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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Enver Karacan (ranked 2880 p4p, 1701 weight class) and Stephen McGarvey (ranked 339 p4p, 209 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enver Karacan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stephen McGarvey!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by McGarvey misses
and Karacan counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Stephen McGarvey has been cut.
McGarvey avoids the body shot from Karacan.
McGarvey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Karacan's sensitive parts.
McGarvey fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Karacan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGarvey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karacan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karacan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McGarvey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarvey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karacan backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Karacan tries to throw a body punch but McGarvey avoids it by throwing Karacan back against the cage.
Karacan tries to work over McGarvey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGarvey misses with some punches.
Karacan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Karacan lands an uppercut.
McGarvey misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGarvey misses with a punch to the body.
Karacan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karacan manages to break the clinch.
Karacan avoids the head kick by McGarvey.
A swing and a miss from Karacan.
McGarvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karacan counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Karacan.
Karacan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Karacan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Karacan moves out of range as McGarvey strikes.
Karacan takes a swing at McGarvey's ribcage but misses.
McGarvey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Karacan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McGarvey closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGarvey lands a hook that snaps the head of Karacan backwards.
McGarvey working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karacan.
Karacan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karacan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karacan.
McGarvey throws a sloppy head kick and Karacan moves out of range easily.
Karacan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McGarvey scores with a sloppy right hand. Karacan should have avoided that one.
Karacan tries to clinch but McGarvey is having none of it.
McGarvey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karacan is looking to counter punch.
McGarvey tries to keep at a distance but Karacan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karacan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGarvey misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McGarvey fails to land.
McGarvey misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karacan blocking some punches.
Karacan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karacan rushes McGarvey and presses him up against the cage.
McGarvey looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McGarvey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karacan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Karacan.
Karacan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGarvey's efforts to push away.
Karacan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karacan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGarvey manages to avoid it.
Karacan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Enver Karacan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stephen McGarvey's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Karacan tries to keep at a distance but McGarvey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karacan takes a shot to the head.
Karacan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karacan tries a body shot but McGarvey blocks it.
McGarvey tries to break free but Karacan pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Karacan.
McGarvey swings wildly with an uppercut but Karacan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karacan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGarvey.
Karacan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McGarvey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A head kick from McGarvey lands but Karacan takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karacan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Karacan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McGarvey - the referee stops the clock and Karacan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McGarvey. Karacan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Karacan misses with a left hand
and McGarvey counters with a low kick, right behind Karacan 's knee.
McGarvey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karacan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGarvey counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karacan thinking.
McGarvey takes a swing at Karacan's ribcage but misses.
Karacan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McGarvey tries to clinch up but Karacan circles away and keeps his distance.
Karacan wants to clinch up but McGarvey keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karacan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McGarvey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGarvey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karacan.
Karacan misses with a lunging right hand
and McGarvey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karacan just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Karacan misses its intended target.
McGarvey works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGarvey bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Karacan's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karacan thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGarvey replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Karacan blocks it well.
McGarvey throws a hook but Karacan blocks it.
Karacan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGarvey is looking to slow Karacan down with leg kicks.
McGarvey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Karacan drops his hands momentarily and McGarvey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McGarvey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Karacan throws a lazy uppercut
and McGarvey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey is looking to land body kicks.
Karacan lands with a shot to the body.
Karacan misses with a two punch combination.
McGarvey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McGarvey throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Karacan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McGarvey.
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!
McGarvey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGarvey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karacan circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice shot by Karacan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen McGarvey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stephen McGarvey's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
McGarvey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karacan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Karacan throws a jab but it's blocked by McGarvey.
Karacan misses with a straight left.
Karacan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stephen McGarvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karacan misses with an uppercut. McGarvey saw that one coming.
Karacan loads up on a big right hand but McGarvey slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karacan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McGarvey can pounce on him.
A big right from McGarvey misses.
A little feinted left hand from Karacan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Karacan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGarvey manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarvey throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Karacan counter with a right hand.
Karacan scores with a hook to the body. McGarvey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McGarvey wants to slow Karacan down by chopping away at his legs.
McGarvey throws a leg kick but Karacan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
McGarvey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karacan just misses with a punch to the body.
Stephen McGarvey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karacan misses with a jab to the body
and McGarvey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey misses with a leg kick
and Karacan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Karacan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGarvey lands a jab.
McGarvey plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
McGarvey tries to clinch
and Karacan counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karacan closes the distance but McGarvey moves to the side
and McGarvey makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Karacan really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarvey loads up on a big right hand but Karacan slips the punch.
It looked like Karacan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McGarvey.
McGarvey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karacan.
Karacan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McGarvey.
Karacan has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGarvey is leaning against Karacan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Karacan as the two fighters clinch.
Karacan breaks from the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Karacan, as that shot connected.
McGarvey is rocked!
Karacan drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of McGarvey's head, knocking him out cold! Karacan is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Enver Karacan!
After winning the bout, Enver Karacan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Stephen McGarvey stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's not fair on me, i have a learning disability an all that, you know..'.
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