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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gina Carano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gina Carano will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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135 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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173 cm
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141 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gina Carano!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker throws a body punch but Carano moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Carano.
Carano tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walker tries to score with a low kick but Carano moves his leg out of the way.
Walker misses with a series of wild punches.
A head kick misses from Carano.
Carano is looking to clinch.
Walker is looking to clinch but Carano is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carano looks to clinch
and Walker counters with a single leg into guard. Carano didn't expect that.
Carano wants to stand and escape but Walker is having none of it.
Walker is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Walker chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Walker throwing strikes but missing.
Walker might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Walker looking to pass the guard.
Walker trying to control but Carano is working from the bottom.
Carano has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Carano wants to get back to his feet but Walker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Walker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carano is proving hard to escape from.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Carano rushes Walker and presses him up against the cage.
Carano tries a knee to the head but Walker blocks it.
Carano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carano lands a nice knee to the body.
Carano misses with a knee strike.
Walker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carano with a knee to the head.
Carano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carano looks gassed!
Carano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walker jumps into guard, dragging Carano to the mat.
Carano is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Carano is looking to stand up but Walker won't let him.
Carano stops Walker from standing up.
Walker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carano is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Carano controlling from the top position.
Walker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Walker looking for a sweep. Not yet Walker, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Walker dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Carano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walker.
Carano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walker.
Paul Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker misses the shot to the body.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Carano looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Carano can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker looking to control but instead Carano has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Walker lands a nice short elbow.
Walker tries to pass to full mount but Carano defends it.
Carano tries to roll over but Walker keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Carano is trying to stand back up but Walker is controlling him
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Walker tries to clinch but Carano moves away
and Carano counters with a head kick. That will keep Walker thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Carano is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Walker lands a two punch combo.
Carano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walker looks to clinch
and Carano counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker avoids the head kick by Carano.
Walker has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Carano circles away.
Walker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carano counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A big left from Walker misses.
Carano lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Carano wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Carano lands with a nice body punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Carano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Carano tries to avoid it but Walker manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Carano to the ground. Carano escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Walker throws a leg kick
and Carano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walker thinking.
Good standup being displayed there by Walker as he connects with a hook.
Walker dips to his left and cracks Carano with an uppercut!
Walker tries for a takedown but Carano sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker wants to land a leg kick but Carano is out of range.
Gina Carano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker moves into the clinch successfully.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Carano is keeping busy.
Carano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gina Carano will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Walker shoots in for a double leg but Carano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Walker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carano tries a knee to the head but Walker blocks it.
Walker is trying to break free.
Walker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carano avoiding damage.
Carano lands a knee to the body.
Carano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
Carano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
Carano trying to land knees to the body.
Walker tries to break the clinch but Carano is controlling the position.
Carano tries a knee to the head but Walker blocks it.
Walker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carano.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carano connects with a knee to the head.
Carano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Carano.
Carano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Carano tries to land a knee to the head but Walker blocks with his arms.
Walker is trying to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker can't get the takedown.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Carano blocks it.
Carano crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
Carano manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carano is trying to stall.
Carano looking to throw knees to the head but Walker is blocking nicely.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Carano.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Carano moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Carano rushes Walker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Walker decides to pull guard.
Walker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Carano manages to get himself to full guard.
Carano trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Walker stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Carano.
Walker wants to clinch
and Carano counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carano lands a damaging elbow.
Carano looking to throw knees to the head but Walker is blocking nicely.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Carano keeps him there for the moment.
Carano stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Carano.
Walker looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A hook to the body from Walker.
Carano scores with a knee to the head.
Come on Walker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carano.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Carano won't allow it.
Carano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carano controlling the action here for a moment.
Carano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Carano.
Carano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walker looking to slow down the pace here.
Walker ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Walker no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Walker has his foot on Carano's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Carano works his way back into a safe position though.
Carano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Carano's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gina Carano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Carano has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gina Carano!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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