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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karson Caldwell (ranked 1458 p4p, 2353 weight class) and Leroy Michel (ranked 169 p4p, 265 weight class). Michel has chosen Good bye horses - Q Lazzarus as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karson Caldwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Leroy Michel!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Caldwell.
Caldwell throws a looping overhand right but Michel ducks down to avoid it.
Michel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Caldwell misses its target.
Michel scores with a nice head shot.
Caldwell misses with a looping right.
Caldwell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Michel walks into a stiff left hand from Caldwell.
Caldwell ducks under a wild hook from Michel.
Michel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Caldwell finds it's way round the side to connect with Michel's head.
Caldwell throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caldwell swings widly with a right hand
and Michel counters by clinching up.
Michel digs a right hand into Caldwell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Caldwell's gas tank.
Caldwell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Michel prevents Caldwell from breaking the clinch.
Michel stalling in the clinch.
Caldwell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Caldwell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Caldwell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michel moves into the clinch successfully.
Caldwell pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michel tries to free his leg and advance position but Caldwell is retaining full guard.
Caldwell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Caldwell tries to get out of the position.
Michel trying to control but Caldwell is working from the bottom.
Caldwell controlling the position.
Michel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caldwell is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell pulls Michel in close to his closed guard and prevents Michel from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Michel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Caldwell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Michel digs a good body shot into Caldwell's ribs.
Michel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Caldwell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Michel scrambles back to his feet.
Michel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michel there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell misses with a wild combination.
Caldwell blocks a jab.
Michel missing with a left hand there. Caldwell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Caldwell counters with a nice uppercut.
Caldwell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Michel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Caldwell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caldwell misses with a hook.
Caldwell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Michels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Michel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Michel misses with a body shot.
Caldwell takes a swing at Michel's ribcage but misses.
Michel wants to counter the offense by Caldwell and move into the clinch position.
Caldwell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michel.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Michel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Michel.
Caldwell scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michel misses with a body shot.
Caldwell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michel moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caldwell. Michel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Michel misses with a straight left.
Caldwell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Michel throws a hook but Caldwell blocks it.
Caldwell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Michel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Michel gets a clinch.
Caldwell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Caldwell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caldwell lands a nice looking body shot.
Caldwell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Michel under the eye.
Michel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Caldwell on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Karson Caldwell dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Caldwell lands a head shot.
Caldwell misses the jab.
Caldwell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Caldwell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michel ducks under a wild hook from Caldwell.
Caldwell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Michel throws a lazy right hand but Caldwell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot by Caldwell.
Caldwell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michel can do to turn this around?
Caldwell gets tackled into the cage by Michel. Michel maintains the clinch.
Caldwell tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caldwell can't break the clinch.
Caldwell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caldwell.
Karson Caldwell is winning the standup battle so far.
Michel throws a shot from downtown. Caldwell moves away and avoids it.
Michel tries to clinch up but Caldwell circles away and keeps his distance.
Michel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caldwell moves away.
Michel staying out of range there.
Michel is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Caldwell with a body shot.
Caldwell throws a big shot that misses.
Caldwell throws a lazy right hand but Michel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Caldwell misses with a body shot.
Jab from Michel.
Caldwell misses with a wild combination.
Caldwell swings widly with a right hand
and Michel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Michel connects with a body shot.
Michel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caldwell.
Michel misses with a lunging right hand
and Caldwell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caldwell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Michel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caldwell moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell tests Michel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caldwell moves away.
Michel misses with an uppercut.
Caldwell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Michel forces Caldwell back against the cage and clinches.
Caldwell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good body shot from Michel.
A frustrated look appears on Caldwell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caldwell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Michel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caldwell's efforts to push away.
Caldwell breaks the clinch.
Michel works Caldwell's body with a nice hook.
Michel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Caldwell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Michel to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michel.
Caldwell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michel moves away.
Caldwell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caldwell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Michel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Michel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caldwell misses with a body shot.
Michel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Caldwell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Michel has time to react.
Caldwell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Michel drives through and clinches with Caldwell against the cage.
Michel breaks from the clinch.
Caldwell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Michel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Caldwell momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michel throws a hook but Caldwell blocks it.
Caldwell lands a body shot.
Caldwell staying out of range there.
Michel scores with a punch to the head.
Caldwell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michel was well out of range. Poor timing from Caldwell.
Caldwell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Michel throws out the jab.
A big left from Caldwell misses.
Caldwell misses with a looping right.
Michel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caldwell.
Caldwell throws a shot from downtown. Michel moves away and avoids it.
Caldwell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michel scores with a nice head shot.
Michel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caldwell was well out of range. Poor timing from Michel.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Leroy Michel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Michel lands with a straight right. Caldwell didn't see that one coming.
Caldwell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Caldwell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michel.
Caldwell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Michel backs up against the cage.
Caldwell throws a body punch but Michel moves out of range.
Caldwell throws a hook to the side of Michel's head but Michel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Michel is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Caldwell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Michel on the side of the head.
Michel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caldwell.
A big left from Michel misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Caldwell misses its target.
Caldwell avoids the body shot from Michel.
Caldwell is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Caldwell moves out of range as Michel strikes.
Michel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michel throws a hook to the side of Caldwell's head but Caldwell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Caldwell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caldwell misses with a hook.
Caldwell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Michel instigates a clinch.
Caldwell wants to get back to striking at distance but Michel won't allow it.
Caldwell breaks the clinch.
Michel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caldwell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caldwell throws a body punch but Michel moves out of range.
Michel tries to counter by closing the distance.
Michel tries to close the distance and clinch but Caldwell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michel ducks under a wild hook from Caldwell.
Caldwell misses with a straight right.
Michel steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Caldwell.
Michel lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Caldwell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michel steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Caldwell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Caldwell finds it's target.
Caldwell throws a jab but it's blocked by Michel.
Caldwell connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caldwell moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Caldwell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michel digs a good body shot into Caldwell's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caldwell. Michel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Michel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caldwell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Michel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caldwell.
Michel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Michel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michel tries to counter by closing the distance.
Michel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Caldwell on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell loads up on a big right hand but Michel slips the punch.
Michel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caldwell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michel. Caldwell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caldwell swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Michel throws a right hand that misses
and Caldwell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Michel takes a swing at Caldwell's ribcage but misses.
Michel scores with a decent looking hook.
Caldwell throws a jab but it's blocked by Michel.
Michel wants to clinch up but Caldwell keeps it at a distance.
Caldwell takes a swing at Michel's ribcage but misses.
Caldwell connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice defenses there by Caldwell.
Caldwell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Michel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caldwell looks to land a right hand but Michel moved out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Caldwell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Caldwell.
Michel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caldwell was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Caldwell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michel moves away.
Caldwell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Michel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caldwell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Michel.
Caldwell sets himself, and Michel steps forward looking for the clinch! Caldwell avoids it this time.
Michel tries to clinch but Caldwell is having none of it.
Caldwell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michel was well out of range. Poor timing from Caldwell.
Michel tries to clinch but Caldwell moves out of range.
Caldwell moves out of range of the strikes.
Michel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karson Caldwell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Caldwell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karson Caldwell!
A very excited looking Karson Caldwell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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