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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Patton (ranked 1233 p4p, 156 weight class) and Arn Anderson (ranked 1638 p4p, 199 weight class). Patton comes to the cage accompanied by Barasuara - Api dan Lentera. Anderson has chosen The Enforcer as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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188 lbs
26 - 15 - 1 |
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180 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jack Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arn Anderson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Patton.
It looks like Arn Anderson has been cut.
Patton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Patton just misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Patton is able to avoid easily.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Patton.
Patton looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Anderson cracks the inside of Patton's front leg.
Anderson blocks the body kick.
Patton throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patton tries a head kick but it misses.
Arn Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patton lands with a shot to the body.
Patton pushes Anderson away with a front kick.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Patton.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Patton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Patton avoids it with no problem.
Patton cracks Anderson with an open hand slap.
Patton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Anderson throws a hook but Patton avoids it easily.
Patton is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Patton.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Patton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Patton.
Anderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Patton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Patton is out of range and Anderson settles back down.
Anderson throws a front kick aimed at Patton's knee but Patton avoids it well.
Patton connects with a body shot.
Anderson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Patton misses with a head kick.
Anderson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patton was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Good standup being displayed there by Patton as he connects with a hook.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Patton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Patton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Anderson misses with a low kick as Patton jumps back.
Anderson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Patton counters with a stiff right hand.
That has opened up Arn Anderson's cut even more.
Anderson works Patton's body with a nice hook.
Patton defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
A little feinted left hand from Patton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anderson.
Patton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
Anderson's coach down at Jitsu Jim was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Anderson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A shot to the body from Anderson misses
and Patton counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson throws a one two combo.
Anderson walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson motions for Patton to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Patton punishes Anderson's body with a nice straight punch.
Patton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patton fires out a quick counter leg kick but Anderson just manages to avoid it.
Patton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Anderson lands with a nice body punch.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Patton.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick.
Patton moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Anderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Patton avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Patton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Patton is just out of range.
Patton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Patton.
Anderson lands a left and a right that sends Patton crashing to the canvas! Anderson dives into mount looking to finish!
It looks like Jack Patton has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patton is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Patton really wants to buck Anderson off and get back to his feet.
Anderson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Anderson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Anderson looking to control but Patton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson looking to finish Patton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Patton!
Anderson wants to control the pace but Patton is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arn Anderson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Patton counters with a nice body kick.
Anderson throws out a leg kick but Patton moves out of range and Anderson only half commits.
Patton is looking to counter with a body kick.
Anderson throws a leg kick
letting Patton counter with a right hand.
Patton lands with a nice body kick.
Anderson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Patton takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Patton takes one on the button.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. Patton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patton throws a body shot but no joy.
Patton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Patton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Patton has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Patton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Patton.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Patton misses with the combination.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.
Patton throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Patton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anderson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Patton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anderson.
Patton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Patton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Patton moved out of range nicely.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patton lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anderson takes a step back to recover.
Anderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Patton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Patton counters with a head kick.
Patton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anderson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patton lands a nice looking body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Patton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A head kick misses from Patton.
Anderson scores with a nice strike.
Patton lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Patton looks to land a body kick but Anderson moved away.
Patton checks a low kick from Anderson.
Patton lands a two punch combo.
Patton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Patton fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Patton clinches with his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patton takes a shot to the head.
Patton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anderson taking a breather.
Patton lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Patton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Patton lands with a short shot to the head.
The cut above Arn Anderson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Patton.
Patton lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Patton throws an elbow but it misses.
Patton throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Patton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Patton blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson lands a knee to the body.
Patton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patton is stalling here.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jack Patton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left hand lands to the body for Patton.
Patton misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Patton dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A big right from Anderson misses.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patton.
Patton tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson lands a nice looking body shot.
Patton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patton manages to avoid it.
Patton scores with a kick to the midsection.
Patton throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patton doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Patton.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Patton.
Patton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Patton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton checks a leg kick.
Patton lands with a kick to the temple. Anderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Patton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Patton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anderson.
Patton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patton misses with a body punch
and Anderson counters with a series of strikes that sends Patton to the canvas! Anderson follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Patton is rocked!
Anderson passes into half guard.
Oh Patton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson scores with a big shot! Patton's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Patton! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arn Anderson!
A relieved looking Arn Anderson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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