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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Todd Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders has chosen Turbonegro - Prince Of The Rodeo as his entrance music. Bruce Sanders has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Todd Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanders waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Sanders misses with a looping right.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanders.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Sanders sees it coming and moves out of range.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson slips under a jab from Sanders.
Sanders ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Anderson prevents Sanders from getting back to his feet.
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson postures up and lands a big shot to Sanders's brow.
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anderson is one step ahead there.
Anderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Sanders seems keen to control Anderson's posture.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanders throws out the jab.
Sanders looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanders misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanders misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Sanders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sanders manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Anderson cracks Sanders with a solid left hand.
Sanders utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanders lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Anderson!
Sanders tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.
Sanders 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson can't escape the position.
Sanders tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.
Sanders prevents Anderson from getting the reversal.
Sanders controlling the pace for now.
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sanders looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanders looking to control but Anderson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Anderson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Sanders passes to side control.
Anderson tries to bench press Sanders off him but Sanders keeps the position.
Anderson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Sanders wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anderson keeps working.
Sanders lands a nice forearm strike.
Anderson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Anderson throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Anderson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sanders throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanders misses with a straight left.
Sanders misses with a wild body shot.
Sanders misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanders fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanders tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanders fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanders fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anderson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Sanders misses.
Bruce Sanders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Sanders. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.
Sanders lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanders misses with a wild combination.
Sanders misses with the combination.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Sanders lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good exchange - Sanders coming out on top.
It looks like Todd Anderson has been cut.
Sanders is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sanders swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Sanders misses the target.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Sanders and Anderson goes tumbling to the canvas! Sanders follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Sanders escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sanders tries to bum rush Anderson with a series of wild strikes but Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanders lands with a shot to the body.
Sanders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruce Sanders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanders throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anderson.
Sanders slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Anderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanders misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
A jab from Sanders does it's job there.
Sanders connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Anderson tumbling to the canvas! Sanders pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Anderson was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bruce Sanders!
Bruce Sanders is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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