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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Fredericks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Fred Fredericks has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fred Fredericks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philip Carwin!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredericks tries to clinch but Carwin is having none of it.
Fredericks moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Carwin keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredericks is looking to clinch but Carwin is avoiding it.
Fredericks misses with a two punch combination.
Fredericks blocks a head kick by Carwin.
Fredericks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Carwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fredericks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Carwin fails to land.
Carwin looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fredericks unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carwin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carwin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fredericks gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fredericks landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fredericks stalling the fight.
Fredericks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fredericks moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Carwin lands a glancing blow to the side of Fredericks's head.
Fredericks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fredericks wants to clinch.
Carwin looks to land a combination. Fredericks sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A head kick by Fredericks misses
and Carwin counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredericks gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Carwin.
Fredericks lands a damaging elbow.
Carwin is looking to break free of the clinch but Fredericks has double underhooks.
Fredericks with a knee to the head.
Fredericks manages to break the clinch.
Fredericks tries to clinch but Carwin moves away
and Carwin counters with a two punch combo.
Fredericks is breathing heavily.
Carwin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carwin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fredericks is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Carwin off and has taken his back!
Carwin wants to get back to his feet.
Fredericks wants to control but Carwin is keeping busy.
Fredericks lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carwin looking very determined here, making life difficult for Fredericks.
Carwin turns into Fredericks and is now in his guard.
Fredericks trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin trying to control but Fredericks is working from the bottom.
Carwin won't allow Fredericks to sweep him here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Carwin avoids the head kick by Fredericks.
Carwin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fredericks wants to clinch.
Carwin lands with an uppercut that bounces Fredericks off the cage and back into rage.
Fredericks has Carwin up against the cage in a clinch.
Fredericks crunches a lovely knee into Carwin's ribcage.
Fredericks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fredericks content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Fredericks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fredericks lands a damaging elbow.
Carwin pulls guard successfully.
Fredericks wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
Carwin is looking to stand up but Fredericks isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredericks is looking to work some ground and pound but Carwin has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fredericks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Carwin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fredericks stops Carwin from standing up.
Fredericks wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Carwin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredericks moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Fredericks darts in trying to clinch
and Carwin counters by clinching up.
Fredericks is looking to control Carwin's arms but Carwin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fredericks has his back to the cage.
Fredericks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fredericks tries to clinch up
and Carwin counters with a two punch combo.
Fredericks wants to clinch
and Carwin counters by moving into the clinch.
Carwin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fredericks gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Fred Fredericks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Philip Carwin.
Fredericks lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredericks avoiding damage.
Fredericks looking to stall.
Carwin wants a takedown.
Fredericks with a knee to the head.
Fredericks pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fredericks is looking to control Carwin's arms but Carwin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fredericks has his back to the cage.
Carwin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fredericks pulls his leg out and moves away.
Carwin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carwin counters with a shoot takedown. Fredericks fights it but they end up in guard.
Fredericks keeping moving, preventing Carwin from controlling successfully.
Fredericks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carwin trying to control the position from guard on top but Fredericks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fredericks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fredericks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Philip Carwin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fredericks darts in trying to clinch
and Carwin counters with a low kick, right behind Fredericks 's knee.
Carwin moves into the clinch.
Fredericks avoiding damage.
Carwin scores with a shot to the side of Fredericks's head.
Fredericks lands an elbow just above Carwin 's eye.
Fredericks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carwin managing to block the knees to the body from Fredericks.
Fredericks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fredericks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fredericks wants to clinch but Carwin slips to the side
and Carwin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Carwin is looking to clinch.
Fredericks misses with an uppercut
and Carwin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fredericks closes the distance but Carwin moves to the side
and Carwin counters with a one-two to the body.
Fredericks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fredericks wants to clinch
and Carwin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Carwin is thwarting Fredericks's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carwin is looking to advance position but Fredericks won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredericks trying to control here.
Carwin wants to stand but Fredericks has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Fredericks is trying to control but can't.
Carwin wants to get back to his feet.
Carwin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fredericks knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Carwin stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Carwin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Carwin wants to stand but Fredericks is controlling his posture from full guard.
Carwin advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Fredericks moves into full guard.
Fredericks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fredericks with a couple of short strikes.
Fredericks 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.
Carwin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fredericks unloading with bombs!
Carwin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fredericks connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Carwin is rocked!
Fredericks cracks Carwin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Carwin is still in real trouble! Can Fredericks finish him?
The referee warns Carwin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fredericks dominating with strikes here.
Fredericks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredericks lands a nice shot to the head.
Fredericks raining down shots from the mount!
Fredericks unloading with bombs!
Fredericks has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carwin's face.
Carwin is trying desperately to improve position.
Fredericks raining down shots from the mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carwin is trying to escape the mount.
Fredericks raining down shots from the mount!
Fredericks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fredericks working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fredericks putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fredericks is landing with some decent strikes but Carwin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredericks lands a nice shot to the head.
Fredericks scoring with strikes but Carwin is staying in there.
Carwin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fred Fredericks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fredericks is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Carwin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Carwin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fredericks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fredericks dominating with strikes here.
Fredericks punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carwin is bucking up trying to escape but Fredericks cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fredericks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Carwin looks a forlorn figure.
Fredericks has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carwin's face.
Fredericks lands a big shot there that rocks Carwin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fredericks lands a big elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fredericks scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fredericks landing shots from mount.
Fredericks lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fredericks lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Fredericks dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Fredericks clinches but Carwin breaks the clinch
and Carwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fredericks moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Fredericks is looking to clinch.
Fredericks tries to close the distance and clinch but Carwin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fredericks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fredericks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredericks tries to clinch there but Carwin circles away.
Fredericks tries to clinch there but Carwin circles away.
Carwin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredericks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredericks is looking to clinch but Carwin is avoiding it.
Carwin swats away the attempt to clinch by Fredericks.
Fredericks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carwin swats away the attempt to clinch by Fredericks.
Fredericks tries to clinch up but Carwin circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fredericks tries to clinch but Carwin moves out of range.
Fredericks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredericks tries to clinch up.
Fred Fredericks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredericks is looking to clinch.
Fredericks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carwin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fred Fredericks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fredericks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fredericks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fredericks is looking to clinch but Carwin is avoiding it.
Fredericks is looking to clinch but Carwin is avoiding it.
Fredericks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredericks moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Carwin keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredericks is looking to clinch.
Fredericks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fredericks moves in looking to clinch but Carwin pushes him off.
Carwin seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carwin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fredericks sprawls well initially but Carwin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fredericks wants to control the action here but instead Carwin manages to pass to full mount!
Fredericks is trying desperately to improve position.
Fredericks regains half guard.
Fredericks wants to control but Carwin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredericks moves into full guard.
Carwin wanted to stand there but Fredericks had control of the position.
Carwin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fredericks striking off his back but it's not causing Carwin any problems.
Fredericks bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carwin's guard.
Fredericks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fredericks with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fredericks wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
Fredericks avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fredericks wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredericks stopping the sweep attempt from Carwin.
Carwin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Carwin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Carwin wants to control but Fredericks is keeping him busy.
Carwin drops an elbow to the side of Fredericks's head.
Carwin trying to control the action but Fredericks is working from the bottom.
Carwin slips a nice elbow through Fredericks's hands, connecting with Fredericks's forehead.
Carwin tries to pass to full mount but Fredericks defends it.
Carwin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fredericks tries to roll over but Carwin keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fredericks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carwin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fredericks manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fredericks is on top in guard.
Fredericks is in close to Carwin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fredericks working some strikes from top position.
Fredericks thows a big elbow that misses.
Fredericks wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
Fredericks connects with a couple of short punches.
Fredericks throws a big right hand that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Philip Carwin.
I think Carwin 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Fred Fredericks!
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energy
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