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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Christ Karter (ranked 507 p4p, 858 weight class) and Skillz Kneeland (ranked 75 p4p, 121 weight class). Kneeland has chosen Kung Fu FIghting as his entrance music. Jesus Christ Karter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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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 31 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesus Christ Karter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Skillz Kneeland!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kneeland slips under a jab.
Karter looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Karter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Karter drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kneeland dives on top into guard.
Kneeland postures up.
Karter trying to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Karter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeland tries to get to full guard but Karter has control of the leg.
Karter seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kneeland pushes Karter off looking to stand but Karter dives back in and keeps control.
Well, if Karter is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Karter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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.
Karter sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karter trying to mount his opponent but Kneeland defends it.
Kneeland is trying to get back to full guard.
Kneeland is trying to maintain the position but Karter is very close to passing his half guard.
Karter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kneeland does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karter tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kneeland knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Karter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karter trying to control the action but Kneeland is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Karter there.
Kneeland looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Good leg kick by Karter.
Karter swings for the body but Kneeland moves out of range.
Kneeland tries to keep at a distance but Karter has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeland blocks a body shot from Karter.
Kneeland pressing his opponent against the cage.
Karter struggles to land a body shot inside as Kneeland controls his hands.
Kneeland is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karter blocks a body shot from Kneeland.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Karter tries a body shot but Kneeland blocks it.
Karter lands a left hand.
Karter lands a body shot.
Kneeland has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Karter seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kneeland can turn it around.
Karter turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Karter manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karter in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Christ Karter dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Karter throws an overhand right that lands on Kneeland's shoulder, as Kneeland tries to avoid the shot.
Karter seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Karter tries to clinch but Kneeland is having none of it.
Kneeland looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karter misses with a shot to the body
enabling Kneeland to counter with a crisp jab.
Karter throws the left hand but Kneeland avoids the punch easily.
Karter swats away the attempt to clinch by Kneeland.
Karter half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Kneeland takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Karter misses the target.
Karter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kneeland.
Karter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kneeland missing with a left hand there. Karter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Karter throws a low kick but Kneeland moves out of range easily.
Karter just misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeland is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Kneeland clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter blocks the elbow strike.
Karter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kneeland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Karter jumps guard but Kneeland stands there with Karter around his waist. Karter gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Karter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeland is trying to stall.
Kneeland blocks an uppercut.
Karter misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeland lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karter tries to pull guard but Kneeland won't allow it.
Kneeland blocks a body shot from Karter.
Karter throws a punch but it's blocked by Kneeland.
Karter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karter misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kneeland or not.
Karter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kneeland's elbow.
Karter is working Kneeland over against the cage.
Karter misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneeland lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Karter tries to throw a body punch but Kneeland avoids it by throwing Karter back against the cage.
Karter tries for a takedown but Kneeland manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesus Christ Karter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kneeland wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeland displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karter up against the cage.
Kneeland wants to stall.
Jesus Christ Karter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karter is leaning against Kneeland and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeland blocks an uppercut.
Karter working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karter has a couple of punches blocked by Kneeland.
Kneeland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeland lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kneeland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeland taking a breather.
Karter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Karter taking a breather.
Kneeland looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karter.
Karter tries to score a body lock takedown but Kneeland shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice right hand lands inside from Karter.
Karter has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kneeland is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeland is trying to break free.
Karter holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Karter is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kneeland to keep the fight standing.
Kneeland is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karter has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kneeland after a bit of a struggle.
Kneeland trying to control the position but instead, Karter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kneeland into the cage.
Karter is looking for a takedown.
Karter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karter tries a body shot but Kneeland blocks it.
Kneeland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karter managing to block the knees to the body from Kneeland.
Karter misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Christ Karter dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kneeland misses with a two punch combination.
Kneeland takes a swing at Karter's ribcage but misses.
Kneeland looks to land a right hand but Karter moved out of range.
Karter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slow jab from Karter misses its intended target.
Kneeland gets tackled into the cage by Karter. Karter maintains the clinch.
Kneeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Karter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kneeland has a couple of punches blocked by Karter.
Karter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karter as Kneeland tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter tries for a takedown. No joy.
Karter fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kneeland stalling in the clinch but Karter improves position.
Karter tries to pull guard but Kneeland forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesus Christ Karter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeland trying to control the position but instead, Karter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kneeland into the cage.
Karter is trying to trip Kneeland. He has hold of a leg but Kneeland is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Karter persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Karter controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kneeland keeping full guard, as Karter tries to pass.
Karter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kneeland can do to turn this around?
Kneeland controls Karter momentarily but Karter frees himself.
Karter throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karter trying to control the position from guard on top but Kneeland is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kneeland wants to stand up but Karter is controlling him.
Karter wants to pass the guard but Kneeland is keeping the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Karter 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.
Kneeland wants to stand but Karter is controlling the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jesus Christ Karter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karter is looking to clinch.
Karter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kneeland throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeland moves away from the strike by Karter.
Karter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Karter cracks Kneeland with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karter misses with a head kick.
Karter misses with a leg kick.
Karter shoots in but Kneeland avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Karter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karter throws a body shot but no joy.
Karter throws a hook but Kneeland blocks it.
Kneeland appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kneeland wants to clinch up but Karter keeps it at a distance.
Skillz Kneeland is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Karter misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter with a nice cross.
Karter scores with a nice body kick.
Karter with a nice calf kick.
Jesus Christ Karter is winning the standup battle so far.
Karter throws a right and a left that Kneeland avoids nicely.
Kneeland scores with a spinning back kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karter throws a front kick that sends Kneeland stumbling back into the cage.
Karter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skillz Kneeland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kneeland was well out of range. Poor timing from Karter.
Kneeland throws a shot from downtown. Karter moves away and avoids it.
Kneeland checks a leg kick.
Karter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Karter throws a low kick but Kneeland moves out of range easily.
Karter lands a nice shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Christ Karter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karter 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Christ Karter!
An out of breath Jesus Christ Karter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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