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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Johnson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronald Carr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carr changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johnson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Carr is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Carr lands a nice forearm strike.
Carr 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.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carr 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.
Carr scores with a couple of short elbows.
Johnson parries the strikes from Carr easily there. Carr is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Johnson to escape.
Johnson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Carr has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Carr sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johnson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Carr throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Carr working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Carr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Carr lands a nice forearm strike.
Carr creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Carr cracks Johnson with a big right hand but Johnson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr lands some shots froms side control.
Carr is chipping away with strikes.
Carr fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Carr is controlling him well.
Johnson parries the strikes from Carr easily there. Carr is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Johnson to escape.
Carr scores with a couple of short elbows.
Carr working the head with strikes.
Carr is working Johnson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Carr is breathing heavily.
Johnson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Carr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Carr.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Carr circles away easily
and Carr decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carr landing with the ground and pound.
Carr postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Carr postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Carr is having none of it.
Carr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Carr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson wants to stand up but Carr is controlling him.
Carr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson connects with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Carr has a takedown stuffed.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carr is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Carr shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Carr's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Carr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carr darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Johnson has hold of Carr's hands but Carr slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Carr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carr winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carr working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Carr prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Carr seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Carr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carr thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Johnson pushes Carr off looking to stand but Carr dives back in and keeps control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carr drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Carr landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carr landing a few strikes.
Carr misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald Carr dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Carr should have avoided that one.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carr was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a takedown
so Carr counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Carr is working Johnson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carr stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Carr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Check out the look on Carr's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Carr stands up and we're back to a striking position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carr scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carr landing shots from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Carr there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Carr looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Carr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Carr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johnson's face.
Carr raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Carr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johnson taking shots to the head.
Carr is landing with some decent strikes but Johnson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Carr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
You get the feeling that Johnson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Carr connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Carr tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Carr working Johnson over with strikes here.
Carr thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Johnson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Carr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carr with the ground and pound from mount.
Carr throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Carr loaded up on that one.
Johnson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Carr.
BOOM! Carr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Carr won't let Johnson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Carr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johnson's face.
BOOM! Carr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Carr working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Carr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Carr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
Carr landing strikes from the mount.
Carr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
You get the feeling that Johnson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Carr landing strikes, looking to finish!
Carr lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Carr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Carr throwing strikes here but Johnson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Johnson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Carr.
Carr misses with some ground and pound and Johnson recovers position to half guard.
Johnson is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald Carr dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Carr misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carr drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Carr closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Carr circles away easily
and Carr counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Johnson's guard now.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Carr stops Johnson from standing up.
Carr thows a big elbow that misses.
Carr is working Johnson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carr throwing strikes but missing.
Carr stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson works over Carr's head and body with a nice combination.
Carr misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carr bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Johnson is trying to buck Carr off.
Johnson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Johnson is pushing Carr's head away, looking to escape. Carr manages to hold on to the position though.
Carr working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carr tries to advance to mount but can't.
Johnson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Carr working the ground and pound from side control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Carr shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Carr keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Carr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carr misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Carr with a lazy takedown attempt
and Carr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carr shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Johnson is trying to defend but Carr finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Carr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carr working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Carr with the ground and pound but Johnson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ronald Carr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carr postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Carr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Carr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Carr pinned against the cage. Carr gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Carr shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Carr is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johnson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Carr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Carr thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Johnson is trying to stand up here but Carr is controlling him well.
Steve Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ronald Carr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Carr will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Carr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carr, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronald Carr!
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hype
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