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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Seniora (ranked 3738 p4p, 3767 weight class) and Fran Carrasco (ranked 407 p4p, 409 weight class). Carrasco is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Airbourne - Runnin' Wild. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikey Seniora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fran Carrasco!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Seniora.
Seniora moves into the clinch.
Carrasco effectively controlling the action here.
Seniora tries to break free but Carrasco pushes him back against the cage.
Seniora being controlled against the cage.
Seniora drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Carrasco gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Carrasco stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seniora's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Carrasco taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seniora can't break the clinch.
Carrasco displaying some good clinch control by pressing Seniora up against the cage.
Carrasco leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fran Carrasco.
Seniora scores with a punch to the head.
Seniora swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Carrasco takes one on the button.
Carrasco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carrasco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seniora paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carrasco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Carrasco slows down the pace here.
Carrasco will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Seniora up against the cage.
Carrasco working aggressively here.
Carrasco keeps control of Seniora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carrasco with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Seniora blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seniora tries to circle away but Carrasco has him pinned against the cage.
Carrasco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carrasco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Seniora is trying to force a seperation but Carrasco has the dominant position.
Carrasco effectively controlling the action here.
Carrasco stalling against the cage.
Seniora has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Carrasco regains guard immediately.
Seniora with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carrasco keeping moving, preventing Seniora from controlling successfully.
Seniora not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Carrasco has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Seniora is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carrasco is pressed up against the cage. Seniora has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Carrasco down to the mat. Carrasco avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fran Carrasco dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Carrasco rushes Seniora and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carrasco leaning against his opponent.
Carrasco lands a good knee to the midsection. Seniora won't want to take too many of those.
Seniora blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carrasco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Carrasco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Carrasco prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carrasco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carrasco missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Carrasco prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seniora is trying to break the clinch but Carrasco is controlling him.
Carrasco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carrasco taking a breather.
Carrasco continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Carrasco trying to land knees to the body.
Carrasco effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fran Carrasco.
Carrasco darts in trying to clinch
and Seniora cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Carrasco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Seniora misses with a body shot.
Carrasco tries to clinch but Seniora is having none of it.
Seniora scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carrasco tries to clinch up but Seniora circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Seniora.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikey Seniora. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seniora ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Carrasco tries to clinch up.
Seniora wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carrasco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seniora paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carrasco takes the fight into the clinch.
Carrasco is pressed up against the cage. Seniora has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Carrasco down to the mat. Carrasco avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Seniora scores with a body shot.
Seniora lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Carrasco backs up against the cage.
Seniora stuns Carrasco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Carrasco is looking to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Seniora is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Carrasco.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carrasco's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Carrasco tries to land a knee to the head but Seniora blocks with his arms.
Carrasco slows down the pace here.
Carrasco stalling in the clinch but Seniora improves position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carrasco avoiding damage.
Carrasco is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Seniora is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fran Carrasco will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Carrasco pushes Seniora up against the cage in a clinch.
Seniora being controlled against the cage.
Seniora blocks an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Carrasco.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fran Carrasco.
Seniora moves into the clinch.
Carrasco with a knee to the head.
It looks like Mikey Seniora has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carrasco misses with some punches.
Seniora tries a body shot but Carrasco blocks it.
Carrasco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Seniora is keeping busy.
Carrasco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Seniora is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carrasco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Seniora has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carrasco will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Seniora up against the cage.
Seniora wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carrasco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Carrasco misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Seniora has had enough of the clinch but Carrasco keeps him there for the moment.
Carrasco controlling the action here for a moment.
Carrasco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fran Carrasco.
Seniora throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carrasco tries to clinch up but Seniora circles away and keeps his distance.
Carrasco moves in looking to clinch but Seniora pushes him off.
Seniora scores with a sloppy right hand. Carrasco should have avoided that one.
Seniora has closed the distance and engaged Carrasco in a clinch.
Seniora is trying to break the clinch but Carrasco is controlling him.
Come on Carrasco - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carrasco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carrasco prevents the takedown attempt.
Carrasco has Seniora pressed against the cage.
Fran Carrasco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carrasco has a couple of punches blocked by Seniora.
Seniora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carrasco working aggressively here.
Seniora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carrasco slows down the pace here.
Carrasco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Seniora has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seniora just leaning against Carrasco, taking a breather.
Seniora is looking to break free of the clinch but Carrasco has double underhooks.
Carrasco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Seniora blocks it with crossed arms.
Carrasco taking a breather.
Carrasco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seniora's elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Seniora leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mikey Seniora has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seniora takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fran Carrasco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Carrasco 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fran Carrasco!
Fran Carrasco was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Mikey Seniora was interviewed post fight and said 'No excuses he was better tonight and we live to fight another day'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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