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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Clooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Run this Town. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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222 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shawn Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Niko Clooten!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter clinches with his opponent.
Carter is looking to control Clooten's arms but Clooten gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carter has his back to the cage.
Carter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Carter is looking to control Clooten's arms but Clooten gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carter has his back to the cage.
Clooten stalls.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clooten lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Clooten.
Carter prevents the takedown attempt.
Clooten stalling in the clinch.
Clooten lands a body shot.
Carter trying to land knees to the body.
Clooten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carters head.
Clooten tries to circle away but Carter has him pinned against the cage.
Clooten lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Clooten manages to pull guard.
Carter throwing strikes but missing.
Carter is looking to stand up but Clooten won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter controlling from the top position.
Clooten keeping moving, preventing Carter from controlling successfully.
Carter has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Carter throws a big right hand that misses.
Carter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Clooten looking to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Clooten lands a with a good body shot.
Clooten scores with a jab to the jaw.
Carter lands a really nice looking cross but Clooten seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter tries to clinch but Clooten moves out of range.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shawn Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clooten.
Clooten keeps the fight on the outside.
Clooten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carter's calf.
Carter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clooten swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Carter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carter is breathing heavily.
A shot to de liver by Clooten. Beautiful body shot.
Clooten fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clooten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Carter in his tracks.
Carter takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Clooten, right into the meat.
Clooten throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.
Carter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Carter is looking to clinch but Clooten is avoiding it.
A head kick from Clooten lands but Carter takes it in his stride.
It looks like Shawn Carter has been cut.
Carter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clooten can pounce on him.
Clooten bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Carter's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clooten closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Carter to the mat! Carter manages to get full guard.
Clooten works over Carter with some ground and pound from guard.
Clooten trying to control the position from guard on top but Carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clooten missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clooten is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Clooten pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carter is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clooten is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Clooten passes Carter's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Carter pushes Clooten off looking to stand but Clooten dives back in and keeps control.
Carter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter tries to get to full guard but Clooten has control of the leg.
Carter is defending against the submission attempts here by Clooten.
Clooten sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carter defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Niko Clooten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Carter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter throws a big shot that misses.
Clooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter is looking to clinch but Clooten is avoiding it.
Carter avoids the head kick by Clooten.
Clooten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clooten swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Clooten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clooten connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Carter is looking to clinch but Clooten is avoiding it.
Clooten moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Clooten circles away.
Clooten uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter tries to clinch up.
Niko Clooten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clooten gets the takedown into side control.
Carter is not content to let Clooten control the position.
Carter dodges the ground and pound from Clooten.
Carter is looking for a sweep.
Carter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Clooten on the ground.
Clooten is trying to get an arm triangle but Carter is defending well.
Clooten looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Clooten has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Clooten is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooten is staying tight to Carter's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Carter gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Clooten stops Carter from getting back to his feet.
Clooten is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Carter is trying to control but can't.
Clooten seems to be looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter wants to get back to his feet.
Carter desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Carter wants to improve his position but Clooten is controlling well.
Carter wants to control the action here but instead Clooten manages to pass to full mount!
You get the feeling that Carter really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Carter is desperately trying to improve his position but Clooten has a good base and remains in mount.
Clooten landing strikes from the mount.
Carter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carter is bucking up trying to escape but Clooten cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Clooten punching from mount but Carter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Clooten cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Clooten tries to control but Carter wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Clooten cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Clooten wants to control the pace but Carter is squirming around nicely.
Clooten looking to finish with strikes here!
Clooten raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Niko Clooten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shawn Carter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Clooten cracks Carter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clooten fails with the takedown.
Carter wants to clinch.
Clooten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clooten swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Clooten works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clooten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Clooten.
Clooten bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Carter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carter pushes Clooten away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Clooten gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter is looking to reverse the position.
Clooten cracks Carter with a big right hand but Carter just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Clooten misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Carter struggling a bit here.
Clooten wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carter keeps working.
Clooten tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooten creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Carter sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Carter manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Clooten makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Clooten.
Carter wants to stand but Clooten has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Clooten seems keen to control Carter's posture.
Clooten is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Carter rolls with it to try and escape but Clooten cranks on the arm and Carter is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Niko Clooten!
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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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