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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valtteri Badass (ranked 1186 p4p, 1644 weight class) and Ryan Anderson (ranked 167 p4p, 220 weight class). Anderson has chosen Chase the bag (King Von) as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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 23 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valtteri Badass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Badass tries a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
Badass finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Badass moved out of range nicely.
Badass takes a kick to the side of the head.
Anderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Badass stuns Anderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Badass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Badass paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Badass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badass scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Anderson checks the leg kick.
Badass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Despite the aggression on Anderson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Badass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Badass on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Badass ducks down to avoid it.
Badass ducks right into an uppercut from Anderson.
Badass dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Anderson scores with a nice right hand.
Anderson checks a leg kick.
Anderson tries to keep at a distance but Badass has taken the fight into the clinch.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson pushes Badass back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Badass is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Badass fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anderson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Badass saw that one coming.
Badass scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Badass under the eye.
Badass dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Anderson. That did some damage!
Ryan Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Badass looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Badass. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Badass does it's job there.
Badass throws out a leg kick but Anderson moves out of range and Badass only half commits.
Badass looks to land a right hand but Anderson moved out of range.
Anderson throws a head kick but Badass moves out of range.
Badass lands a nice looking body shot.
Badass throws a leg kick but Anderson checks it.
Badass throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Badass looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Badass displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Anderson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Badass throws a sloppy head kick and Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson's corner calls for a 1-2. Anderson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Badass throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badass uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Badass slips under a jab from Anderson.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Badass showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badass defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Badass missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Badass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Badass avoids it with no problem.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badass.
Anderson misses with a two punch combination.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Badass throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badass takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Badass. Badass circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Badass is out of range.
Anderson throws a hook but Badass avoids it easily.
Anderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson takes a jab right on the kisser.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.
Badass misses with a head kick.
Badass cracks Anderson with a good jab.
Donk. Badass catches Anderson right on the button with a cross.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Badass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson cracks Badass with a good jab.
Badass moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Badass buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Badass ducks down to avoid it.
Badass throws a right and a left that Anderson avoids nicely.
Anderson misses with a looping left.
Badass throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch lands to the side of Badass 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Badass throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from Badass.
Badass blocks a head kick by Anderson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Valtteri Badass will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Badass fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Badass scores with a hook to the body. Anderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Badass looks to land a combination but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Badass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Badass throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Badass.
Valtteri Badass is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson scores with a one two! Badass had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Badass counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Badass throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Badass scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Badass throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Badass avoids it with no problem.
Badass tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Badass slips under a jab from Anderson.
Badass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Badass on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Badass sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Badass fires out a quick counter leg kick but Anderson just manages to avoid it.
Badass misses the shot to the body.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson lands with a right hand.
Badass throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badass.
Badass uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Anderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Badass misses the target.
Badass tries to score with a low kick but Anderson moves his leg out of the way.
Badass with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.
Badass throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Badass.
Badass misses with a left hand
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Anderson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Anderson.
Badass throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Anderson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Badasss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Anderson scores with the left hand. Badass knows he should have avoided that one.
Badass scores with a nice head shot.
Anderson cracks Badass with an open hand slap.
Anderson misses the jab.
Badass staying out of range there.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Badass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson moves out of range of the leg kick from Badass.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Badass moved out of range.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Badass counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Badass throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
Anderson throws out a counter right but Badass avoids it with no problem.
Anderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Badass on the side of the head.
Badass walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson throws a hook but Badass avoids it easily.
Badass slips a jab from Anderson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Badass moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Anderson throws a hook but Badass blocks it.
Good exchange - Anderson coming out on top.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Badass ducks down to avoid it.
Badass misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Anderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Badass looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Badass lands a slapping body shot.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Badass ducks down to avoid it.
Badass takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Badass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson tests Badass's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
As Anderson backs away, Badass returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badass tries a head kick but it misses.
Badass misses with a hook.
Badass blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Badass.
Badass slips under a jab.
Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Badass.
Badass misses with a kick to the body.
Badass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Badass.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Badass is out of range.
Badass connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anderson. Anderson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Badass.
Anderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A chopping leg kick lands by Badass.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Anderson, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Badass connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
Badass will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Badass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badass throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ryan Anderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Badass slips a straight right by Anderson.
Badass swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badass.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Anderson checks a low kick from Badass.
Badass throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Badass.
Badass lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Badass tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson lands a high kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Badass.
Anderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Badass's sensitive parts.
Anderson throws a jab when Badass was well out of range.
Badass lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Badass uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Badass tries to score with a low kick but Anderson moves his leg out of the way.
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Badass 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.
Badass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Badass.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Badass.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Badass takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Badass.
Badass misses with a body kick.
Anderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Badass's corner calls for a 1-2. Badass obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Anderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Badass circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Badass is looking to counter punch.
Badass throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Badass throws a chopping leg kick but Anderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderson.
Badass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Badass needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Anderson looks to land a left hand but Badass moved out of range nicely.
Anderson throws a big shot that misses.
Badass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Badass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
A big left from Badass misses.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Badass.
Badass on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Badass uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Badass swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Badass shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A punch lands to the side of Badass 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Badass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badass is looking to counter punch.
Badass instigates a clinch.
Badass manages to break the clinch.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badass.
Badass looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Badass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Badass.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Anderson swings widly with a right hand
and Badass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Badass slips under a jab from Anderson.
Badass scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Badass saw that one coming.
Badass rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Badass misses with a wild combination.
Badass works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Badass avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badass blocks a head kick by Anderson.
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
and Badass counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Badass counters with a big head kick but Anderson shrugs it off.
Anderson slips a straight right by Badass.
Anderson throws a hook but Badass blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryan Anderson.
I think Anderson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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