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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karter Carey (ranked 4787 p4p, 3430 weight class) and Nickolas Holt (ranked 445 p4p, 362 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 New York, Karter Carey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nickolas Holt!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carey tries to clinch up
and Holt counters with a three punch combo that has Carey backing up. Carey nods at Holt to acknowledge the strikes.
Holt cracks Carey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot by Holt.
Holt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Holt.
Nice takedown defense from Holt. No joy for Carey on that attempt.
Holt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holt stuffs the takedown attempt from Carey. Carey gets slowly back to his feet.
Carey fails in his attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Holt! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carey shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Carey is keen to just control but Holt is a slippery customer.
Carey tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Holt.
Carey looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Holt is looking for a sweep. Carey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt is refusing to be controlled, as Carey sits in half guard.
Holt pushes Carey off looking to stand but Carey dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holt is refusing to be controlled, as Carey sits in half guard.
Holt tries to get to full guard but Carey has control of the leg.
Holt is holding on to half guard well.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Holt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick by Carey misses
and Holt counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Carey is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Holt lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Carey tries for a takedown but Holt circles away easily
and Holt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karter Carey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holt stuffs the takedown attempt from Carey. Carey gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice shot lands for Holt.
Holt lands with a slapping head kick.
Holt 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holt swats away the attempt to clinch by Carey.
Nickolas Holt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carey shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Holt eats them both and turns towards Carey to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Carey throws a body punch but Holt moves out of range.
Carey with a poor takedown
and Holt counters with a stiff right hand.
Carey is breathing heavily.
Carey shoots and misses
and Holt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Holt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carey circles away quickly and effectively.
Holt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Carey had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Carey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Holt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carey thinking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nickolas Holt dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Holt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Carey has his takedown stuffed
and Holt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Carey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carey fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karter Carey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Holt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carey throws a series of punches but Holt avoids them all with ease.
Carey gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Holt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carey thinking.
Holt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carey shoots and misses
and Carey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holt dips to his left and cracks Carey with an uppercut!
Holt lands with a hook. Carey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Holt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holt is looking for the big counter here.
Holt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Carey eats them both and turns towards Holt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Holt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab, jab by Holt - just one landing.
Holt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carey. Carey circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Holt cracks Carey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Holt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt scores with a jab. Carey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Carey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Holt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Holt lands with an uppercut that bounces Carey off the cage and back into range.
Holt moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carey is rocked!
Holt throws a monster overhand right that drops Carey! Holt follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nickolas Holt!
Nickolas Holt got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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