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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Carpenter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Sharp (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Carpenter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Sharp!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp keeps the fight on the outside.
Carpenter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sharp, pushing him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carpenter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Carpenter misses with a body punch.
Sharp has had enough of the clinch but Carpenter keeps him there for the moment.
Sharp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sharp fails with the takedown.
Carpenter takes the fight into the clinch.
Sharp tightens his grip and picks Carpenter up, before dumping him to the ground. Carpenter manages to land in guard.
Carpenter controls Sharp momentarily but Sharp frees himself.
Carpenter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sharp is one step ahead there.
Sharp must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Carpenter is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Carpenter is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Sharp Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Carpenter's back instead.
Sharp is hanging on to Carpenter's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Sharp's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Carpenter can't escape the position.
Carpenter trying to get back to his feet but Sharp is in full control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharp scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Carpenter is really stuck here.
Sharp is looking to control Carpenter but Carpenter is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Carpenter wants to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Carpenter is working hard here to advance position.
Carpenter is breathing heavily.
Carpenter defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Sharp's arms.
Sharp working for the choke.
Carpenter turns into Sharp and is now in his guard.
Carpenter passes Sharp's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carpenter lands a nice short elbow.
Carpenter working the head and body with strikes.
Carpenter prevents Sharp from improving his position.
Carpenter will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Carpenter is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter stops Sharp from getting back to his feet.
Sharp moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sharp throwing short punches from the bottom.
Sharp keeping full guard, as Carpenter tries to pass.
Sharp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sharp keeping full guard, as Carpenter tries to pass.
Carpenter trying to control the position from guard on top but Sharp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Carpenter landing with the ground and pound.
Carpenter tries to free his leg and advance position but Sharp is retaining full guard.
Sharp manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Carpenter can't escape the position.
Sharp cracks Carpenter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Carpenter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sharp has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carpenter's face.
It looks like Jimmy Carpenter has been cut.
Carpenter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sharp with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Sharp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Carpenter's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Carpenter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sharp moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sharp misses with a few strikes there.
Carpenter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sharp swivels and escapes.
Carpenter clinches.
Sharp tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sharp changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carpenter fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Carpenter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sharp counters with a nice double leg into side control. Carpenter won't be happy with that.
Carpenter is trying to get back to half guard.
Carpenter stops Sharp from passing to mount.
Carpenter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A control attempt from Carpenter but he's now mounted!
Carpenter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Carpenter?
Carpenter tries to reverse the position but Sharp maintains control.
Sharp with shots to the head and body - Carpenter looks very uncomfortable down there.
Carpenter is trying to escape the mount.
Sharp wants to control the pace but Carpenter is squirming around nicely.
Carpenter flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Carpenter tries to reverse the position but Sharp maintains control.
Eric Sharp has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carpenter taking shots to the head.
Carpenter regains half guard.
Carpenter manages to get to full guard.
Carpenter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sharp manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sharp is trying to control the position but Carpenter postures up.
Carpenter prevents Sharp from getting back to his feet.
Sharp is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Carpenter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sharp looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carpenter drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sharp manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Carpenter has Sharp in his guard.
Sharp wants to pass the guard but Carpenter is keeping the position.
Carpenter trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sharp trying to control the position from guard on top but Carpenter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sharp wants to stand but Carpenter has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter wants to sweep but no luck.
Carpenter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sharp taking some punishment here, with Carpenter in his half guard.
Carpenter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Carpenter seems to be looking for submissions.
Carpenter thows a huge punch but Sharp dodges it nicely.
Sharp moves into full guard.
Carpenter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sharp wants to stand but Carpenter is controlling the position.
Sharp looking for a sweep. Not yet Sharp, not yet.
Sharp looking to control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Carpenter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sharp counters with a good, hard body kick but Carpenter shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jimmy Carpenter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Sharp.
Carpenter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carpenter lands with an overhand left.
Carpenter instigates a clinch.
Sharp goes for a takedown attempt but Carpenter pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Carpenter tries to clinch
and Sharp counters with a nice uppercut.
Carpenter fails to land with a series of punches.
Carpenter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carpenter avoids a kick to the body.
Carpenter scores with a takedown into Sharp's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharp doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sharp throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carpenter scoring with punches to the head and body.
Carpenter trying to control the position from guard on top but Sharp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carpenter postures up in Sharp's guard and throws a big left but Sharp blocks it.
Carpenter stopping the sweep attempt from Sharp.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eric Sharp will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Carpenter's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Carpenter throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carpenter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sharp prevents Carpenter from breaking the clinch.
Sharp fails to pull guard.
Sharp has had enough of the clinch but Carpenter keeps him there for the moment.
Sharp has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Carpenter is trying to keep an underhook but Sharp manages to get the takedown into half guard.
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.
Carpenter wants to improve his position but Sharp is controlling well.
Carpenter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sharp's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sharp's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Sharp as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Carpenter!
Sharp takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carpenter looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Sharp defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter struggling to keep hold of the position.
Carpenter gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Carpenter lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Sharp can't escape the position.
Carpenter softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sharp controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Carpenter is not going to allow Sharp to sit and survive in this position.
Carpenter is striking well from the back but Sharp escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
Sharp blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carpenter.
Sharp missing with punches from the bottom.
Carpenter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carpenter throws a combination that misses
and Sharp counters with a three punch combo that has Carpenter backing up. Carpenter nods at Sharp to acknowledge the strikes.
Carpenter throws a series of punches but Sharp avoids them all with ease.
Carpenter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carpenter throws a one two combo.
Sharp circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carpenter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carpenter instigates a clinch.
Sharp lands a nice elbow.
Carpenter gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sharp.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carpenter.
Carpenter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sharp gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sharp manages to break the clinch.
Jimmy Carpenter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter misses with a series of wild punches.
Carpenter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carpenter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sharp wants to hold on but Carpenter pushes him away.
Carpenter looking to secure an arm triangle but Sharp defends it well.
Carpenter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sharp is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Carpenter thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sharp really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sharp wants to control but Carpenter is having none of it.
Sharp slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jimmy Carpenter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carpenter working over Sharp with some ground and pound. Sharp looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sharp won't allow Carpenter to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter is looking to pass Sharp's guard but actually Sharp recovers to full guard.
Carpenter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sharp taking a bit of punishment here - Carpenter scoring with strikes.
Carpenter working the ground and pound but Sharp is defending the strikes.
Sharp defending against the ground and pound.
Carpenter creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sharp sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sharp is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sharp is trying to control Carpenter's posture but Carpenter avoids it.
Sharp is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Carpenter off and has taken his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carpenter is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Carpenter showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sharp 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Sharp!
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hype
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FIGHT
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