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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Pushikov (ranked 3991 p4p, 3388 weight class) and Barry Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Pushikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Carter!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but Pushikov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carter stuns Pushikov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Carter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Carter misses with a hook. Pushikov ducked under it nicely.
Pushikov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Carter wants to clinch.
Carter looks to throw the jab but Pushikov is out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Pushikov. That snapped Carter's head back.
Carter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pushikov.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carter lands a jab.
Carter cracks Pushikov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carter is looking to clinch but Pushikov is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pushikov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
No joy there for Pushikov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pushikov gets tackled into the cage by Carter. Carter maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Pushikov blocks an uppercut.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Carter lands a body punch.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Carter keeps control of Pushikov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pushikov prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pushikov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Pushikov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushikov fails to pull guard.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter lands with a short shot to the head.
Carter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Pushikov prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pushikov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Carter can turn it around.
Pushikov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Carter.
Carter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pushikovs head.
Carter working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pushikov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Carter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pushikov blocks a body shot from Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Carter.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Pushikov controls the action.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.
Carter misses with a body punch.
Pushikov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pushikov is breathing heavily.
Carter digs a right hand underneath Pushikov's ribcage. Pushikov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
Carter lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushikov blocks an uppercut.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Carter lands a shot to the body.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carter has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Carter dominated that round.
That's time! Pushikov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Carter lands a lovely overhand right.
Pushikov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Carter has control of Pushikov's left arm, preventing Pushikov from doing any damage.
Carter tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pushikov trying to control the position from guard on top but Carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pushikov is really struggling to control Carter but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter wants to stand but Pushikov is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Carter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pushikov passes Carter's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushikov is trying to control the action in half guard but Carter is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pushikov prevents Carter from improving his position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Pushikov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Carter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pushikov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter drives through and clinches with Pushikov against the cage.
Pushikov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carter walks away with a smile on his face. Pushikov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Carter lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Carter wants to clinch.
Carter tries to clinch there but Pushikov circles away.
Carter rushes Pushikov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carter lands with a short shot to the head.
Pushikov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pushikov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Carter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carter.
Carter lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Pushikov blocks a body shot from Carter.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pushikov backwards.
Good body shot from Carter.
A short left from Carter.
Barry Carter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pushikov blocks a body shot from Carter.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Pushikov controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Carter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Carter.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Pushikov avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pushikov backwards.
Carter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pushikov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pushikov backwards.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Carter lands a left hand.
Carter lands an uppercut.
Carter tries for a takedown but Pushikov manages to get underhooks.
Pushikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Carter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice shot by Carter.
Carter lands with an uppercut that bounces Pushikov off the cage and back into range.
Carter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Igor Pushikov has been cut.
Igor Pushikov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pushikov swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carter feints a jab promting Pushikov to slip. Carter then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pushikov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Carter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pushikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pushikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Carter.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushikov throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
Pushikov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Carter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The fighters circle momentarily. Carter darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pushikov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carter rushes Pushikov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carter lands a left hand.
Pushikov is trying to force a seperation but Carter has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pushikov.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter digs a right hand underneath Pushikov's ribcage. Pushikov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pushikov has Carter pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carter manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Carter misses with a body punch.
Carter gets through Pushikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pushikov prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter lands a nice uppercut.
Carter is leaning against Pushikov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Pushikov avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter digs a right hand underneath Pushikov's ribcage. Pushikov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carter struggles to land a body shot inside as Pushikov controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pushikov backwards.
Carter digs a right hand into Pushikov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pushikov's gas tank.
Carter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Carter struggles to land a body shot inside as Pushikov controls his hands.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barry Carter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pushikov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carter keeps control of Pushikov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushikov blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pushikov.
Pushikov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pushikov tries to circle away but Carter has him pinned against the cage.
Carter lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Carter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Carter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Carter!
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