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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Justin Carmichael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carmichael comes to the cage accompanied by Biggie Smalls - Kick in the Door . Young is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by AC/DC - Live Wire. Angus Young has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Justin Carmichael's chin.
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154 lbs
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153 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Carmichael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carmichael takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A good leg kick by Carmichael.
Carmichael on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Young. Young obviously looking to wear him down.
Carmichael lands a really nice looking cross but Young seems unphased.
Young throws out a loose jab but Carmichael uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Carmichael stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A head kick misses from Young.
Carmichael feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Young's calf.
Carmichael moves away from the strike by Young.
Carmichael takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Young misses with a low kick.
Young tries to clinch but Carmichael is having none of it.
Carmichael bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young's head.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carmichael paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carmichael swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses the jab.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carmichael swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Carmichael just misses with a punch to the body.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Carmichael moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carmichael ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Nice body kick from Young.
Carmichael tries to keep at a distance but Young has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Young lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carmichael blocks it with crossed arms.
Carmichael has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Young has Carmichael pushed against the cage.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Carmichael avoids the damage to the body.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carmichael has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carmichael blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young slows down the pace here.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carmichael or not.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young crunches a lovely knee into Carmichael's ribcage.
Young putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Carmichael in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Young manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carmichael blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carmichael on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Carmichael blocks with his arms.
Young tries a knee to the head but Carmichael blocks it.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carmichael blocks it with crossed arms.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carmichael.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carmichael.
Carmichael wants to break free but Young has control.
Young tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young just leaning against Carmichael, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Young.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carmichael.
Carmichael manages to break the clinch.
Young on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Carmichael misses with a straight left.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young is looking to clinch but Carmichael is avoiding it.
Carmichael takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
Carmichael lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
Carmichael pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young throws a leg kick
and Carmichael counters with a big head kick but Young shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Angus Young will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Young keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carmichael.
Both fighters circling a little - Young finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Young throws a lazy head kick
and Carmichael counters with a slapping leg kick.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Carmichael lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Carmichael throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Carmichael is looking to score with low kicks.
Carmichael takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young throws a head kick that Carmichael semi-blocks.
It looks like Justin Carmichael has been cut.
Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Carmichael, pushing him back against the cage.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carmichael.
Carmichael wants to stall.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carmichael.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carmichael taking a breather.
Carmichael letting Young take a breather here.
Young tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Young.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Carmichael as Young tries to tie him up.
Carmichael looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carmichael wants to break free but Young has control.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carmichael has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carmichael is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carmichael breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two 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.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carmichael misses the shot to the body.
Young fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carmichael on the side of the head.
Carmichael circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carmichael counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Angus Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carmichael ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Justin Carmichael is winning the standup battle so far.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Carmichael swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carmichael lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Young tries to clinch but Carmichael moves out of range.
Carmichael avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A low kick from Carmichael is predictable there
and Young counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Carmichael is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Young misses with an attempted mid kick.
Carmichael misses the shot to the body.
Carmichael moves out of range of the body kick.
Carmichael throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
Carmichael misses with a hook.
Carmichael misses the shot to the body.
Young lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.
Young thumps Carmichael with a low kick.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to land a body kick
and Carmichael counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Young is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Carmichael motions for Young to come forward. Carmichael throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carmichael throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Young has closed the distance and engaged Carmichael in a clinch.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carmichael backwards.
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!
The referee calls for Young to work.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Carmichael blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Carmichael doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Justin Carmichael's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Carmichael throws a head kick that misses.
Young closes the distance but Carmichael moves to the side
and Carmichael counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young missing with a left hand there. Carmichael was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carmichael.
Carmichael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Carmichael will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young throws a series of punches but Carmichael avoids them all with ease.
Carmichael connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Young scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Young. That's going to slow Carmichael down.
Carmichael misses the jab.
Young does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Young tries a low kick but Carmichael avoids it.
Carmichael tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carmichael throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carmichael throws a combination that misses
and Young makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Carmichael really felt that one!
Angus Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carmichael just misses with a punch to the body.
Young wants to slow Carmichael down by chopping away at his legs.
Carmichael misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick there by Young.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young throws a leg kick
and Carmichael counters with an outside leg kick.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Carmichael pushes him off.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carmichael is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Carmichael slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Carmichael is able to avoid easily.
Young walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carmichael checks a leg kick.
Carmichael takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Carmichael moves out of range easily.
Carmichael moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Carmichael circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carmichael counters with an outside leg kick.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carmichael.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carmichael has time to react.
Carmichael blocks a head kick by Young.
Young tries to clinch there but Carmichael circles away.
Carmichael misses with a body shot.
Carmichael takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Young displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Young pivots, looking for a leg kick but Carmichael is out of range and Young settles back down.
Carmichael misses with a straight left.
Angus Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young checks a leg kick.
Justin Carmichael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Carmichael counters with a good, hard body kick but Young shrugs it off.
Young throws a push kick but Carmichael slaps the foot to one side.
Carmichael throws a leg kick
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carmichael misses with a kick to the body.
Carmichael thows a leg kick but Young checks it
and Young counters with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Angus Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angus Young!
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