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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reijo Halli (ranked 1197 p4p, 1140 weight class) and Ryan Anderson (ranked 182 p4p, 163 weight class). Halli comes to the cage accompanied by Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz. Anderson has chosen Chase the bag (King Von) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reijo Halli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halli moves out of range of the strikes.
Halli shoots in for a double leg but Anderson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Halli has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halli scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Halli moves into the clinch.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Halli.
Halli digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.
Halli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Anderson is pressed up against the cage. Halli has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Anderson down to the mat. Anderson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Halli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anderson, as that shot connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Halli.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halli gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Anderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halli.
Halli jumps guard.
Halli looking for a sweep. Not yet Halli, not yet.
Anderson stands and steps away. Halli gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Halli lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.
Halli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderson throws a hook but Halli avoids it easily.
Halli staying out of range there.
Halli fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anderson throws a jab when Halli was well out of range.
Halli attempts a counter takedown but Anderson avoids it well and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Anderson.
Halli moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Halli shoots in and drives through. Anderson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reijo Halli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Halli slips the punch.
It looked like Halli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Halli ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Halli 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.
Halli defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Ryan Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Halli's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson lands with a right hand.
Halli has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Good body shot from Halli.
Halli presses Anderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Halli blocks an uppercut.
Halli goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson is struggling to control the position.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halli.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anderson lands an overhand right.
Anderson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Halli throws a big shot that misses.
Anderson throws a hook but Halli blocks it.
Halli feinted with a counter takedown.
Halli clinches with his opponent.
Halli manages to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halli trying to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Halli is on top in guard.
Halli sitting in guard here, content to control.
Halli with a flurry of punches that miss.
Halli has gone for a leg lock! Anderson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Halli's guard.
Anderson postures up.
Halli keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halli looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Halli wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Anderson postures up.
Halli is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Halli pulls Anderson in close to prevent any damage.
Halli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ryan Anderson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Good exchange - Anderson coming out on top.
Jab from Anderson.
Halli drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Halli remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Halli thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Halli throws a strike aimed at the side of Anderson's head but Anderson avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halli looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Halli wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is looking for a sweep.
Halli staying calm.
Halli is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Anderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Halli tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Halli has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Halli working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Anderson tries to buck Halli off but Halli is having none of it.
Halli wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.
Reijo Halli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Halli is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Anderson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Anderson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halli controls the position.
Anderson struggling a bit here.
Halli sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Anderson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson is trying to control Halli's posture but Halli avoids it.
Halli wants to take a breather but Anderson manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Halli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Halli is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Halli has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Halli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Halli slips under a jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice defenses there by Halli.
Halli connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
Halli ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Halli gets a takedown into half guard.
Halli looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reijo Halli dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Halli.
Halli moves to clinch but Anderson breaks away
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Halli has Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anderson stops a takedown attempt from Halli.
Halli can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reijo Halli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Halli struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Reijo Halli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Halli misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halli throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Halli.
Anderson tries a body shot but Halli blocks it.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halli throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halli throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Halli slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
It looked like Halli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Anderson scores with a nice strike.
Halli takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson scores with the left hand. Halli knows he should have avoided that one.
Halli has managed to clinch.
Anderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halli is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halli successfully pulls guard.
Anderson wants to stand but Halli has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Halli working for a triangle but Anderson defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is pushing down on Halli's leg trying to pass to half guard. Halli is fighting to maintain full guard but Anderson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Halli looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson tries to stand but can't do so whilst Halli controls his leg.
Anderson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Halli is just riding it out for now. Anderson eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halli looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Anderson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Halli.
Halli tries to roll over but Anderson keeps him under control.
Halli looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Halli trying to control but Anderson postures up.
Anderson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Halli trying to control here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Halli has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Anderson. Oh but Halli has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Anderson goes limp - he's gone! Halli jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Reijo Halli!
In his post fight interview, Reijo Halli started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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