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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Steven (ranked 5430 p4p, 4494 weight class) and Rendall Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jay Steven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
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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 1 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Steven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rendall Carter!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Steven looks for a takedown but Carter sprawls well.
Carter doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Carter closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Steven did well to prevent Carter getting side control.
Carter seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Carter lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Steven is looking to control Carter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Steven avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Carter decides to stand and escape the position.
Carter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steven circles away quickly and effectively.
Steven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Steven is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Carter.
Carter stuffs the takedown attempt from Steven. Steven gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Steven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Steven wants it to stay on the feet.
Carter misses with a double jab.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steven.
Steven is looking to counter the offense by Carter and move into the clinch.
Steven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Steven swivels and escapes.
Carter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Carter wants it to stay on the feet.
Carter lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Jay Steven has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steven pushes Carter up against the cage in a clinch.
Steven trying to stall but Carter improves his position.
Steven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steven slips a jab and a cross from Carter.
As Carter tries to get set, Steven tries to push him back and clinch up but Carter manages to avoid the attempt.
Steven lands a right hook to the body.
Carter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No joy there for Carter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steven wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Steven misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Carter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steven was well out of range. Poor timing from Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steven scores with a head kick.
Steven is looking to clinch.
Carter lands a two punch combo.
Steven looks for a takedown but Carter sprawls well.
Carter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Steven is striking but Carter is not phased and passes to half guard.
Steven wants to get back to full guard.
Carter is nestled in close to Steven, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter is looking for a kimura but Steven is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Carter to get the leverage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter working Steven over with strikes.
Carter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Steven is rocked!
Carter keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Oh Steven is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carter gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Steven seems to have got his legs back now.
Carter throws a series of punches but Steven moves out of range.
Steven gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Carter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Steven looking for a sweep. Not yet Steven, not yet.
Carter controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Carter stands and steps away. Steven gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rendall Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Steven's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Carter scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Carter is working for a kimura but Steven is defending it quite comfortably.
Carter decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Steven avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steven takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've been informed that Carter has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter swats away the attempt to clinch by Steven.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Carter misses.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steven.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rendall Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steven misses with a head kick.
Carter wants to land a leg kick but Steven is out of range.
Steven closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carter circles away.
Steven fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter throws out a counter right but Steven avoids it with no problem.
Steven throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carter's waist but Carter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Steven off to one side.
Carter is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Steven throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carter shoots in and bounces Steven off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Steven wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Carter manages to pass to side control.
Carter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steven is looking for a sweep. Carter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Carter is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Steven is trying to stand up here but Carter is controlling him well.
Carter works his way into full mount!
Carter controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Steven fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Steven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steven is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carter sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter gets a double leg takedown into Steven's guard.
Steven wants to sweep here but Carter controlling him for the moment.
Carter controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Carter makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Carter stands up and waves to Steven to follow him.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steven.
Carter changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Steven looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Steven is looking to get back to his feet here but Carter is keeping cool and he's managed to take Steven's back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter keeps control of the position as Steven tries to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rendall Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jay Steven'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!
Carter throws a chopping leg kick but Steven manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A left and a right from Carter both land. Nice combination.
Horrible takedown attempt by Steven or perhaps it was just good defense by Carter, which made it look bad.
Carter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice shot by Carter.
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Steven tries to counter by clinching up but Carter breaks away and moves out of range.
Jay Steven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steven keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carter closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Steven quickly recovers to half guard.
Steven tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Carter manages to move to mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steven knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Carter on the ground.
Carter with the ground and pound from mount.
Steven is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rendall Carter!
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