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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Carpenter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jake Carpenter was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bill West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Carpenter!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Carpenter as West shoots in.
West drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
West laying and praying for a moment but Carpenter takes advantage and regains half guard.
Carpenter wants to control but West is keeping busy and won't allow it.
West prevents Carpenter from improving his position.
Carpenter missing with punches from the bottom.
West prevents Carpenter from improving his position.
Carpenter trying to control here.
West wants to pass the guard but Carpenter is defending well.
Carpenter is looking to improve his position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Carpenter drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West controls Carpenter momentarily but Carpenter frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carpenter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Carpenter throwing strikes from guard but West blocks nicely.
Carpenter wants to control from the top but West keeps moving.
Carpenter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carpenter with a flurry of punches that miss.
West pulls Carpenter in close to prevent any damage.
West controls Carpenter momentarily but Carpenter frees himself.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
West closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter wants to improve his position but West is controlling well.
West trying to control the action but Carpenter is working from the bottom.
West content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carpenter wants to control but West is keeping busy.
Carpenter wants to improve his position but West is controlling well.
Carpenter is pressing down on West's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
West tries to stand but Carpenter is controlling from the bottom.
West is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter looking for a sweep. Not yet Carpenter, not yet.
Carpenter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Carpenter doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
West shoots in but no luck this time.
Carpenter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
West looks for the body kick but Carpenter saw that one coming.
Carpenter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carpenter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Carpenter gets the takedown into side control.
West is looking to regain half guard here but Carpenter keeps moving and retains side control.
Carpenter is putting a hurting on West here, landing some big shots from side control.
Carpenter lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter working the head with strikes.
Carpenter is looking to take a break and control but West is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Carpenter wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by West, who protects the arm well.
Carpenter advances to mount.
Carpenter is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Carpenter working the ground and pound effectively.
Carpenter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Carpenter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Carpenter with a lazy takedown attempt
and West decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Carpenter's guard.
West wants to control from the top but Carpenter keeps moving.
West wanted to stand there but Carpenter had control of the position.
Carpenter is trying to keep West in close.
Carpenter lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for West!
Carpenter is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But West has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from West!
Carpenter keeping moving, preventing West from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. West manages to get himself to full guard.
Carpenter stands up over West, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carpenter drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Carpenter jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Carpenter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
West keeping moving, preventing Carpenter from controlling successfully.
Carpenter throws and elbow that misses. West uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Carpenter's guard. Nice move by West!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carpenter is trying to control the position but West postures up.
West gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter keeps the fight on the outside.
Carpenter looks for a takedown but West sprawls well.
Carpenter has his takedown stuffed
and West counters with a straight right hand.
Bill West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Carpenter.
Carpenter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and West cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carpenter misses with a takedown attempt - West sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Carpenter with a lazy takedown attempt
and West counters with a nice body kick.
West closes the distance and clinches.
West tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Carpenter just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nice body punch from Carpenter - that landed with a thud.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Carpenter on the inside.
Carpenter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Carpenter.
Carpenter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
West wants a takedown.
Carpenter gets through West's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carpenter cracks West with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wests head.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Carpenter.
West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carpenter closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming West to the mat! West manages to get full guard.
Carpenter postures up.
West keeping moving, preventing Carpenter from controlling successfully.
Carpenter has gone for a leg lock! West slips out almost immediately though and dives into Carpenter's guard.
West trying to control the position from guard on top but Carpenter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carpenter trying to strike off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West trying to stand up but can't free himself from Carpenter's guard.
Carpenter throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Carpenter throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
West preventing the sweep.
Carpenter throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Carpenter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in West's guard.
West trying to control the position.
West lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Carpenter!
West blocks Carpenter's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill West dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carpenter looks for a takedown but West sprawls well.
Carpenter bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Carpenter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
West is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Carpenter trying to control the position but West is working away.
West gets back to half guard.
Carpenter has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Carpenter with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Carpenter looking to finish West with some ground and pound. This is bad for West!
Jake Carpenter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carpenter lands a big shot there that rocks West but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Carpenter lands a big elbow.
West taking shots to the head.
Carpenter lands a big shot there that rocks West but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Carpenter working the ground and pound effectively.
Carpenter working for a guillotine from mount but West is in no mood to give up.
West is in a horrible position here. Carpenter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
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.
Carpenter cracks West with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
West is trying to stand up.
Carpenter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Carpenter is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! West is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jake Carpenter!
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hype
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