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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jumes Cartin (ranked 3145 p4p, 5163 weight class) and Soldado Raso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jumes Cartin!
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, Soldado Raso!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartin lands with a kick to the temple. Raso shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cartin leaves Raso with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Raso!
Raso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cartin, pushing him back against the cage.
Cartin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cartin stalling in the clinch.
Cartin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cartin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Raso looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cartin is fending him off so far but Raso persists. Nope, Cartin circles away and we're back to standing.
Cartin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Raso has closed the distance and engaged Cartin in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartin trying to land knees to the body.
Raso jumps guard and drags Cartin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Raso is trying to hold Cartin in close to prevent damage but Cartin has managed to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartin slows the pace down in half guard.
Cartin escapes and gets back to his feet.
Cartin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Raso has a takedown stuffed.
Jumes Cartin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soldado Raso.
Raso shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Raso looks winded!
Cartin throws a sloppy head kick and Raso moves out of range easily.
As Cartin backs off Raso throws a huge counter combo but Cartin manages to avoid it all.
Cartin tries to clinch up.
Cartin swings for the body but Raso moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartin swings for the body but Raso moves out of range.
Cartin throws a head kick but Raso moves out of range.
Cartin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cartin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Raso.
Raso walks into a stiff left hand from Cartin.
Raso fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Raso moves in looking to clinch but Cartin pushes him off.
Cartin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cartin.
Raso moves out of range as Cartin throws a body kick.
Cartin misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raso tries to clinch there but Cartin circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartin misses with a head kick.
And Raso tries to counter it with a takedown but Cartin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cartin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cartin scores with a head kick.
Cartin throws a head kick but Raso moves out of range.
Cartin moves into range and clinches up with Raso.
Cartin trying to land knees to the body.
Cartin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Raso is defended easily by Cartin.
Raso walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartin is looking to slow Raso down with leg kicks.
Cartin cracks Raso with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Raso tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cartin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cartin. Raso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raso throws a counter combo.
A nice leg kick from Cartin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cartin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartin throws a nice head kick!
Cartin throws a head kick that misses.
Raso throws a lazy head kick
and Cartin counters with a thumping low kick.
Cartin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jumes Cartin dominated that round.
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.
Cartin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cartin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Raso's sensitive parts.
Cartin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Raso closes the distance and clinches up with Cartin, looking for a takedown. Raso pushes Cartin against the cage but Cartin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cartin throws a counter high kick but Raso was just alert enough to avoid it.
Cartin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Soldado Raso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cartin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cartin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cartin with a nice calf kick.
Cartin circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartin lands with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Cartin.
Raso tries to clinch up but Cartin circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raso tries to close the distance and clinch but Cartin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cartin is looking to counter the offense by Raso and move into the clinch.
Raso is breathing heavily.
Raso tries to clinch
and Cartin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Raso is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice body kick from Cartin.
Raso throws a combination that misses
and Cartin counters with a leg kick.
Cartin is looking to land body kicks.
Raso tries to land a body kick
and Cartin counters with a good low kick that Raso was not able to check.
Cartin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Raso takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cartin leaves Raso with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cartin is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartin throws a sloppy head kick and Raso moves out of range easily.
Raso's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cartin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cartin thumps Raso with a low kick.
Cartin misses with a body shot.
Raso drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cartin defends it well.
Cartin missing with a left hand there. Raso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut there from Cartin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Raso. That did some damage!
Cartin just misses with a punch to the body.
Cartin has closed the distance and engaged Raso in a clinch.
Raso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cartin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cartin misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raso avoids it.
Cartin misses with a punch to the body.
Cartin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cartin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raso's elbow.
Raso blocks a body shot from Cartin.
Raso blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cartin slowing the pace effectively.
Cartin trying to control the position but instead, Raso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cartin into the cage.
Cartin misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Raso blocks the elbow strike.
Raso has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cartin after a bit of a struggle.
Jumes Cartin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soldado Raso.
Cartin misses with a body punch.
Raso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cartin missing with knees to the body.
Cartin misses with the head strike.
Raso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raso looking to stall.
Cartin tries to throw a body punch but Raso avoids it by throwing Cartin back against the cage.
Cartin tries a body shot but Raso blocks it.
Cartin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raso is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jumes Cartin dominated that second round.
That's time! Cartin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cartin throws a head kick that misses
and Raso counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Raso.
Cartin manages to break the clinch.
A low kick lands for Cartin.
Cartin loads up on a big right hand but Raso slips the punch.
Cartin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raso can do to turn this around?
Raso tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Raso sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cartin instigates a clinch.
Cartin crunches a lovely knee into Raso's ribcage.
Cartin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raso ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Raso no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Raso working a defensive guard here.
Cartin tries to stand but Raso is controlling from the bottom.
Raso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raso keeping full guard, as Cartin tries to pass.
Raso wants to sweep but no luck.
Cartin would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cartin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Raso, up you get!
A nice leg kick from Cartin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cartin connects with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raso gets tackled into the cage by Cartin. Cartin maintains the clinch.
Raso prevents a body shot from Cartin.
Raso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cartin has him pressed against the cage.
Cartin can't find room to land a body shot as Raso controls the action.
Cartin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raso's efforts to push away.
Cartin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cartin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cartin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raso.
Cartin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cartin missing with knees to the body.
Raso tries to pull guard but Cartin holds him up against the cage and eventually Raso drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Raso stalling in the clinch but Cartin improves position.
Raso fails to pull guard.
Raso blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raso tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cartin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jumes Cartin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soldado Raso.
Cartin landing knees to the head.
Raso tries to throw a body punch but Cartin avoids it by throwing Raso back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Cartin as the two fighters clinch.
Cartin breaks the clinch.
Cartin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cartin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raso is defending well for now.
Raso managing to block the knees to the body from Cartin.
Cartin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cartin working Raso over with knees to the body.
Jumes Cartin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cartin looking to throw knees to the head but Raso is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cartin.
Cartin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cartin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Raso throws a series of punches but Cartin avoids them all with ease.
Cartin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Raso.
Cartin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Soldado Raso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cartin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jumes Cartin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cartin, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jumes Cartin!
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