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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Easterly (ranked 23309 p4p, 1751 weight class) and Anni Skystalker (ranked 295 p4p, 69 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Holden Easterly !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Anni Skystalker!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Easterly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Easterly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Easterly doesn't manage to clinch there - Skystalker circles away.
Skystalker tries a head kick but it misses.
Easterly throws a body punch but Skystalker moves out of range.
Easterly instigates a clinch.
Skystalker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly manages to break the clinch.
Easterly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Skystalker tries to work over Easterly 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skystalker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Easterly 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Easterly lands with a cross.
Nice cross by Easterly .
Easterly clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easterly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Skystalker.
Easterly tries to break free but Skystalker pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Easterly .
Skystalker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skystalker has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skystalker misses with some punches.
Skystalker tries to work over Easterly 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Skystalker has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Skystalker lands with a left to the head.
Skystalker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Skystalker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Easterly blocks an uppercut.
Easterly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Skystalker.
Easterly scores with a shot to the side of Skystalker's head.
Skystalker presses Easterly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Easterly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Skystalker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Skystalker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Easterly breaks from the clinch.
Easterly closes the distance and clinches.
Easterly tries to work over Skystalker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Easterly .
Skystalker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easterly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Easterly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skystalker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker gets a clinch.
Easterly is trying to break free.
Easterly breaks the clinch.
Easterly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Easterly is trying to break free.
Skystalker prevents Easterly from breaking the clinch.
Easterly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Easterly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at HELLCADEMY in the buildup to the fight.
Skystalker looks to score with a jab to the body but Easterly is just out of range.
Easterly is looking to clinch.
Easterly wants to clinch up but Skystalker keeps it at a distance.
Skystalker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Skystalker loads up on a big right hand but Easterly slips the punch.
Easterly doesn't manage to clinch there - Skystalker circles away.
Easterly pushes Skystalker up against the cage in a clinch.
Easterly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Easterly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Skystalker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Easterly throws a head kick that Skystalker semi-blocks.
Skystalker doesn't manage to clinch there - Easterly circles away.
Easterly moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Easterly cracks Skystalker with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker tries a head kick but it misses.
Easterly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Skystalker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Skystalker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Skystalker lands with a right hand.
Easterly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Skystalker has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
Skystalker lands a shot to the body.
Skystalker lands with a light punch inside.
Skystalker is looking to control Easterly 's arms but Easterly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Skystalker has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Skystalker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skystalker throws a head punch that misses.
Easterly is trying to push Skystalker away but Skystalker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Skystalker blocks an uppercut.
Easterly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Skystalker.
Skystalker blocking some punches.
Easterly scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Easterly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Skystalker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Easterly up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker has Easterly pressed against the cage, preventing Easterly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Skystalker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Easterly lands a left hand.
Easterly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skystalker keeps the fight on the outside.
Skystalker clinches up against the cage.
Easterly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skystalker clinches.
Easterly taking a breather.
Easterly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skystalker misses with a head kick.
It looked like Easterly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Skystalker.
The fight stays on the outside here - Easterly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skystalker throws a head kick that misses.
Easterly throws a head kick but Skystalker moves out of range.
Skystalker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Easterly manages to avoid it.
Skystalker throws the left hand but Easterly avoids the punch easily.
Easterly tries to clinch but Skystalker is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Easterly dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Skystalker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skystalker cracks Easterly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Easterly scores with a nice head shot.
Skystalker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Easterly closes the distance looking to clinch
and Skystalker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Easterly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Easterly wants to clinch.
Easterly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Skystalker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Easterly tries to clinch there but Skystalker circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skystalker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Easterly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Easterly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Skystalker swings for the body but Easterly moves out of range.
Skystalker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Easterly goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Easterly , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Skystalker in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Easterly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skystalker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skystalker throws a body shot but no joy.
Easterly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skystalker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Easterly scores with a hook.
Skystalker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Easterly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Holden Easterly is winning the standup battle so far.
Skystalker tries a head kick but it misses.
Skystalker gets a clinch.
Skystalker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Easterly lands with a short shot to the head.
Easterly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Skystalker manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Easterly .
Easterly avoids the head kick by Skystalker.
Skystalker throws a body punch but Easterly moves out of range.
Skystalker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Easterly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skystalker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Skystalker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Easterly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Skystalker misses with a double jab.
Easterly swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Easterly tests Skystalker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easterly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Easterly misses with a head kick.
Easterly tries to clinch but Skystalker moves out of range.
Skystalker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Easterly .
Skystalker misses with a few strikes there.
Skystalker misses with a head kick.
Skystalker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Easterly scores with a hook to the body. Skystalker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Skystalker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Easterly .
Skystalker avoids the body shot from Easterly .
Skystalker misses with a hook.
Easterly moves into the clinch.
Easterly manages to break the clinch.
Easterly tries to clinch up.
Easterly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Easterly tries to clinch there but Skystalker circles away.
Jab, jab by Easterly - just one landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker throws a sloppy head kick and Easterly moves out of range easily.
As Skystalker looks to move away, Easterly throws a big counter combo but Skystalker just gets out of the way.
Skystalker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Easterly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Easterly misses with a hook
and Skystalker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Easterly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skystalker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Easterly .
Easterly wants to clinch up but Skystalker keeps it at a distance.
Anni Skystalker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Skystalker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Easterly doesn't seem bothered though.
Easterly blocks a head kick by Skystalker.
Skystalker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Easterly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Skystalker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Easterly avoids the head kick by Skystalker.
It looked like Easterly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Easterly scores with a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Easterly there.
Skystalker swats away the attempt to clinch by Easterly .
A head kick misses from Easterly .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Easterly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Easterly avoids the head kick by Skystalker.
Easterly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Skystalker moves out of range of the strikes.
Skystalker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Easterly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Skystalker loads up on a big right hand but Easterly slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Easterly .
Easterly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Easterly tries to clinch up.
Skystalker lands with a shot to the body.
Easterly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Skystalker, pushing him back against the cage.
Skystalker lands a shoulder strike.
Easterly breaks the clinch.
Skystalker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skystalker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skystalker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Easterly is looking to counter punch.
Easterly throws a body punch but Skystalker moves out of range.
Skystalker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Easterly tries to keep at a distance but Skystalker has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Holden Easterly will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Skystalker avoids the head kick by Easterly .
Easterly lands with an overhand left.
Skystalker connects with a high kick.
Skystalker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Skystalker throws a combination. Easterly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Easterly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Skystalker throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Skystalker throws a looping overhand right but Easterly ducks down to avoid it.
Easterly tries a head kick but it misses.
Easterly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skystalker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Easterly takes one to the side of the head.
Easterly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skystalker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Easterly tries to clinch there but Skystalker circles away.
Easterly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Skystalker momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Easterly misses with a head kick.
Skystalker throws a series of punches but Easterly moves out of range.
Skystalker slips under a jab from Easterly .
A head kick misses from Easterly .
Skystalker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly is looking to clinch.
Skystalker misses with the combination.
Easterly tries to clinch up.
Skystalker throws a sloppy head kick and Easterly moves out of range easily.
Skystalker misses with a hook. Easterly ducked under it nicely.
Easterly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skystalker.
Skystalker keeps the fight on the outside.
Skystalker closes the distance and clinches.
Easterly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
A short right from Easterly on the inside.
Skystalker lands with a left to the head.
Easterly blocks a body shot from Skystalker.
Easterly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skystalker throws a lazy head kick
enabling Easterly to counter with a crisp jab.
Skystalker moves out of range of the strikes.
Easterly slips a jab from Skystalker.
Skystalker closes the distance and pushes Easterly back into the cage.
Anni Skystalker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Easterly has had enough of the clinch but Skystalker keeps him there for the moment.
Skystalker has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
A head punch on the inside from Skystalker fails to land.
Easterly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Easterly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Easterly is trying to push Skystalker away but Skystalker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Skystalker can't find room to land a body shot as Easterly controls the action.
Easterly takes a shot to the head.
Easterly wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Easterly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Easterly is trying to break the clinch but Skystalker is controlling him.
Easterly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skystalker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Easterly .
Skystalker throws a head kick but Easterly moves out of range.
Easterly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Skystalker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Easterly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Easterly scores with a hook.
Skystalker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Skystalker throws a head kick but Easterly moves out of range.
Skystalker throws a head kick but Easterly moves out of range.
Easterly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skystalker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Easterly lands a nice shot that snaps Skystalker's head back.
Easterly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Easterly slips a straight right by Skystalker.
Easterly scores with a head kick. Skystalker tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Easterly throws a jab when Skystalker was well out of range.
Easterly lunges at Skystalker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Skystalker's hand.
No joy there for Skystalker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Easterly thinks about countering with a head kick.
Easterly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skystalker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Easterly misses with a head kick.
Skystalker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skystalker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Easterly does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker lands with a shot to the body.
Easterly moves into the clinch successfully.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Skystalker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Skystalker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Skystalker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Easterly .
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Easterly is trying to force a seperation but Skystalker has the dominant position.
Easterly is looking to break free of the clinch but Skystalker has double underhooks.
Easterly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skystalker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Easterly tries to clinch but Skystalker moves out of range.
Skystalker tries to clinch up but Easterly circles away and keeps his distance.
Skystalker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Easterly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Easterly wants to clinch up but Skystalker keeps it at a distance.
Skystalker misses with a wild combination.
Easterly looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Skystalker avoids the head kick by Easterly .
Easterly lands a high kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Holden Easterly .
Well Easterly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Easterly !
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