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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carwin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mama Said Knock You Out. Potter has chosen THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT as his entrance music. Carter Potter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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196 cm
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265 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carter Potter!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Potter avoids the body shot from Carwin.
Potter throws a head kick that misses.
Carwin throws a hook to the side of Potter's head but Potter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Potter throws the left hand but Carwin avoids the punch easily.
Carwin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Potter scores with a shot to the body.
Potter misses with a head kick.
Carwin tries to clinch up but Potter circles away and keeps his distance.
Potter misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carwin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Carwin walks into a straight right hand from Potter.
Carwin scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potter is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Carwin taking some punishment here, with Potter in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter wants to pass to mount but Carwin is defending the position.
Carwin wants to get back to full guard.
Potter trying to control from half guard but Carwin is working away.
Carwin is looking for a sweep. Potter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Potter thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Carwin to regain full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Potter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Potter working some strikes from top position.
Potter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Potter tries to free his leg and advance position but Carwin is retaining full guard.
Carwin is trying to keep Potter in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Potter trying to control but Carwin is working from the bottom.
Carwin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Potter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Potter preventing the sweep.
Potter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Potter looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potter looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Carwin is avoiding damage well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin is trying to get back to half guard.
What's Carwin going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Potter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Potter working away.
Carwin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Potter working away.
Carwin is trying to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Carwin throws a hard body shot but it just 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.
Carwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potter connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Carwin's hands.
Potter misses with a looping left.
Potter pushes Carwin up against the cage in a clinch.
Carwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Potter looks gassed!
Carwin misses with an elbow over the top.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.
Carwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Potter controls his hands.
Carwin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Potter blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carwin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Potter as Carwin tries to tie him up.
Carwin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Carter Potter will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Potter moves out of range as Carwin strikes.
Potter keeps the fight on the outside.
Potter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Carwin with a jab.
It looks like Carter Potter has been cut.
Potter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Potter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carwin manages to avoid it.
Carwin misses with the combination.
Potter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carwin scoring well with a low kick there.
Carwin misses the shot to the body.
Potter tests Carwin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Carwin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter blocks a low kick nicely.
Potter clinches but Carwin breaks the clinch
and Carwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Potter misses the jab.
Carwin slips a jab and a cross from Potter.
Carwin cracks Potter with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Carwin clinches with his opponent.
Carwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Potter's elbow.
Carwin lands a nice uppercut.
Potter is trying to break the clinch but Carwin is controlling him.
Carwin prevents a body shot from Potter.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Potter trying to control the position from guard on top but Carwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Potter is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Potter throwing strikes from guard but Carwin blocks nicely.
Potter slips nicely into half guard.
Carwin trying to control here.
Potter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carwin's head.
Carwin gets full guard.
Carwin keeping moving, preventing Potter from controlling successfully.
Carwin pulls Potter in close to his closed guard and prevents Potter from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Potter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Potter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Carwin's guard.
Carwin gets full guard.
Carwin working a defensive guard here.
Potter preventing the sweep.
Potter scoring with punches to the head and body.
Carwin wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Potter is now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin tries to roll over but Potter keeps him under control.
Carwin is refusing to be controlled, as Potter sits in half guard.
Potter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carwin is concentrating on defense, preventing Potter from advancing position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Potter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carwin's head.
Still in half guard, Potter seems content to control.
Potter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Carwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carter Potter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Carwin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Potter slips under a jab from Carwin.
Potter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Potter lands with a good body shot.
Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carwin.
Potter throws out a leg kick but Carwin moves out of range and Potter only half commits.
Potter blocks a low kick nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Potter, as that shot connected.
Carwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Potter.
Potter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Potter scores with a three punch combo!
Potter throws a lazy right hand but Carwin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carwin misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Potter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carwin manages to avoid it.
Potter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carwin throws out the jab.
Potter clinches up with Carwin and pushes him back against the cage.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carwin backwards.
Carwin lands a body shot.
Carwin struggles to land a body shot inside as Potter controls his hands.
Carwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Carwin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Carwin.
Potter slowing the pace effectively.
Potter digs a right hand underneath Carwin's ribcage. Carwin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Potter gets through Carwin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Potter.
Potter lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Potter.
Carwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter lands a body punch.
Potter works on Carwin's body with a couple of short punches.
Potter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Carwin backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Potter.
Potter stalling against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Potter.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Potter lands a nice shot to the body.
Potter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Potter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A body shot lands from Potter.
Carwin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Potter gets through Carwin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Potter.
Potter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carwins head.
Potter lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Potter.
A short right from Potter.
A left hand lands to the body for Potter.
Potter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carwin or not.
Potter lands a shot to the body.
Potter lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Potter has a takedown stuffed.
Shane Carwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Potter connects with a body shot.
Carwin tries to clinch but Potter moves out of range.
Potter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Potter tries to close the distance and clinch but Carwin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Potter swings for the body but Carwin moves out of range.
Potter misses with a body kick.
Carwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carwin pushes Potter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Potter lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carwin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin manages to break the clinch.
Carwin throws a looping overhand right but Potter ducks down to avoid it.
Carwin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carwin missing with a left hand there. Potter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carwin missing with a left hand there. Potter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. Carwin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potter lands a jab to Carwin's midsection.
A punch combination from Potter misses.
Carwin misses with a shot to the body
and Potter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Potter misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carwin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Potter circles away quickly and effectively.
Potter thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
Carter Potter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Potter 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carter Potter!
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