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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zak Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ake Bertilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bertilson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Andreas Tilliander - Arlanda kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zak Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ake Bertilson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bertilson tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Bertilson.
Bertilson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bertilson is trying to defend but Anderson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bertilson manages to get to full guard.
Anderson trying to control but Bertilson is working from the bottom.
Bertilson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson trying to control but Bertilson is working from the bottom.
Bertilson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Anderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bertilson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Anderson controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bertilson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Anderson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bertilson keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson won't allow Bertilson to sweep him here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bertilson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bertilson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bertilson wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment.
Bertilson keeping full guard, as Anderson tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson looking to sit in guard and control but Bertilson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bertilson trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Bertilson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson is trying to control the position but Bertilson postures up.
Anderson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bertilson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson is looking for a triangle but Bertilson pushes his legs off easily.
Bertilson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Anderson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bertilson is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson landing strikes from the mount and Bertilson is in trouble!
Anderson is working for a guillotine from mount but Bertilson frees his head quite easily.
Anderson working Bertilson over with strikes here.
Anderson lands a heavy elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bertilson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bertilson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Anderson with good strikes from the mount here!
Anderson with good strikes from the mount here!
Anderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to control but Bertilson wriggling away.
Bertilson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bertilson can't escape the position.
BOOM! Anderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Anderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bertilson is looking to escape.
Bertilson tries to reverse the position but Anderson maintains control.
BOOM! Anderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson landing shots from mount.
Anderson avoids the attempt from Bertilson to control.
Anderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Anderson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bertilson scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bertilson tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Bertilson tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Anderson.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bertilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Bertilson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Anderson gets a takedown into half guard.
Anderson trying to control from Bertilson's half guard. Bertilson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Bertilson keeps moving.
Anderson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Anderson is looking to take a break and control but Bertilson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anderson tries to score with some ground and pound. Bertilson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Anderson scoring with punches from side control.
Bertilson is trying to improve his position.
Bertilson struggling a bit here.
Anderson trying to control the action but Bertilson is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Anderson is trying to get an arm triangle but Bertilson is defending well.
Bertilson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Anderson off and has taken his back!
Bertilson wants to control but Anderson manages to buck him off and is now in Bertilson's guard! Nice work there by Anderson!
Bertilson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bertilson throwing short punches from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson is pushing down on Bertilson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bertilson is fighting to maintain full guard but Anderson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bertilson is not content to let Anderson control the position.
Anderson lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bertilson is trying desperately to improve position.
Bertilson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anderson controlling from the full mount.
Anderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Anderson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bertilson has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bertilson!
Bertilson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bertilson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Anderson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bertilson defends well.
Anderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bertilson's guard.
Bertilson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Anderson lands a couple of elbows.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bertilson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bertilson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Anderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bertilson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Anderson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bertilson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bertilson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bertilson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick misses from Bertilson.
Bertilson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Anderson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bertilson trying to keep a closed guard but Anderson is proving a slippery customer.
Anderson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Anderson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Zak Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands some shots froms side control.
Bertilson is not content to let Anderson control the position.
Bertilson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bertilson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bertilson is refusing to be controlled, as Anderson sits in half guard.
Anderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Anderson seems content to control.
Anderson is trying to control the action in half guard but Bertilson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Zak Anderson.
Anderson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bertilson is trying to control Anderson's posture but Anderson avoids it.
Anderson trying to control the action but Bertilson is working from the bottom.
Bertilson is trying to control Anderson's posture but Anderson avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bertilson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Anderson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bertilson prevents Anderson from moving into mount.
You can see the frustration on Bertilson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bertilson is not content to let Anderson control the position.
Anderson tries to advance to mount but can't.
Bertilson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Anderson's best efforts.
Ake Bertilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bertilson is trying to control but can't.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Anderson.
Bertilson delivers a nice body kick.
Bertilson throws a head kick that half lands.
Bertilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bertilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Bertilson.
Anderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Anderson tries to pass to full mount but Bertilson defends it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zak Anderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zak Anderson!
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hype
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