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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johny Carseen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Salizar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salizar has chosen Fortunate Son as his entrance music. Pablo Salizar will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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172 lbs
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182 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johny Carseen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pablo Salizar!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salizar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carseen throws out a loose jab but Salizar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carseen misses with a hook.
Pablo Salizar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salizar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carseen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Salizar counters with a straight right hand.
Salizar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Salizar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salizar tries to clinch but Carseen moves out of range.
Salizar slips a jab from Carseen.
Salizar misses the shot to the body.
Carseen misses with a combination
and Salizar counters with a stiff right hand.
Salizar lands a nice shot to the body.
Salizar cracks Carseen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Carseen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salizar can pounce on him.
Carseen misses with a double jab
and Salizar counters with a single leg into guard. Carseen didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salizar is pushing down on Carseen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Carseen is fighting to maintain full guard but Salizar has managed to sneak the leg through.
Salizar winds up and cracks Carseen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Salizar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Salizar misses with a head shot. Carseen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Salizar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carseen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Salizar puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Salizar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Salizar throwing shots but Carseen is blocking nicely.
Salizar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Carseen defends it well.
Salizar trying to mount his opponent but Carseen defends it.
Carseen is defending against the submission attempts here by Salizar.
Salizar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carseen defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salizar seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Salizar moves nicely into side control.
Carseen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Salizar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Salizar trying to work for an americana but Carseen has managed to regain full guard.
Salizar looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Salizar looking to pass the guard.
Salizar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Carseen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salizar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salizar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Carseen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Salizar, into his guard.
Salizar working for a triangle but Carseen defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Salizar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Carseen cracks Salizar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A telegraphed right hand from Carseen misses the target.
Salizar throws the left hand but Carseen avoids the punch easily.
Salizar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Salizar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Salizar misses with a two punch combination.
Salizar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johny Carseen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salizar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Carseen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Salizar somewhat.
Salizar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salizar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Carseen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salizar.
Carseen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Salizar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salizar looks to land a combination but Carseen avoids it well.
Salizar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Carseen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Johny Carseen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salizar lands with a slapping head kick.
Salizar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salizar lands with a slapping head kick.
Nice body kick there by Salizar.
Salizar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carseen sprawls well. Carseen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Salizar gets slowly back to his feet.
Salizar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carseen as he jumps to the side.
Johny Carseen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Salizar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salizar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carseen swats away the attempt to clinch by Salizar.
Carseen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Salizar, right into the meat.
Carseen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Salizar counters with a nice body kick.
Salizar takes the fight into the clinch.
Salizar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salizar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Salizar lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Salizar.
Carseen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salizar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Salizar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carseen blocks it with crossed arms.
Salizar landing knees to the head.
Salizar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carseen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salizar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Salizar.
Carseen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salizar lands an elbow just above Carseen 's eye.
Carseen is trying to break the clinch but Salizar is controlling him.
Carseen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salizar lands an elbow just above Carseen 's eye.
Nice elbow from Salizar.
Salizar misses with a knee to the head.
Salizar misses with a punch to the body.
Carseen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salizar is keeping busy.
Salizar pushes Carseen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salizar connects with a knee to the head.
Salizar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carseen is trying to maintain a safe position but Salizar gets an underhook and turns Carseen into the cage.
Salizar tries to land knees in the clinch but Carseen avoids the damage to the body.
Salizar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carseen's efforts to push away.
Carseen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carseen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salizar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Salizar tries a knee to the head but Carseen blocks it.
Salizar working aggressively here.
Carseen trying to control the position but instead, Salizar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carseen into the cage.
Carseen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salizar blocks an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Salizar.
Salizar landing knees to the head.
Salizar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carseen's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Salizar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice shot lands for Salizar.
Salizar is looking to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Salizar. That's going to slow Carseen down.
Salizar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carseen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salizar gets a clinch.
Salizar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carseen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Salizar missing with knees to the body.
Carseen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Salizar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salizar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Salizar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Salizar lands an elbow inside that Carseen shrugs off.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Salizar scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carseen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Salizar.
Knees to the body from Salizar.
A head punch on the inside from Carseen fails to land.
Salizar scores with a knee to the head.
Carseen misses with a punch on the inside.
Salizar lands with a short shot to the head.
Salizar lands an elbow that stopped Carseen in his tracks for a moment.
Carseen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carseen.
Salizar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carseen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Salizar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salizar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Salizar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Salizar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salizar throws an elbow that misses.
Carseen is looking to break free of the clinch but Salizar has double underhooks.
Salizar lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Carseen avoids a wild elbow strike from Salizar.
Carseen managing to block the knees to the body from Salizar.
Carseen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salizar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carseen.
Carseen can't break the clinch.
Salizar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carseen blocks it with crossed arms.
Salizar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carseen's efforts to push away.
Salizar scores with a shot to the side of Carseen's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Carseen working aggressively here.
Salizar lands an elbow just above Carseen 's eye.
Carseen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salizar has him pressed against the cage.
Salizar landing knees to the head.
Carseen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carseen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salizar scores a nice knee to the body.
Salizar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Salizar throws an elbow that misses.
Salizar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salizar misses with some punches.
Carseen has had enough of the clinch but Salizar keeps him there for the moment.
Salizar trying to land knees to the body.
Salizar misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Salizar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carseen working hard to break the clinch.
Salizar lands a hook that snaps the head of Carseen backwards.
Salizar misses with a knee strike.
Salizar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carseen blocks it with crossed arms.
Salizar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Salizar tries to land a knee to the head but Carseen blocks with his arms.
Salizar tries to land a knee to the head but Carseen blocks with his arms.
Carseen managing to block the knees to the body from Salizar.
Carseen working hard to break the clinch.
Salizar looking to throw knees to the head but Carseen is blocking nicely.
Carseen avoiding damage as Salizar throws knees to the body.
Salizar trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Carseen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carseen tries to break free but Salizar pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Salizar.
Salizar lands a damaging elbow.
Salizar lands an elbow that stopped Carseen in his tracks for a moment.
Salizar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Salizar throws an elbow but it misses.
Salizar misses with a knee strike.
Carseen looking to stall.
Pablo Salizar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carseen avoids the elbow strike from Salizar, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Salizar.
Carseen tries to break free but Salizar pushes him back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carseen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Salizar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Johny Carseen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carseen is looking to control Salizar's arms but Salizar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carseen has his back to the cage.
Salizar lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Salizar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Salizar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Salizar!
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hype
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