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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anabolic Asteroid (ranked 402 p4p, 131 weight class) and Oliver Robson (ranked 49 p4p, 16 weight class). Asteroid comes into the arena with For Heavy Metal we will die! blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
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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 36 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anabolic Asteroid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Robson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robson dodges the punch combination from Asteroid.
Asteroid throws a leg kick but Robson moved away.
Robson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asteroid moves away.
Robson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Asteroid is looking to clinch but Robson is avoiding it.
Asteroid listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Robson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Asteroid tries a head kick but it misses.
Asteroid looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Robson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Robson throws out a powerful jab.
Robson misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asteroid throws out a leg kick but Robson moves out of range and Asteroid only half commits.
Oliver Robson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asteroid missing with a left hand there. Robson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Asteroid misses the target.
Robson checks a leg kick nicely.
Asteroid drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robson. Asteroid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robson lands with a shot to the body.
Robson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Asteroid paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Robson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Robson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A low kick from Asteroid is predictable there
and Robson counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robson is looking to score with low kicks.
Robson connects with a single shot there.
Asteroid misses with the combination.
Nice cross by Robson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robson looks to land a right hand but Asteroid moved out of range.
Asteroid wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Robson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asteroid moves away.
Robson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Robson misses the shot to the body.
Robson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Asteroid has time to react.
Asteroid is looking to clinch.
Robson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Asteroid had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Robson cracks a nice hook into Asteroid's ribs.
Robson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Robson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Asteroid gets a clinch.
Asteroid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Oliver Robson has been cut.
Robson lands an uppercut.
Robson scores with a shoulder strike.
Robson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robson lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robson.
Robson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch combination from Robson misses.
Asteroid lands a leg kick that knocks Robson off balance momentarily.
Asteroid tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robson slips under a jab from Asteroid.
Asteroid blocks a jab.
Asteroid takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Robson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robson scores with a sloppy right hand. Asteroid should have avoided that one.
Robson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Asteroid clinches.
Robson blocks a body shot from Asteroid.
A nice right hand lands inside from Asteroid.
Robson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Asteroid backwards.
Robson lands a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Asteroid just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robson's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robson misses with a body punch.
Our sources have told us that Asteroid has been working on his elbows in the gym.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Asteroid.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robson has a couple of punches blocked by Asteroid.
Robson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asteroid checks a leg kick nicely.
Asteroid is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Robson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Asteroid. Asteroid circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Robson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Asteroid takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Asteroid tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Robson thumps Asteroid with a low kick.
Robson scores with a jab. Asteroid acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Asteroid misses its intended target.
Asteroid throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Robson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robson with a nice cross.
Asteroid tries to clinch there but Robson circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Robson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Robson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Asteroid takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Asteroid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Robson is able to avoid easily.
Robson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Asteroid lands an overhand right.
Robson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Asteroid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Robson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Asteroid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Robson cracks Asteroid with a good jab.
A left lands for Robson.
Robson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Robson misses the shot to the body.
A lazy body kick from Asteroid
and Robson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Robson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Asteroid manages to avoid it.
Robson scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robson misses with a jab to the body
and Asteroid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Asteroid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asteroid moves to clinch but Robson breaks away
and Asteroid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson throws a chopping leg kick but Asteroid manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Asteroid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robson just misses with a punch to the body.
Asteroid moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Robson misses with an uppercut.
Asteroid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Robson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Robson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Asteroid looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Asteroid throws a shot from downtown. Robson moves away and avoids it.
Asteroid stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Robson.
Robson jabs at Asteroid's body.
Robson connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Robson.
Oliver Robson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Robson flicks out a counter leg kick but Asteroid steps away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Asteroid stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Robson throws a series of punches but Asteroid avoids them all with ease.
Robson misses with a low kick.
Robson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Asteroid throws a hook but Robson avoids it easily.
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!
Asteroid chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Robson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Robson.
Asteroid is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Asteroid gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Asteroid lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asteroid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robson's elbow.
Asteroid tries to throw a body punch but Robson avoids it by throwing Asteroid back against the cage.
Asteroid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Robson can't find room to land a body shot as Asteroid controls the action.
Asteroid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asteroid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson lands with a left to the head.
Anabolic Asteroid has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Robson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Robson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Asteroid has a couple of punches blocked by Robson.
Asteroid working aggressively here.
Robson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Asteroid looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Robson struggles to land a body shot inside as Asteroid controls his hands.
Robson manages to break the clinch.
Asteroid looks to land a left hand but Robson moved out of range nicely.
Robson just misses with a punch to the body.
Robson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Robson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Asteroid. That did some damage!
Robson clobbers Asteroid with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Robson. That's going to slow Asteroid down.
Robson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asteroid.
Robson takes a swing at Asteroid's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asteroid takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Asteroid.
Robson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asteroid moves away.
Robson throws a hook but Asteroid avoids it easily.
Asteroid swings widly with a right hand
and Robson counters with a good low kick that Asteroid was not able to check.
Robson moves out of range of the strikes.
Robson scores with a leg kick.
Robson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Asteroid lands a nice shot that snaps Robson's head back.
Asteroid tries to clinch there but Robson circles away.
Robson is looking to slow Asteroid down with leg kicks.
Robson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asteroid moves away.
Asteroid appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Asteroid attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Robson misses the shot to the body.
Asteroid swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Robson lands with a kick to the temple. Asteroid shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Robson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oliver Robson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Robson misses with a right hand
and Asteroid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anabolic Asteroid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Asteroid takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Asteroid is looking to clinch.
A low kick from Asteroid is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Robson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Asteroid's head.
Robson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice jab there from Robson.
Asteroid misses with a low kick.
Asteroid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robson throws out the jab.
Asteroid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Robson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Asteroid throws a sloppy head kick and Robson moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Asteroid is looking to counter punch.
Asteroid on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Asteroid on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asteroid tries to move into range but Robson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Robson connects with a jab.
Robson throws a series of punches but Asteroid moves out of range.
Robson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Asteroid misses with a left hand
enabling Robson to counter with a crisp jab.
Robson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Robson scores with a leg kick.
Robson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Robson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robson with a jab.
Asteroid lands a jab.
Robson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asteroid throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asteroid.
Asteroid on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Asteroid closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Asteroid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Asteroid lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Robson or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asteroid.
Robson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asteroid.
Robson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Robson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Asteroid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asteroid looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Asteroid throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robsons head.
Asteroid blocking some punches.
Robson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Robson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asteroid avoids the body shot from Robson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Robson.
Robson works Asteroid's body with a nice hook.
Robson jabs at Asteroid's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Robson.
Robson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Robson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Robson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Robson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Asteroid is looking to counter the offense by Robson and move into the clinch.
Robson lands a leg kick that knocks Asteroid off balance momentarily.
Asteroid jabs at Robson's body.
Asteroid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Asteroid wants to clinch up but Robson keeps it at a distance.
Asteroid uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Robson has time to react.
Asteroid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Robson.
Robson lands with an overhand left.
Asteroid takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Robson scores with a shot to the body.
Asteroid throws a head kick but Robson moves out of range.
Asteroid doesn't manage to clinch there - Robson circles away.
Robson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oliver Robson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Asteroid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asteroid has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Robson finds it's way round the side to connect with Asteroid's head.
Asteroid takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Robson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robson lands with a nice combination. Asteroid backs away looking to recover.
Robson blocks a head kick by Asteroid.
Asteroid takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oliver Robson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Robson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Robson!
A victorious Oliver Robson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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