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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between T Bone Carver (ranked 3040 p4p, 23993 weight class) and Christian Abreu (ranked 393 p4p, 699 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Excellent MT
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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, T Bone Carver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christian Abreu!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abreu dives in for a single leg takedown but Carver sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Carver displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Abreu.
A little feinted left hand from Carver on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Abreu slips under a jab.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Abreu's head but Abreu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abreu tries to clinch up but Carver circles away and keeps his distance.
Carver stuffs the takedown.
T Bone Carver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Abreu.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abreu moves away.
Abreu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carver throws a sloppy body shot
and Abreu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A slow jab from Carver misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abreu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carver.
A nice side step and Abreu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Abreu defending well as Carver loads up on a big left hand.
Abreu blocks a jab.
Abreu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abreu trying to control the action but Carver is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver prevents Abreu from improving position.
Carver gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Carver tries to hold on but Abreu postures up.
Abreu tries to control but Carver wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Abreu has hold of Carver's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Carver manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abreu is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Carver has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Carver!
Carver tries to stand but Abreu is controlling from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Abreu tries to clinch there but Carver circles away.
Carver was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Abreu shoots for a takedown but Carver saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Abreu cracks a nice hook into Carver's ribs.
Carver scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Christian Abreu has been cut.
Carver throws a lazy right hand but Abreu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carver throws a hook but Abreu blocks it.
Abreu shoots in but Carver avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Abreu throws a head kick but Carver moves out of range.
Carver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
T Bone Carver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abreu throws a combination. Carver tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Abreu tries to pull guard but Carver forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Abreu drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carver pulls his leg out and moves away.
Carver throws a body punch but Abreu moves out of range.
Carver throws a jab but it's blocked by Abreu.
Abreu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Abreu fails with the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Carver misses the target.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abreu moves away.
Nice defenses there by Abreu.
Carver misses with a hook.
Abreu fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
T Bone Carver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian Abreu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Carver jabs Abreu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Abreu is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carver sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Abreu is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
No luck for Abreu with that takedown attempt.
Carver stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Carver wants it to stay on the feet.
T Bone Carver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Abreu.
Abreu slips under a jab.
Abreu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carver. Abreu does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abreu is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carver sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carver throws a jab but it's blocked by Abreu.
Carver with a hook.
Abreu is rocked!
Carver fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Abreu out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). T Bone Carver!
T Bone Carver opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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