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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfonzo Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenzi Sabacajan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenzi Sabacajan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alfonzo Carver's chin.
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214 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alfonzo Carver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenzi Sabacajan!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabacajan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sabacajan connects with a high kick.
Carver stuffs the takedown attempt from Sabacajan. Sabacajan gets slowly back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Sabacajan.
Sabacajan tries to clinch but Carver moves out of range.
Sabacajan gets caught napping as Carver dives in and scores a takedown. Sabacajan manages to retain guard.
Carver postures up in Sabacajan's guard and throws a big left but Sabacajan blocks it.
Carver with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sabacajan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Carver doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Carver manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Carver throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sabacajan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carver avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Carver has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Carver throws a big elbow that misses.
Carver content to stall in guard here.
Carver trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carver controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Carver throwing strikes but missing.
Carver throwing strikes from guard but Sabacajan blocks nicely.
Sabacajan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabacajan is just content to waste time from the top position. Carver takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Sabacajan wants to stand but Carver is controlling his posture from full guard.
Carver is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabacajan wants to control but Carver is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sabacajan has hold of Carver's hands but Carver slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Carver lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sabacajan wants to control but Carver is keeping busy.
Carver really is a fat lump.
Carver winds up and cracks Sabacajan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Carver not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carver throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Carver throwing shots but Sabacajan is blocking nicely.
Carver controlling the action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carver lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sabacajan defending well though.
Carver controlling the action here.
Carver working Sabacajan over with strikes.
Carver throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carver thows a huge punch but Sabacajan dodges it nicely.
Carver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sabacajan's head.
Carver 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.
Carver 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sabacajan looking for submissions off his back.
Carver throwing shots but Sabacajan is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonzo Carver 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.
Carver dives in and grabs Sabacajan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sabacajan pushes down on Carver's head and hops out.
Sabacajan looks for a takedown but Carver sprawls well.
Sabacajan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carver counters with a straight right hand.
Sabacajan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Carver doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sabacajan counters with a nice leg kick.
Sabacajan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Carver.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alfonzo Carver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sabacajan throws a head kick but Carver moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabacajan cracks Carver with an open hand slap.
Sabacajan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sabacajan tries to clinch but Carver is having none of it.
Sabacajan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carver fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Carver blocks a head kick by Sabacajan.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sabacajan.
Alfonzo Carver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sabacajan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sabacajan is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan swinging wildly here.
Carver shoots and misses
and Sabacajan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sabacajan.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Carver decides to pull guard.
Sabacajan wants to control from the top but Carver keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan won't allow Carver to get back to his feet.
Sabacajan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Carver, up you get!
Sabacajan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Carver looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sabacajan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carver keeps working.
Carver struggling a bit here.
Carver is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan landing a few strikes.
Carver is looking to regain half guard here but Sabacajan keeps moving and retains side control.
Sabacajan stands up.
Nice takedown defense from Sabacajan. No joy for Carver on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenzi Sabacajan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabacajan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabacajan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carver shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sabacajan defends it nicely.
Sabacajan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabacajan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Carver manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sabacajan stands up and waves to Carver to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabacajan looks for a takedown but Carver sprawls well.
Nice sprawl there from Sabacajan as Carver shoots in.
Sabacajan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carver doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan misses with a series of wild punches.
Carver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sabacajan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sabacajan tries to clinch there but Carver circles away.
Carver gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carver working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sabacajan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sabacajan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sabacajan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carver is proving hard to escape from.
Alfonzo Carver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan trying to control but Carver is working from the bottom.
Carver trying to keep a closed guard but Sabacajan is proving a slippery customer.
Carver pulls Sabacajan in close to his closed guard and prevents Sabacajan from doing any damage or advancing position.
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.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kenzi Sabacajan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Carver gets caught flat footed, as Sabacajan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sabacajan postures up and lands a big shot to Carver's brow.
Sabacajan being controlled here momentarily.
Sabacajan stands up from Carver's guard - Sabacajan perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenzi Sabacajan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sabacajan 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenzi Sabacajan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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