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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clint Rivers (ranked 250 p4p, 787 weight class) and Roberto Karokaro (ranked 36 p4p, 104 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clint Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Karokaro!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karokaro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rivers lands a right hook to the body.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Karokaro.
Karokaro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rivers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rivers shoots in but Karokaro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It seemed like Karokaro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karokaro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Karokaro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karokaro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rivers was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rivers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karokaro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rivers misses with a takedown
enabling Karokaro to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivers clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers goes for a takedown in the clinch but Karokaro prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Rivers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karokaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karokaro scores with a one two! Rivers had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Roberto Karokaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rivers moves into the clinch.
Karokaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Karokaro working Rivers over with knees to the body.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Rivers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Karokaro walks away with a smile on his face. Rivers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rivers misses with a lunging right hand
and Karokaro counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivers avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro throws a jab when Rivers was well out of range.
Rivers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karokaro slips under a jab from Rivers.
Karokaro let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rivers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karokaro counters with a stiff right hand.
Rivers throws a good cross that connects.
Rivers misses with a hook
and Karokaro counters with a thumping low kick.
Rivers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Karokaro checks it well.
Karokaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karokaro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rivers drives through and clinches with Karokaro against the cage.
Rivers tries a body shot but Karokaro blocks it.
Karokaro is trying to push Rivers away but Rivers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karokaro can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And Karokaro responds with a good body kick, but Rivers manages to step out the way in time.
Karokaro misses the jab.
Karokaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Karokaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Rivers backing away here, and Karokaro unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Karokaro leaves Rivers with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rivers misses with a left hand
and Karokaro counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Karokaro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Rivers was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Karokaro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karokaro throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivers lands a nice shot that snaps Karokaro's head back.
Rivers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivers throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Karokaro to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rivers slips a straight right by Karokaro.
Rivers swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rivers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rivers takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rivers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karokaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Clint Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Karokaro saw that one coming.
Karokaro is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Karokaro delivers a nice body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Danga de danga de dang - Karokaro scores with a four punch combination!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Karokaro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Karokaro moves away and avoids it.
Karokaro scores with a jab. Rivers acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rivers misses with a straight right.
Rivers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rivers slips under a jab from Karokaro.
Rivers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karokaro throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers connects with a body shot.
Rivers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A swing and a miss from Karokaro.
Rivers was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Karokaro tries to keep at a distance but Rivers has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivers is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karokaro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivers missing with knees to the body.
Karokaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rivers misses with a takedown attempt
and Karokaro counters with a three punch combo that has Rivers backing up. Rivers nods at Karokaro to acknowledge the strikes.
Karokaro throws a sloppy head kick and Rivers moves out of range easily.
Rivers was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rivers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karokaro feints a counter leg kick.
Rivers lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Karokaro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karokaro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karokaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Rivers wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Karokaro.
Rivers throws a looping overhand right but Karokaro ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers throws a wild body kick that Karokaro sees coming a mile off.
Karokaro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rivers wants to clinch
and Karokaro counters with a right hand to the body.
Rivers throws a sloppy body shot
and Karokaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karokaro scores with a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Rivers.
Roberto Karokaro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karokaro looks to land a combination but Rivers avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Rivers on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a low kick.
Rivers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivers throws a jab when Karokaro was well out of range.
It seemed like Karokaro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers scores with a shot to the body.
Rivers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Karokaro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rivers misses with a body shot
and Karokaro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roberto Karokaro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rivers throws a series of punches but Karokaro avoids them all with ease.
Rivers misses with a takedown attempt
and Karokaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers throws a poor cross that misses
and Karokaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro scores with the left hand. Rivers knows he should have avoided that one.
Rivers throws out a loose jab but Karokaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers throws an off balance right hand
and Karokaro counters with a left to the body.
Karokaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karokaro scores with a leg kick.
Rivers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karokaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Rivers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karokaro moves away.
Karokaro throws a fast counter high kick but Rivers manages to duck under it in time.
Rivers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Karokaro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
A nice side step and Karokaro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Karokaro throws a good cross that connects.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Karokaro looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Karokaro.
Rivers rushes Karokaro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Karokaro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
Karokaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rivers has Karokaro up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Rivers.
Karokaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karokaro throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Rivers throws a jab when Karokaro was well out of range.
Rivers misses the body punch
and Karokaro counters with a stiff right hand.
Karokaro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karokaro throws a right hand that misses
and Rivers makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Karokaro misses with a left hand
and Rivers counters with a nice uppercut.
Karokaro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karokaro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karokaro throws out a counter right but Rivers avoids it with no problem.
Karokaro slips under a jab.
Karokaro throws a counter combo.
A nice combination there by Karokaro.
Karokaro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rivers is out of range and Karokaro settles back down.
Karokaro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Rivers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers cracks Karokaro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro is looking to get back to his feet here but Rivers is keeping cool and he's managed to take Karokaro's back.
Rivers lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Karokaro wants to get back to his feet.
Rivers is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Karokaro. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Rivers punishes Karokaro with strikes from the back mount.
Karokaro is trying to stand back up.
Rivers scores with strikes from the back.
Rivers cracks Karokaro with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Karokaro from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro is trying to get back to his feet but Rivers has full control of the position and if anything, Karokaro has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Rivers 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.
Rivers is punishing Karokaro with some ground and pound.
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
Rivers lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Karokaro hold on?!
Rivers lands a shot to the head.
Rivers looking for the choke from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivers scores with strikes from the back.
Karokaro is trying to get back to his feet but Rivers has full control of the position and if anything, Karokaro has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Rivers looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Karokaro is trying to get back to his feet but Rivers has full control of the position and if anything, Karokaro has just worked his way into a worse spot.
A lull in the action here.
Rivers loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Karokaro hold on?
Clint Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers working for a choke but Karokaro is defending well.
Karokaro manages to stand up with Rivers still on his back. Eventually Rivers drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karokaro scores with a hook to the body. Rivers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roberto Karokaro is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Karokaro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rivers's hands.
Rivers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice takedown defense from Karokaro. No joy for Rivers on that attempt.
Karokaro throws a counter combo.
Rivers lands a jab to Karokaro's midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Rivers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Karokaro 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Karokaro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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