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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dave Carpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipino Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carpio's entrance music is Manic Hispanic. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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146 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Carpio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Filipino Saint!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpio lands the left hand.
Saint fails with the takedown
and Carpio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.
Carpio blocks a jab.
Carpio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saint misses with an uppercut. Carpio saw that one coming.
Saint cracks Carpio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Carpio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Saint takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Saint misses with an uppercut.
Saint cracks Carpio with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Saint lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carpio throws a series of punches but Saint avoids them all with ease.
Saint lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carpio at a distance.
Saint tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carpio was well out of range. Poor timing from Saint.
Carpio throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Carpio misses.
Carpio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saint.
Carpio moves out of range of the strikes.
Saint looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carpio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Carpio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Saint will feel that in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Donk. Carpio catches Saint right on the button with a cross.
Saint throws a lazy right hand but Carpio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carpio misses with a low kick.
Saint throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carpio counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dave Carpio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carpio just misses with a punch to the body.
Saint uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carpio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An inside leg kick lands from Carpio.
Saint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carpio.
Saint lands a jab to the nose.
Carpio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Carpio misses with a few strikes there.
Carpio throws a good cross that connects.
Carpio connects with a single shot there.
Saint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carpio.
Filipino Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saint. Carpio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carpio blocks a jab.
Carpio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Saint throws a poor cross that misses
and Carpio counters with a straight right hand.
Carpio scores with a nice strike.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Carpio is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio throws a jab but it's blocked by Saint.
Carpio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saint.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saint might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Saint throws a body punch but Carpio moves out of range.
Carpio scoring well with a low kick there.
Saint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carpio.
A shot to the liver by Saint. Beautiful body shot.
Carpio thows a body kick. Saint tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carpio scores with the left hand. Saint knows he should have avoided that one.
Carpio drives through and clinches with Saint against the cage.
Carpio connects with a knee to the head.
Saint is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Carpio pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dave Carpio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filipino Saint.
Saint looks gassed!
Saint is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Carpio gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Carpio lands a body shot.
Carpio pushes Saint back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Saint wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpio won't allow it.
Carpio lands a right hand.
Carpio crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Carpio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carpio cracks Saint with a nice body shot.
Carpio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carpio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saint's face.
A hook to the body from Carpio.
Carpio landing knees to the body.
Carpio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. Saint catches Carpio right on the button with a cross.
Carpio darts in and clinches Saint up against the cage.
Saint wants to break free but Carpio has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpio.
Carpio lands with a left to the head.
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Carpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
Carpio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saint is trying to break free.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carpio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carpio lands a nice uppercut.
Carpio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carpio lands an elbow that stopped Saint in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Carpio.
Saint takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carpio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Saint tries to score a body lock takedown but Carpio shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpio.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saint's face.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint wants to break free but Carpio has control.
Carpio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carpio lands a body shot.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling him.
Saint has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Saint breaks the clinch.
Saint takes one to the chin there.
Saint scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Saint missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Saint missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Carpio regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Saint.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saint is looking to work some ground and pound but Carpio has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Carpio dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice shot by Saint.
Saint bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saint throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saint takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saint on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Saint misses with a hook. Carpio ducked under it nicely.
Carpio misses with an uppercut
and Saint counters with a stiff right hand.
Saint blocks the body kick.
Saint avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saint looks to land a right hand but Carpio moved out of range.
Saint's corner calls for a 1-2. Saint obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Saint misses with a left hand
and Carpio counters with a body kick that stops Saint in his tracks momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Saint. That snapped Carpio's head back.
Carpio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Saint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dave Carpio is winning the standup battle so far.
Carpio clobbers Saint with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carpio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saint misses with a hook. Carpio ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Carpio.
Saint moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Carpio misses with a straight right.
Carpio slips a jab from Saint.
Saint throws a right hand that misses
and Carpio counters with an outside leg kick.
Carpio moves into the clinch successfully.
A body shot lands from Carpio.
Carpio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carpio.
Saint is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Carpio.
Saint looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carpio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Carpio lands a nice uppercut.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Carpio keeps him there for the moment.
Carpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
Carpio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carpio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saint or not.
Carpio connects with a knee to the head.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Carpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carpio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carpio.
Saint working hard to break the clinch.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!
Saint can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carpio working Saint over with knees to the body.
Saint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carpio misses with an elbow strike.
Saint looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saint has Carpio pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carpio manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carpio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saint tries to circle away but Carpio has him pinned against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but Saint blocks with his arms.
Dave Carpio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carpio has Saint pressed against the cage, preventing Saint from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carpio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Carpio misses with an elbow strike.
Saint wants a takedown.
Carpio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Carpio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saint in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carpio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carpio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling him.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carpio misses with a punch to the body.
Carpio has Saint pressed against the cage, preventing Saint from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint is trying to push Carpio away but Carpio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Carpio lands a body punch.
Carpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Saint wants to break free but Carpio has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carpio.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
Carpio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saint or not.
Saint wants a takedown but no success here.
Dave Carpio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filipino Saint.
Saint tries to break free but Carpio pushes him back against the cage.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carpio looking to throw knees to the head but Saint is blocking nicely.
Carpio prevents the takedown attempt.
Carpio presses Saint against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
Saint drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carpio pulls his leg out and moves away.
Saint misses with a looping left.
Saint blocks a head kick by Carpio.
A big left from Carpio misses.
Saint throws the left hand but Carpio avoids the punch easily.
Saint connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Carpio momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Saint throws a poor cross that misses
and Carpio counters with a low kick, right behind Saint 's knee.
Saint with a lazy takedown attempt
and Carpio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carpio closes the distance and clinches.
Carpio digs a right hand underneath Saint's ribcage. Saint let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carpio lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
Carpio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saint in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carpio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saint's face.
Carpio lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
Carpio keeps control of Saint as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Saint tries to break free but Carpio pushes him back against the cage.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Carpio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carpio obliges.
Saint tries for a takedown. No joy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpio.
Carpio trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Carpio dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Saint takes a swing at Carpio's ribcage but misses.
Carpio scores with a push kick.
Saint throws a jab but it's blocked by Carpio.
Carpio lands with a kick to the temple. Saint shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Carpio avoids the body shot from Saint.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Saint.
Saint looks to throw the jab but Carpio is out of range.
Saint fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carpio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Saint throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carpio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carpio scores with a nice body kick.
Carpio lands with a shot to the body.
Saint throws a big shot that misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Carpio.
Saint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Saint throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carpio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carpio forces Saint back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carpio working Saint over with knees to the body.
Saint wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpio won't allow it.
Carpio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carpio lands a body shot in the clinch.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Carpio keeps him there for the moment.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Carpio keeps him there for the moment.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint's efforts to push away.
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Saint has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Carpio.
Carpio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carpio lands a shot to the body.
Carpio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Carpio fails to land.
Carpio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Saint has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Carpio is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
Carpio lands a damaging elbow.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Saint wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpio won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Carpio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint tries to circle away but Carpio has him pinned against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
Saint tries for a takedown. No joy.
Saint is trying to break free.
Carpio gets through Saint's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carpio connects with a knee to the head.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carpio lands a nice elbow.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint's efforts to push away.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Carpio.
Carpio lands a nice elbow.
Carpio prevents the takedown attempt.
Dave Carpio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Filipino Saint.
Carpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Saint wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carpio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carpio has Saint pressed against the cage, preventing Saint from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint's efforts to push away.
Carpio lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carpio lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Carpio lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carpio prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Carpio lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Carpio.
Saint wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpio won't allow it.
Carpio lands a nice elbow.
Carpio lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Carpio.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Carpio keeps him there for the moment.
Saint takes an elbow to the temple.
Carpio lands a shoulder strike.
Carpio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saint can do to turn this around?
Saint changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carpio fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Carpio connects with a high kick.
Carpio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Saint eats them both and turns towards Carpio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Saint pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saint misses with a lunging right hand
and Carpio counters with a nice low kick that buckles Saint's knee momentarily.
Saint throws a hook but Carpio avoids it easily.
Carpio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That kick from Carpio tenderised Saint's leg. Saint is trying to keep his angry face on.
Carpio scores with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws a right hand that misses
and Carpio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carpio throws a hook but Saint avoids it easily.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Carpio is just out of range.
Saint misses with a right hand
and Carpio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carpio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Saint scores with a one two! Carpio had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick.
Carpio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Carpio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling the position.
Carpio crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
Saint is trying to break free.
Carpio lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Carpio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint wants to break free but Carpio has control.
Carpio scores with a nice hook to the head.
A knee to the head by Carpio.
Filipino Saint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dave Carpio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saint.
Carpio landing knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Carpio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carpio, 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Carpio!
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