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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nate McGeady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Carpenter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGeady comes to the ring accompanied by Joe Esposito - You're the Best Around. Carpenter has chosen Midnight Rider as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the ring it seems that Nate McGeady has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nate McGeady seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nate McGeady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Drew Carpenter!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGeady tries to clinch but Carpenter moves out of range.
Carpenter throws a leg kick that misses.
McGeady moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Carpenter connects with a solid leg kick.
Good work by McGeady as he checks the leg kick.
Carpenter motions for McGeady to come forward. Carpenter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGeady lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McGeady moves into range and connects with a jab.
McGeady is looking to clinch.
Carpenter closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McGeady did well to prevent Carpenter getting side control.
Carpenter thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing McGeady to regain full guard.
Carpenter postures up and lands a big shot to McGeady's brow.
McGeady is trying to keep Carpenter in close.
Carpenter postures up in McGeady's guard and throws a big left but McGeady blocks it.
Carpenter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carpenter tries to free his leg and advance position but McGeady is retaining full guard.
Carpenter is working McGeady over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGeady avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Carpenter postures up in McGeady's guard and throws a big left but McGeady blocks it.
McGeady keeping moving, preventing Carpenter from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McGeady moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carpenter is rocked!
Carpenter shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McGeady's guard.
Carpenter is looking to work some ground and pound but McGeady has wrist control.
Carpenter postures up.
Carpenter stands up over McGeady, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carpenter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McGeady is trying to keep Carpenter in close.
Carpenter with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Carpenter tries to free his leg and advance position but McGeady is retaining full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
McGeady ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carpenter moves away.
McGeady throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Carpenter is looking to score with low kicks.
Carpenter darts in and clinches McGeady up against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpenter.
Carpenter goes for a takedown in the clinch but McGeady prevents it.
Carpenter tries for a takedown but McGeady manages to get underhooks.
Carpenter looks gassed!
McGeady can't break the clinch.
McGeady can't break the clinch.
McGeady avoiding damage as Carpenter throws knees to the body.
Carpenter pushes off an throws an elbow but McGeady leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Carpenter throws an elbow but misses.
Carpenter landing knees to the head.
It looks like Nate McGeady has been cut.
McGeady avoids the elbow strike from Carpenter, against the ropes.
Carpenter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGeady wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Carpenter throws an elbow but misses.
Carpenter throws an elbow but it misses.
Carpenter lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carpenter.
Carpenter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGeady.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McGeady as Carpenter tries to tie him up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McGeady is pressed up against the ropes. Carpenter has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McGeady down to the mat. McGeady avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nate McGeady has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drew Carpenter.
McGeady misses with a series of wild punches.
Carpenter looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McGeady!
McGeady can't escape the position.
McGeady holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Carpenter tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
You get the feeling that McGeady really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter landing shots from mount.
Carpenter landing strikes from the mount.
Carpenter punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carpenter cracks McGeady with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Carpenter lands a big shot there that rocks McGeady but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
McGeady is wriggling around trying to escape.
McGeady takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Carpenter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carpenter is landing with some decent strikes but McGeady is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Carpenter won't let McGeady get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
A nice elbow there by Carpenter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drew Carpenter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate McGeady's cut.
That's time! McGeady's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McGeady checks a leg kick.
Carpenter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McGeady gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Carpenter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McGeady tries to kick Carpenter off but Carpenter keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Carpenter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McGeady with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carpenter lands a nice short elbow.
McGeady wants to get back to his feet.
Carpenter drops an elbow to the side of McGeady's head.
McGeady avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carpenter.
Carpenter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGeady defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carpenter throwing shots but McGeady is blocking nicely.
McGeady keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carpenter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Drew Carpenter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carpenter is breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McGeady stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carpenter.
McGeady waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Carpenter.
Carpenter 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.
McGeady is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carpenter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed McGeady's guard.
Carpenter working the head and body with strikes.
Carpenter trying to advance position but McGeady counters by regaining guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter landing some decent shots from guard.
McGeady is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Carpenter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Carpenter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Carpenter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McGeady is trying to keep Carpenter in close.
Carpenter is in close to McGeady's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter throws a strike but McGeady rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Carpenter trying to keep a closed guard but McGeady is proving a slippery customer.
McGeady won't allow Carpenter to sweep him here.
Carpenter throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Carpenter looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McGeady puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Carpenter gets full guard.
McGeady stopping the sweep attempt from Carpenter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carpenter tries to strike from the bottom.
Carpenter keeping moving, preventing McGeady from controlling successfully.
Carpenter trying to strike off his back.
Carpenter lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McGeady!
Carpenter dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drew Carpenter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nate McGeady's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
McGeady tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Carpenter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McGeady's calf.
McGeady moves in looking to clinch but Carpenter pushes him off.
Carpenter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGeady manages to avoid it.
McGeady stalks Carpenter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carpenter's face. Carpenter staggers backwards, shaken.
Carpenter misses with a takedown attempt - McGeady sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McGeady throws a series of punches but Carpenter avoids them all with ease.
Carpenter swats away the attempt to clinch by McGeady.
McGeady looks to score with a jab to the body but Carpenter is just out of range.
Carpenter is looking to slow McGeady down with leg kicks.
A big left from McGeady misses.
McGeady takes the fight into the clinch.
Carpenter scores with a knee to the head.
Carpenter lands a damaging elbow.
Carpenter goes for a takedown attempt but McGeady pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McGeady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carpenter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGeady finds it's way round the side to connect with Carpenter's head.
Carpenter lets loose with a powerful body kick. McGeady will feel that in the morning.
Carpenter dodges the punch combination from McGeady.
Carpenter fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. McGeady sprawls well initially but Carpenter persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carpenter lands a nice short elbow.
Carpenter is trying to control. McGeady wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Carpenter winds up and cracks McGeady with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
McGeady on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Carpenter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Carpenter 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.
Carpenter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carpenter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter working the head and body with strikes.
Carpenter trying to mount his opponent but McGeady defends it.
McGeady trying to hold on to Carpenter's head to control him but Carpenter postures up.
Carpenter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McGeady's head.
Carpenter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McGeady tries to get to full guard but Carpenter has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carpenter.
Carpenter scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGeady clobbers Carpenter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carpenter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGeady.
Carpenter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Carpenter.
Carpenter scoring with punches and elbows.
Carpenter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Carpenter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carpenter scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McGeady to see if he's OK.
Carpenter throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
An elbow from Carpenter crashes against the mat.
You can see the frustration on McGeady's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Carpenter is chipping away with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGeady takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
McGeady takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
McGeady takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Carpenter is working McGeady over with some ground and pound from side control.
Carpenter grinds an elbow into McGeady's temple.
Carpenter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
McGeady struggling a bit here.
Nate McGeady has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carpenter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McGeady down.
Carpenter lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Carpenter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Carpenter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Carpenter!
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