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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steven Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter has chosen Kasabian - Club Foot as his entrance music. Kevin Carter has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Walter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kevin Carter!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carter throws a leg kick
and Walter counters with a right hand to the body.
Carter scoring well with a low kick there.
Walter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carter.
Walter throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Carter tries to clinch but Walter is having none of it.
Carter bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Carter misses with a low kick.
Carter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Walter.
Carter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Walter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter throws a body kick the misses
and Walter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carter thinking.
Walter misses with a looping right.
Carter wants to clinch.
Carter takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter misses with an elbow over the top.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Walter is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walter has his back to the cage.
Walter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walter taking a breather.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walter is breathing heavily.
Carter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Walter's ribcage.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carter lands an elbow that stopped Walter in his tracks for a moment.
Carter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carter stalling in the clinch.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter landing knees to the body.
Walter letting Carter take a breather here.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Walter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walter breaks from the clinch.
Carter lands a leg kick that knocks Walter off balance momentarily.
Walter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Carter. That's going to slow Walter down.
Walter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carter counters with a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Carter's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
Carter avoiding damage.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Carter.
Carter stalling in the clinch.
Carter landing knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Carter.
Carter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Walter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walter letting Carter take a breather here.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Carter's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kevin Carter.
Carter throws a leg kick
and Walter counters with a two punch combo.
Walter misses with a double jab
and Carter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Carter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Carter scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walter is trying to stall.
The referee calls for Carter to work.
Walter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Carter dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Carter thumps Walter with a low kick.
Carter throws a leg kick
and Walter counters with a left to the body.
Carter takes the fight into the clinch.
Walter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Carter lands an elbow inside that Walter shrugs off.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Carter.
The referee calls for Carter to work.
Walter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walter is trying to stall.
Carter landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee calls for Carter to work.
Walter wants to break free but Carter has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Carter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Walter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carter controlling the action here for a moment.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Carter.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Walter's ribcage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Carter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carter with a knee to the head.
Carter lands an elbow just above Walter 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walter tries to break free but Carter pushes him back against the cage.
Walter wants to break free but Carter has control.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carter lands an elbow inside that Walter shrugs off.
Walter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Walter's ribcage.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walter is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walter has his back to the cage.
Carter lands a nice elbow.
Carter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands an elbow just above Walter 's eye.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
Kevin Carter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walter taking a breather.
Carter lands an elbow inside that Walter shrugs off.
Carter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walter avoids it.
Carter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walter's defenses.
Carter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walter avoiding damage as Carter throws knees to the body.
Walter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Carter is leaning against Walter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Walter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carter.
A bone on bone clash there as Walter blocks the leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Carter!
Walter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Walter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walter.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter throws a leg kick but Walter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Carter throws a leg kick that is checked
and Walter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Carter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Walter has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Carter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Walter circles away.
Walter is looking to wear down Carter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Walter throws a series of punches but Carter moves out of range.
Walter misses with an uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Walter. Those never looked like landing.
Walter moves out of range of the body kick.
Carter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Walter clobbers Carter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Walter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walter misses with a wild combination.
Walter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Carter counters with a leg kick.
Kevin Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kevin Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carter cracks the inside of Walter's front leg.
Carter throws a leg kick which misses Walter's front leg but catches the back leg as Walter tries to avoid it.
Carter drives through and clinches with Walter against the cage.
Carter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carter lands a nice knee to the body.
Carter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walter up against the cage.
Carter lands an elbow inside that Walter shrugs off.
The referee calls for Carter to work.
Carter scores a nice knee to the body.
Carter lands a good knee to the midsection. Walter won't want to take too many of those.
Carter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walter wants to stall.
Carter lands an elbow just above Walter 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter scores with a knee to the head.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter scores a nice knee to the body.
Walter has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Come on Carter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walter wants to stall.
Carter has Walter pushed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Carter's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Carter lands an elbow just above Walter 's eye.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Walter.
Walter taking a breather.
Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kevin Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter misses with a hook to the body
and Carter counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Carter scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Carter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walter tries to circle away but Carter has him pinned against the cage.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walter takes an elbow to the temple.
Carter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Walter up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Carter.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carter.
Walter trying to control the position but instead, Carter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walter into the cage.
Walter has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter is struggling to control the position.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Walter tries to circle away but Carter has him pinned against the cage.
Carter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walter has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
Walter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter tries a knee to the head but Walter blocks it.
Carter lands an elbow just above Walter 's eye.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Steven Walter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter taking a breather.
Walter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Carter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carter 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 25:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Carter!
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energy
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hype
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