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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Carpenter (ranked 2577 p4p, 5381 weight class) and Bertrand Wade (ranked 315 p4p, 540 weight class). Mike Carpenter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bertrand Wade's chin.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Carpenter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bertrand Wade!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpenter instigates a clinch.
Wade is trying to stall.
Wade has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Carpenter uses from the top position.
Carpenter works over Wade with some ground and pound from guard.
Wade looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Carpenter with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Carpenter is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Wade looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wade is still trying to improve position.
Carpenter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carpenter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wade is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wade trying to control from Carpenter's half guard. Carpenter has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Carpenter on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Carpenter tries to get out of the position.
Wade wants to control from the top but Carpenter keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Carpenter wants a takedown but no success here.
Wade wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpenter won't allow it.
Carpenter gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Carpenter preventing the sweep.
Carpenter controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carpenter landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wade not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Carpenter postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wade has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carpenter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wade is striking from the bottom but Carpenter uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Carpenter controlling the pace.
Carpenter working the head and body with strikes.
We've been hearing that Carpenter has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Carpenter is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wade tries to get to full guard but Carpenter has control of the leg.
Carpenter perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Carpenter 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Carpenter slows the pace down in half guard.
Wade has hold of Carpenter's hands but Carpenter slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wade wants to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carpenter controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Carpenter dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wade tries to keep at a distance but Carpenter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Carpenter leaning against his opponent.
Carpenter is trying to trip Wade. He has hold of a leg but Wade is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Carpenter persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Carpenter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Carpenter working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wade's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carpenter engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Carpenter has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Carpenter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wade can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carpenter is working Wade over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carpenter is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wade is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Carpenter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Carpenter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Carpenter tries to move to mount but Wade blocks the move with his legs.
Wade being controlled for a moment.
Carpenter lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade manages to get back to half guard.
Carpenter stops Wade from getting back to his feet.
Wade moves into full guard.
Carpenter is stalling in the full guard.
Carpenter working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Carpenter not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade is looking for a triangle but Carpenter pushes his legs off easily.
Wade has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Carpenter has passed into side control.
Carpenter gets to mount! Wade was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Wade is working to get back to half guard.
That's four 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.
Carpenter landing punches.
Carpenter takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wade in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wade taking shots to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carpenter cracks Wade with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Carpenter controlling the pace for now.
Carpenter landing punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Carpenter dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Carpenter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wade is fending him off so far but Carpenter persists. Nope, Wade circles away and we're back to standing.
Wade tries to clinch there but Carpenter circles away.
Carpenter gets a clinch.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wade gets control of Carpenter's arms and successfully pulls guard. Wade will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Carpenter distracts Wade with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Carpenter wants to pass the guard but Wade is keeping the position.
Carpenter sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wade wants to improve his position but instead Carpenter has moved into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carpenter controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Carpenter.
Carpenter is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wade sees it coming and defends easily.
Wade wants to get back to full guard.
Carpenter is figuring out what he wants to do next.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Carpenter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wade trying to control here.
Carpenter is taking a breather. Wade says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wade wants to clinch up but Carpenter keeps it at a distance.
Carpenter drops Wade with a big left hand and mounts him. Wade is in big trouble!
Carpenter working the ground and pound effectively.
Wade is rocked!
Wade is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter content just to control the position here.
Mike Carpenter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carpenter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Carpenter controlling from the full mount.
Carpenter looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wade is trying desperately to improve position.
Wade sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Carpenter takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter drops an elbow to the side of Wade's head.
Bertrand Wade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carpenter trying to control the pace.
Carpenter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wade with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carpenter is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carpenter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Carpenter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carpenter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Carpenter!
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