With solely 4 Irishmen on the cardboard, the Belfast crowd saved all their voice for the emergence of Moore simply after 22:00 GMT contained in the SSE Enviornment.
The Belfast native entered to a crowd favorite, The Cranberries’ Zombie, however was so shortly within the cage his supporters weren’t given the prospect to belt out the refrain.
It was maybe an omen for a combat that by no means really acquired going for the hometown fighter.
Anderson got here flying out of the traps, setting a ferocious tempo and visibly worrying Moore.
Moore was roared on as he stepped ahead for the primary time after a jittery begin, glancing Anderson with a excessive kick.
However he shortly discovered himself on the bottom, the place he stayed for the remainder of the spherical.
The second spherical noticed little pleasure for Moore as he was compelled to spend a lot of it defending towards Anderson’s wrestling.
It was the identical within the third earlier than a second of jeopardy for Anderson as he discovered himself all of the sudden trapped in an armbar try from Moore.
The gang’s decibel rose however Anderson produced a superb escape. Simply because the combat appeared to be slipping away from Moore he discovered himself again in it.
However the toll of three rounds of defensive work was taking its toll on Moore as he struggled to get off his punches with any velocity or energy.
Anderson cruised by way of to the ultimate spherical, taking Moore down twice in fast succession.
The referee’s choice to face Anderson up within the closing levels gave Moore another probability to steal what would have been a well-known victory, however the Irishman was unable to ship.