shot.
Alvarez slips under a jab.
Alvarez scores with the left hand. Anders knows he should have avoided that one.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Alvarez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alvarez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alvarez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anders throws a body shot but no joy.
Anders cracks Alvarez with a right hand to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by Alvarez.
A swing and a miss from Alvarez.
It looked like Anders was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Alvarez.
Alvarez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anders takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anders throws a hook but Alvarez blocks it.
Anders looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Anders looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anders gets a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Alvarez.
Anders softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anders avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the cage.
Alvarez tries a body shot but Anders blocks it.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Anders blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
Anders misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez clinches up with Anders and pushes him back against the cage.
Anders avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Alvarez.
Anders dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anders throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvarez.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a spinning back kick!
Alvarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alvarez.
Alvarez slips a straight right by Anders.
Alvarez scores with a jab.
Anders throws out a powerful jab.
Alvarez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Anders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Anders takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Anders was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.
Anders was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Anders moves out of range of the leg kick from Alvarez.
Anders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anders swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Anders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anders will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Anders connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alvarez momentarily.
Alvarez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Alvarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anders.
Anders is looking for a counter combo.
Alvarez throws a shot from downtown. Anders moves away and avoids it.
Alvarez throws a body kick that misses.
Alvarez lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders wants to clinch.
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
Anders's corner calls for a 1-2. Anders obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez is looking to land body kicks.
Anders has managed to clinch.
Anders lands a shoulder strike.
Alvarez effectively controlling the action here.
Alvarez takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Michael Alvarez has been cut.
Alvarez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alvarez pushes off an throws an elbow but Anders leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Anders's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michael Alvarez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Michael Alvarez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Anders smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anders misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez misses with a hook
and Anders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez throws a lazy uppercut
and Anders counters with a nice uppercut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez throws a lazy body kick
and Anders counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anders dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ingemar Anders is winning the standup battle so far.
Anders scores with the left hand. Alvarez knows he should have avoided that one.
Anders chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alvarez can pounce on him.
Alvarez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot
and Anders counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez throws a wild body kick that Anders sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Anders has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Anders's head.
Anders works Alvarez's body with a nice hook.
Alvarez misses with a body shot
and Anders moves into the clinch.
Anders misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvarez lands an elbow that stopped Anders in his tracks for a moment.
Anders tries to work over Alvarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anders lands a nice shot to the body.
Alvarez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anders up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvarez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anders working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Anders.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvarez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right handed body shot lands from Anders.
Michael Alvarez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alvarez tries to work over Anders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alvarez breaks the clinch.
A low kick from Alvarez is predictable there
and Anders counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
Anders circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anders counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tried to score with a low kick but Anders checks it.
Alvarez throws a leg kick
and Anders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anders avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Anders slaps the foot to one side.
Alvarez feints and then cracks Anders's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anders down.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
Alvarez throws a poor cross that misses
and Anders counters with a left to the body.
Alvarez jabs Anders to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Alvarez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alvarez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Alvarez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Alvarez scores with a head kick. Anders tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Anders counter with a right hand.
Anders scores with a shot to the body.
Alvarez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Alvarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anders checks a low kick from Alvarez.
Anders tried to score with a low kick but Alvarez checks it.
Anders throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alvarez wants to counter with a clinch but Anders pushes him away.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Anders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Alvarez.
Anders swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alvarez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ingemar Anders showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Anders has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ingemar Anders!
A victorious Ingemar Anders thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Michael Alvarez had this to say: 'I admit defeat. He did a good job.'.
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energy
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hype
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