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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Asanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Carson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asanovic comes to the cage accompanied by Rokeri S Moravi - Daj Ribu. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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204 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikola Asanovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Carson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Asanovic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asanovic.
Carson avoids the head kick by Asanovic.
Asanovic throws a leg kick but Carson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Carson swings for the body but Asanovic moves out of range.
A jab from Carson finds it's way through Asanovic's defenses.
Carson throws a leg kick
and Asanovic counters with a two punch combo.
Asanovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carson shoots for a double leg takedown but Asanovic sprawls well. He's pushed Carson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asanovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carson.
Asanovic thows a body shot but no joy.
Carson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carson thows a body shot but no joy.
Carson throws a sloppy body shot
and Asanovic counters with a crisp one two that drops Carson! Asanovic thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Carson to his feet! Carson is in big trouble!
Carson is rocked!
Carson cracks Asanovic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Carson lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson moves out of range of the strikes.
Carson swings for the body but Asanovic moves out of range.
Carson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Carson misses with a straight right.
Asanovic throws a body punch but Carson moves out of range.
Carson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Asanovic.
Horrible takedown by Carson or perhaps it was just good defense by Asanovic which made him look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asanovic avoids the body shot from Carson.
Carson throws a jab but it's blocked by Asanovic.
Carson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Asanovic rather than just go for the knockout.
A big right from Carson misses.
Carson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Asanovic manages to avoid it.
Asanovic misses with a combination
enabling Carson to counter with a crisp jab.
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.
Carson lands a glancing blow to the side of Asanovic's head.
Carson scores with a body shot.
Asanovic wants to slow Carson down by chopping away at his legs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Carson.
Nikola Asanovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Carson.
Carson throws a shot from downtown. Asanovic moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Carson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nikola Asanovic will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Carson feints and then cracks Asanovic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Asanovic down.
Asanovic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Carson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Asanovic throws a leg kick
and Carson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Carson closes the distance and clinches up with Asanovic, looking for a takedown. Carson pushes Asanovic against the cage but Asanovic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Carson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carson avoids the head kick by Asanovic.
Asanovic thuds a left hand into Carson's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carson misses with a wild body shot.
Carson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Asanovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Asanovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Asanovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Carson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Asanovic's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson misses with a shot to the body
and Asanovic counters with a good low kick that Carson was not able to check.
Bill Carson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carson misses with a body shot.
Nikola Asanovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carson misses with a looping right.
Carson cracks Asanovic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Carson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Asanovic sprawls well. Asanovic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Carson gets slowly back to his feet.
Asanovic slips a straight right by Carson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson misses with a jab to the body
and Asanovic counters with a low kick, right behind Carson 's knee.
Asanovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Carson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Asanovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Asanovic gets caught flat footed, as Carson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Asanovic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Carson is looking to work some ground and pound but Asanovic has wrist control.
Asanovic keeping moving, preventing Carson from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson working some strikes from top position.
Carson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Asanovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carson pushing down on Asanovic's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Asanovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Carson prevents Asanovic from standing back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Asanovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carson wants to free his trapped foot but Asanovic is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Carson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Carson wants to take a breather but Asanovic is having none of it.
Asanovic wants to get back to his feet.
Carson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Asanovic sees it coming and defends easily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A shot to the body from Carson misses
and Asanovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Carson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Asanovic throws a series of punches but Carson moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Carson misses the target.
Carson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carson tries to bum rush Asanovic with a series of wild strikes but Asanovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carson checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Asanovic checks it well.
Carson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson cracks Asanovic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Asanovic lands with an overhand left.
Carson digs a good hook to Asanovic's body.
Carson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Carson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asanovic moves away.
Carson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Asanovic counters with a three punch combo that has Carson backing up. Carson nods at Asanovic to acknowledge the strikes.
Asanovic moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asanovic ducks under a wild hook from Carson.
Carson has a takedown stuffed.
Carson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asanovic throws a jab when Carson was well out of range.
Carson shoots in for a takedown but Asanovic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bill Carson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asanovic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Asanovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson throws a combination. Asanovic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Carson throws a body punch but Asanovic moves out of range.
Asanovic misses with a double jab
and Carson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asanovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carson throws out the jab.
Nice body punch from Carson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson misses with an uppercut. Asanovic saw that one coming.
Carson dives in and grabs Asanovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Asanovic pushes down on Carson's head and hops out.
Nikola Asanovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Carson.
A head kick misses from Asanovic.
Carson misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Carson.
Asanovic looks to land a right hand but Carson moved out of range.
Asanovic tries to work over Carson's front leg with a kick but Carson checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Asanovic clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Asanovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Asanovic tries to move into range but Carson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Asanovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carson.
Carson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Asanovic looks to land a combination but Carson avoids it well.
Asanovic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Asanovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Asanovic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Carson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Asanovic.
Asanovic misses with a low kick as Carson jumps back.
Carson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Asanovic counters with a nice leg kick.
Asanovic slips under a jab.
Carson throws a looping overhand right but Asanovic ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carson misses with a straight right.
Carson misses with a hook. Asanovic ducked under it nicely.
Asanovic tries to bum rush Carson with a series of wild strikes but Carson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nikola Asanovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Carson.
Carson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Asanovic doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson throws an overhand right that lands on Asanovic's shoulder, as Asanovic tries to avoid the shot.
Carson scores with a body shot.
Carson just misses with a punch to the body.
Asanovic tries to clinch but Carson moves out of range.
Carson misses the jab.
Carson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asanovic moves away.
A punch combination from Carson misses.
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.
Carson looks to score with a jab to the body but Asanovic is just out of range.
Carson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carson lands with a shot to the body.
Carson throws and low kick but Asanovic moves out of range easily.
Carson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asanovic moves away.
Carson misses with a combination
and Asanovic counters with a series of strikes. Carson will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Asanovic had his way with Bill Carson in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Carson looks to score with a jab to the body but Asanovic is just out of range.
Asanovic misses with a jab to the body
and Carson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Asanovic.
Carson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asanovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Carson.
Asanovic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Asanovic tries to score with a low kick but Carson moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson connects with the punch.
Carson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Asanovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Asanovic missing with a left hand there. Carson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Carson!
Nice takedown defense from Asanovic. No joy for Carson on that attempt.
Asanovic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Carson counter with a right hand.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Carson throws a nice looking combination but Asanovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson throws a jab when Asanovic was well out of range.
Asanovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carson.
Carson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Asanovic did well to prevent Carson getting side control.
Carson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Asanovic wants to improve his position but Carson is controlling well.
Carson is trying to control the action in half guard but Asanovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Carson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carson is looking to take a break and control but Asanovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Carson working Asanovic over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asanovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Asanovic defending well though.
Carson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carson is keen to just control but Asanovic is a slippery customer.
Carson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Asanovic defending well though.
Carson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Asanovic keeps working.
Asanovic wants to get back to full guard.
Carson thows a huge punch but Asanovic dodges it nicely.
Asanovic keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Bill Carson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Carson or perhaps it was just good defense by Asanovic which made him look bad.
Nikola Asanovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Asanovic lands a head kick!
Asanovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Carson.
Nikola Asanovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Carson.
Carson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asanovic moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikola Asanovic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Asanovic 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 48:47
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 49:47
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikola Asanovic!
Nikola Asanovic is the new middleweight champion!
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