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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Beltran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Evans is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Beltran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Evans!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beltran dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beltran lands with a hook. Evans tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beltran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beltran lands a body shot.
Evans takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beltran looks to land a left hand but Evans moved out of range nicely.
Beltran throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Beltran lands with a shot to the body.
Beltran avoids the head kick by Evans.
Beltran misses with a body punch
and Evans counters with a single leg into guard. Beltran didn't expect that.
Beltran lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Evans working for submissions but it's allowed Beltran to get to half guard.
Beltran trying to control the pace.
Beltran wants to free his trapped foot but Evans is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Evans trying to control here.
Still in half guard, Beltran seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Beltran is working away from the top position though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Beltran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans throws a right hand that Beltran ducks under and follows up with a left that Beltran also avoids with ease.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evans misses with a head kick.
Evans gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A low kick from Evans misses
and Beltran counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Beltran is looking to wear down Evans with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran lands a slapping body shot.
Evans has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Beltran finds it's way round the side to connect with Evans's head.
Beltran scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Evans's coach down at Morbid Conditioning School $600 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Evans's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Evans moves out of range as Beltran strikes.
Beltran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Beltran swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
A slow jab from Beltran misses its intended target.
Beltran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
A jab lands there for Beltran.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beltran throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Beltran changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Evans misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beltran. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beltran digs a good body shot into Evans's ribs.
Beltran lands a really nice looking cross but Evans seems unphased.
Beltran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beltran misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Evans counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beltran tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Evans wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Beltran dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice straight punches there by Beltran. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beltran.
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beltran throws out a powerful jab.
Evans misses with an uppercut
and Beltran counters with a nice uppercut.
Beltran throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Evans ducks right into an uppercut from Beltran.
Beltran throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Evans stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
It looks like Beltran has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Evans looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carlos Beltran is winning the standup battle so far.
Beltran misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Beltran coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans takes a swing at Beltran's ribcage but misses.
Evans misses with a takedown
and Beltran counters with a nice uppercut.
Beltran digs a good hook to Evans's body.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beltran's corner calls for a 1-2. Beltran obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Evans drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Beltran lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Beltran scores with a body shot.
Carlos Beltran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beltran scores with a hook.
Beltran scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Beltran listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Beltran keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Carlos Beltran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Evans.
Beltran lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beltran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran scores with a hook.
Beltran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beltran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beltran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evans misses with a leg kick.
Evans lands a right hook to the body.
Evans cracks a nice hook into Beltran's ribs.
Evans fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Carlos Beltran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Evans.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beltran on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beltran lands a body shot.
Beltran throws a body shot but no joy.
Evans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beltran.
Beltran lands a jab to the head.
Evans takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Evans has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beltran misses the body punch
so Evans counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Beltran dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Beltran misses with a body shot.
Beltran misses with a wild body shot.
Beltran throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.
Beltran lands with a cross.
Beltran throws a body shot but no joy.
Beltran lands a nice looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Beltran.
Evans misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beltran. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beltran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beltran. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Beltran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beltran moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Evans throws a head kick but Beltran moves out of range.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Beltran.
Beltran takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Beltran lands the left hand.
Beltran lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beltran lands a head shot.
Beltran lands a jab to the head.
Beltran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Beltran.
Evans scoring well with a low kick there.
Beltran clobbers Evans with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Beltran fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beltran throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Beltran takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Nick Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice cross by Beltran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beltran cracks Evans with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Evans looks for the body kick but Beltran saw that one coming.
Beltran misses the jab.
Beltran lands with a good body shot.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beltran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beltran looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
A jab from Beltran does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Beltran keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Evans takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beltran lands with a nice body punch.
Evans fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beltran.
Beltran lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beltran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Evans in his tracks.
Evans throws the kick towards the body but Beltran avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Beltran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beltran, 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Beltran!
Our winner, Carlos Beltran, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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RATING
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