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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nando Rafael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Carpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carpio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Derezzed. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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145 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
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165 cm
30
146 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Powerful |
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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
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Nando Rafael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Carpio!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafael keeps the fight on the outside.
Carpio closes the distance but Rafael moves to the side
and Rafael counters with a nice leg kick.
Rafael moves into range and clinches up with Carpio.
A short right from Carpio on the inside.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
Rafael tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carpio's elbow.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rafael avoids it.
Carpio throws an elbow that misses.
Carpio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rafael lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Rafael scores with a shot to the side of Carpio's head.
Carpio pushes Rafael back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rafael throws a head punch that misses.
Rafael makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carpio misses with an elbow over the top.
Rafael lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rafael on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rafael gets through Carpio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carpio blocking some punches.
A short right from Rafael on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rafael.
Rafael lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rafael softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rafael misses with a body punch.
Carpio blocking some punches.
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rafael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carpio lands an elbow just above Rafael 's eye.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carpio throws an elbow but it misses.
Carpio misses with an elbow strike.
Carpio lands an elbow inside that Rafael shrugs off.
Carpio takes a shot to the head.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but Rafael blocks with his arms.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Rafael has a couple of punches blocked by Carpio.
Rafael throws a punch but it's blocked by Carpio.
Rafael pushes Carpio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Rafael.
Rafael lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rafael tries a body shot but Carpio blocks it.
Carpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rafael fails to land.
Rafael has a couple of punches blocked by Carpio.
Rafael lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carpio pushes off an throws an elbow but Rafael leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carpio swings wildly with an uppercut but Rafael uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Rafael tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rafael lands a shot to the body.
Carpio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carpio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carpio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rafael backwards.
Rafael lands a hook that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Rafael lands a nice shot to the body.
Rafael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rafael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carpio.
Rafael lands a shot to the body.
Rafael throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafael struggles to land a body shot inside as Carpio controls his hands.
Carpio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rafael softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rafael creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Carpio lands a nice shot to the body.
Rafael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rafael.
Rafael misses with some punches.
Rafael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carpio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carpio swings wildly with an uppercut but Rafael uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carpio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carpio throws an elbow but it misses.
Rafael blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Rafael.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rafael working aggressively here.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rafael avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Rafael fails to land.
Carpio throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rafael fails to land.
Rafael takes an elbow to the temple.
Rafael avoiding damage as Carpio throws knees to the body.
Carpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rafael blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rafael.
Rafael takes a shot to the head.
Rafael gets through Carpio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rafael lands a hook that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
A right hand to the body from Rafael.
Carpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rafael has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carpio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rafael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Carpio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rafael's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Rafael.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rafael misses with the head strike.
Rafael lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rafael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rafael tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carpio's elbow.
A short right from Rafael.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Rafael dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Decent striking displayed by Rafael there.
Carpio throws a front kick aimed at Rafael's knee but Rafael avoids it well.
Rafael clinches up against the cage.
Rafael takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carpio blocking some punches.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Carpio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carpio pushes off an throws an elbow but Rafael leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carpio throws a punch but it's blocked by Rafael.
Carpio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carpio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nando Rafael has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rafael lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carpio trying to land knees to the body.
Rafael lands with a short shot to the head.
Rafael lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Rafael scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
Rafael misses with the head strike.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carpio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafael blocking some punches.
Carpio misses with an elbow over the top.
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Carpio lands a damaging elbow.
Rafael on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Carpio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rafael has a couple of punches blocked by Carpio.
Carpio looking to throw knees to the head but Rafael is blocking nicely.
Rafael working aggressively here.
Carpio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carpio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Rafael.
Carpio prevents a body shot from Rafael.
Carpio gets through Rafael's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rafael tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rafael dodges an elbow strike from Carpio.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Carpio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rafael's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafael goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rafael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carpio prevents a body shot from Rafael.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but Rafael blocks with his arms.
Rafael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rafael misses with the head strike.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rafael avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Carpio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rafael's brow.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Carpio blocks a body shot from Rafael.
Good body shot from Rafael.
Rafael lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Carpio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rafael lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rafael working aggressively here.
Rafael gets through Carpio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carpio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rafael creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rafael scores with a shot to the side of Carpio's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Rafael.
A left hand lands to the body for Rafael.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rafael's elbow.
Carpio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carpio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rafael's elbow.
A short right from Carpio.
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carpio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carpio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carpio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Rafael.
Nice body punch from Rafael - that landed with a thud.
Carpio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carpio pushes off an throws an elbow but Rafael leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Carpio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carpio is breathing heavily.
Carpio gets through Rafael's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Rafael scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Rafael.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rafael has a couple of punches blocked by Carpio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafael lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafael working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carpio lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Rafael.
Carpio misses with an elbow strike.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Rafael lands a body shot.
Carpio scores with a shot to the side of Rafael's head.
Carpio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carpio tries to work over Rafael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carpio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carpio throws an elbow that misses.
Carpio lands an elbow just above Rafael 's eye.
Rafael lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rafael tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rafael blocks it with crossed arms.
Carpio has a couple of punches blocked by Rafael.
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rafael lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Rafael dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Carpio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rafael tries a low kick but Carpio avoids it.
Rafael throws a shot to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carpio prevents a body shot from Rafael.
A nice left hand lands by Rafael.
Rafael avoids a wild elbow strike from Carpio.
Carpio gets through Rafael's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carpio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rafael stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rafael fails to land.
Rafael blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rafael creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rafael blocks it with crossed arms.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carpio throws an elbow but it misses.
Carpio working aggressively here.
Rafael working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rafael misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carpio takes a shot to the head.
Rafael avoids a wild elbow strike from Carpio.
Rafael throws a head punch that misses.
Carpio tries to land knees in the clinch but Rafael avoids the damage to the body.
Carpio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rafael works on Carpio's body with a couple of short punches.
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rafael has a couple of punches blocked by Carpio.
A right handed body shot lands from Rafael.
Carpio blocking some punches.
Carpio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafael softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rafael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rafael struggles to land a body shot inside as Carpio controls his hands.
Rafael scores with a shot to the side of Carpio's head.
Rafael stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rafael creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rafael tries to throw a body punch but Carpio avoids it by throwing Rafael back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Rafael scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rafael pushes Carpio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Rafael.
A shot in the inside from Rafael.
Carpio misses with the head strike.
Carpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carpio misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Carpio fails to land.
Carpio misses with a knee to the head.
Rafael works on Carpio's body with a couple of short punches.
Rafael misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Rafael.
Carpio is rocked!
Rafael digs a right hand underneath Carpio's ribcage. Carpio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rafael lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carpio is still on wobbly legs! Can Rafael finish him?
Rafael lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carpio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rafael lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Carpio to his knees! Rafael keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nando Rafael!
An out of breath Nando Rafael 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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