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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Calvin Carver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos tries to clinch there but Carver circles away.
Santos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Carver to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Carver lands a couple of elbows.
Carver trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Carver missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Carver working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Carver throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Carver is looking to work some ground and pound but Santos has wrist control.
Carver trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Carver takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carver misses with a wild combination.
Carver slips under a jab.
Carver shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Carver's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Carver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carver closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Carver lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Carver cracks Santos with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos prevents Carver from improving position.
Santos is not content to let Carver control the position.
Santos manages to get back to half guard.
Carver is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Santos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Carver scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.
Carver wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Carver throws a strike but Santos avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Carver with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carver tries to stand but Santos is controlling from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Carver slips the punch.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Carver.
Carver throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santos counters with a left and a right that stings Carver.
Carver is breathing heavily.
Carver throws a combination that misses
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Santos pushes Carver up against the ropes in a clinch.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carver fails to pull guard.
Carver blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Santos stalling in the clinch but Carver improves position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos landing knees to the body.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Carver takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carver lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos wants to stall.
Santos working Carver over with knees to the body.
Santos landing knees to the head.
Santos working Carver over with knees to the body.
Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carver blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Carver's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Carver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santos is pushing Carver up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Carver is working for takedown but Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Carver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Carver takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Carver manages to break the clinch.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Carver has his takedown stuffed
and Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos crunches a lovely knee into Carver's ribcage.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carver tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Carver is blocking nicely.
Carver is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Carver is blocking nicely.
Carver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carver goes for a takedown attempt but Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's six 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.
Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
Carver tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Carver backing up. Carver nods at Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
Santos is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carver.
Carver comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Carver throws a combination that misses
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos defending well as Carver loads up on a big left hand.
Santos throws a right hand that Carver ducks under and follows up with a left that Carver also avoids with ease.
Carver misses with a combination
and Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Santos.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Carver is trying to break free.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Carver wants to get back to striking at distance but Santos won't allow it.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carver lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Carver from controlling successfully.
Carver throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Carver wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Carver with a flurry of punches that miss.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carver's guard.
Carver looking for a sweep. Not yet Carver, not yet.
Carver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Carver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Carver tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Carver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Carver fails to land the takedown.
Carver misses with a double jab
and Santos counters with a two punch combo.
Santos is looking to clinch but Carver is avoiding it.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carver shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Calvin Carver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Carver drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carver trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to control but Carver wriggling away.
Carver tries to lock up and control but Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Santos looking to secure an arm triangle but Carver defends it well.
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.
Carver is trying to escape the mount.
Carver wants to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
Santos swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Carver is now in Santos's guard. A big mistake from Santos there, giving up the dominant position!
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Santos, up you get!
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Carver. Carver gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Carver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Santos as Carver shoots in.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Carver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos misses the body punch
and Carver counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A cross from Santos lands.
Calvin Carver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carver lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Santos catches Carver right on the button with a cross.
Carver takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Carver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Horrible takedown by Carver or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Carver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.
Santos with a knee to the head.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Carver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Carver gets an underhook and turns Santos into the ropes.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carver's efforts to push away.
Carver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Santos misses with an elbow over the top.
Carver working hard to break the clinch.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos keeps control of Carver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos prevents Carver from breaking the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Carver.
Santos stalling against the ropes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carver's efforts to push away.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carver tries to pull guard but Santos won't allow it.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Carver has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carver's brow.
Carver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carver looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carver is trying to break free.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Carver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Carver is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the ropes.
Carver is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Carver avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos is trying to stall.
Santos prevents Carver from breaking the clinch.
Santos prevents Carver from breaking the clinch.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carver tries to break free but Santos pushes him back against the ropes.
Come on Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carver has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Carver avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
Carver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Carver wants a takedown.
Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Santos misses.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's eight 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.
Carver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carver clobbers Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carver throws a lazy head kick
and Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
Carver takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos misses with the combination.
Carver wants to clinch.
Carver pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Carver shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos is looking to clinch but Carver is avoiding it.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Carver pushes him off.
Santos throws a series of punches but Carver moves out of range.
Carver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos closes the distance but Carver moves to the side
and Carver counters with a nice double leg into side control. Santos won't be happy with that.
Santos is looking for a sweep.
Santos parries the strikes from Carver easily there. Carver is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Santos to escape.
Santos wants to control but Carver postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Steve Santos!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Steve Santos!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Steve Santos!
Steve Santos wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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