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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Dinu (ranked 3697 p4p, 3388 weight class) and Lamar Karter (ranked 421 p4p, 384 weight class). Roman Dinu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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4 - 4 - 0 |
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275
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Dinu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lamar Karter!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinu misses with an uppercut
and Karter counters with a straight right hand.
Dinu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dinu misses the jab.
Dinu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dinu misses with a lunging right hand
and Karter counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dinu throws a poor cross that misses
and Karter counters with a nice leg kick.
Dinu moves into range and clinches up with Karter.
A short left from Karter.
Karter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Karter.
Dinu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karter's elbow.
Dinu managing to block the knees to the body from Karter.
Karter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dinu is defending well for now.
Karter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karter has Dinu pressed against the cage, preventing Dinu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dinu avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dinu throws an elbow but misses.
Dinu working hard to break the clinch.
Good body shot from Dinu.
Dinu working aggressively here.
Dinu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Dinu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Karter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karter lands with a right to the head.
Dinu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dinu tries to throw a body punch but Karter avoids it by throwing Dinu back against the cage.
Dinu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dinu loads up on a big right hand but Karter slips the punch.
Dinu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karter doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A jab from Karter finds it's way through Dinu's defenses.
Dinu misses with a left hand
and Karter counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Karter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karter walks into a jab.
It looks like Lamar Karter has been cut.
Dinu clinches up against the cage.
Karter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karter blocks a body shot from Dinu.
Karter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Karter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dinu avoids it.
Karter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dinu is looking to control Karter's arms but Karter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dinu has his back to the cage.
Dinu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Karter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dinu blocks it with crossed arms.
Karter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karter lands a nice uppercut.
Karter blocking some punches.
Karter missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Dinu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinu lands an elbow just above Karter 's eye.
Dinu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dinu has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinu.
Karter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dinu backwards.
Dinu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karter tries to throw a body punch but Dinu avoids it by throwing Karter back against the cage.
Karter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dinu's efforts to push away.
Karter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dinu backwards.
Karter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dinu avoids it.
Karter misses with a body punch.
Dinu is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Karter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dinu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Karter misses with some punches.
Karter trying to land knees to the body.
Dinu is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Karter's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinu misses with a body punch.
Karter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dinu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dinu throws a leg kick
and Karter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dinu is rocked!
Dinu misses with a hook to the body
and as Dinu loses concentration momentarily, Karter counters with a picture perfect head kick! Dinu goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lamar Karter!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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