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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lei Tong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 Sydney, Lei Tong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Carwin!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tong cracks the inside of Carwin's front leg.
Crunch! Tong slams his shin into Carwin's torso.
Tong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shane Carwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carwin waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Tong. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Tong to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
It looks like Lei Tong has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carwin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tong swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tong wants to stand and escape but Carwin is having none of it.
Carwin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tong is proving hard to escape from.
Carwin prevents Tong from getting back to his feet.
Carwin thows a big elbow that misses.
Carwin throwing strikes but missing.
Tong is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tong tries to clinch but Carwin moves out of range.
Tong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tong wants to clinch up but Carwin keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin misses with a looping left.
Carwin fails to land with a series of punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tong.
Tong connects with a high kick.
Tong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tong closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carwin circles away.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carwin looks gassed!
Carwin throws a right hand that Tong ducks under and follows up with a left that Tong also avoids with ease.
Carwin swinging wildly here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tong, right into the meat.
Carwin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Carwin keeps the fight on the outside.
Carwin fails to land with a series of punches.
Tong thumps Carwin with a low kick.
Tong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tong feints and then cracks Carwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carwin down.
Carwin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shane Carwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tong - that will leave a mark!
Tong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carwin's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tong, right into the meat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tong shoots in looking for a takedown. Carwin tries to sprawl out of it but Tong keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carwin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tong scores with a leg kick.
Tong throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carwin's waist but Carwin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tong off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lei Tong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Carwin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tong.
Tong scores with a head kick.
Tong lands with a slapping head kick.
Tong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carwin misses with a double jab.
Carwin tries to keep at a distance but Tong has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tong tries to break the clinch but Carwin is controlling the position.
Tong working hard to break the clinch.
Tong breaks the clinch.
Tong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carwin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carwin misses with a hook. Tong ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tong tries to clinch but Carwin moves out of range.
Carwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Tong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carwin misses the jab.
Tong instigates a clinch.
Tong working hard to break the clinch.
Tong tries to circle away but Carwin has him pinned against the cage.
Tong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carwin tries to circle away but Tong has him pinned against the cage.
Tong has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tong is trying to break free.
Carwin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Tong's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tong tries to break free but Carwin pushes him back against the cage.
Tong drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carwin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carwin misses with a two punch combination.
Tong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carwin's sensitive parts.
Good leg kick by Tong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carwin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tong can pounce on him.
Tong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tong fails with the takedown.
Carwin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Carwin duly obliges.
Tong lands a head kick. Carwin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tong tries to score with a low kick but Carwin moves his leg out of the way.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carwin misses with a few strikes there.
Carwin stuffs the takedown.
Carwin lands with a nice combination. Tong backs away looking to recover.
Carwin throws a jab when Tong was well out of range.
Tong avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carwin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carwin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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 Lei Tong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lei Tong's cut.
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.
Carwin lands a two punch combo.
Tong throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tong scores with a push kick.
Carwin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tong.
Tong scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tong.
Carwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Carwin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tong thows a body kick. Carwin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lei Tong is winning the standup battle so far.
Tong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Tong or perhaps it was just good defense by Carwin which made him look bad.
Tong pushes Carwin away with a front kick.
Carwin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tong has closed the distance and engaged Carwin in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tong misses with a knee to the head.
Tong can't break the clinch.
Carwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carwin takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Carwin throws a combination. Tong tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Carwin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carwin misses with a double jab.
Carwin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tong's head.
Carwin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tong on the side of the head.
Carwin throws the left hand but Tong avoids the punch easily.
Tong scoring well with a low kick there.
Carwin throws a right hand that Tong ducks under and follows up with a left that Tong also avoids with ease.
Carwin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Carwin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carwin.
Tong moves out of range as Carwin strikes.
Lei Tong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tong thumps Carwin with a low kick.
Tong throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carwin's waist but Carwin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tong off to one side.
Carwin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tong backs up against the cage.
Carwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tong. Tong obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carwin dips to his left and cracks Tong with an uppercut!
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tong takes one to the side of the head.
Carwin throws a right hand that Tong ducks under and follows up with a left that Tong also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Carwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tong.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Carwin throws a right hand that Tong ducks under and follows up with a left that Tong also avoids with ease.
Carwin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tong scores with a leg kick.
Tong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carwin throws a series of strikes that have Tong backpedaling.
Tong takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carwin throws a series of punches but Tong avoids them all with ease.
Tong is looking to slow Carwin down with leg kicks.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but Tong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tong throws a leg kick which misses Carwin's front leg but catches the back leg as Carwin tries to avoid it.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tong.
Carwin throws a series of punches but Tong moves out of range.
Carwin throws a series of punches but Tong moves out of range.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Carwin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carwin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tong.
Tong lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Carwin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carwin throws a series of punches but Tong moves out of range.
Carwin leaves Tong with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lei Tong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carwin finds it's way round the side to connect with Tong's head.
Tong shoots in for a takedown but Carwin shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Carwin does no damage.
Carwin throws a right and a left that Tong avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carwin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tong moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Tong is looking to clinch.
Carwin takes a kick to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tong.
Carwin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tong backs up against the cage.
Good exchange - Carwin coming out on top.
Tong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carwin. That did some damage!
Carwin looks to land a combination but Tong avoids it well.
Carwin is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tong thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Carwin if he has to take too many more of those.
Tong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carwin.
Tong thumps Carwin with a low kick.
Tong slips a straight right by Carwin.
Tong slips a jab and a cross from Carwin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Lei Tong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lei Tong's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tong feints and then cracks Carwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carwin down.
Nice takedown defense from Carwin. No joy for Tong on that attempt.
Carwin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tong.
Tong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tong manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Tong.
Tong throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tong fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Carwin avoids it really well and circles away.
Tong misses with a wild combination.
Carwin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tong counters with a leg kick.
Tong fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Carwin avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lei Tong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carwin misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tong moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tong wants to clinch.
Tong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Carwin.
Carwin throws a right and a left that Tong avoids nicely.
Carwin throws a hook to the side of Tong's head but Tong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tong. That's going to slow Carwin down.
Carwin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tong counters with a nice leg kick.
Carwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tong scores with a leg kick.
Tong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carwin's sensitive parts.
Carwin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tong counters with an outside leg kick.
Tong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carwin.
Tong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tong.
Tong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carwin misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tong.
Some wild striking there from Carwin.
Carwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tong. Tong obviously looking to wear him down.
Tong scores with a spinning back kick!
Tong shoots in for a double leg but Carwin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tong drops his hands momentarily and Carwin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tong.
Tong scores with a spinning back kick!
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tong.
Carwin swinging wildly here.
Tong lands a head kick. Carwin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tong dodges the punch combination from Carwin.
Tong moves out of range of the strikes.
Carwin tries to bum rush Tong with a series of wild strikes but Tong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carwin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tong defending well as Carwin loads up on a big left hand.
Tong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tong. That's going to slow Carwin down.
Tong is looking to slow Carwin down with leg kicks.
Tong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tong is looking to slow Carwin down with leg kicks.
Tong throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Carwin.
Carwin misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Carwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tong circles away quickly and effectively.
Carwin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tong counters with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tong tries to clinch but Carwin moves out of range.
Carwin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carwin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Carwin as Tong shoots in.
Carwin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carwin fails to land with a series of punches.
Carwin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Carwin misses its intended target.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carwin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lei Tong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carwin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shane Carwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tong gets the takedown into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lei Tong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tong has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lei Tong!
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