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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osuka Kasumia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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202 lbs
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185 lbs
12 - 7 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Calvin Carter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Osuka Kasumia!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasumia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter scores with a hook to the body. Kasumia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Carter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kasumia tries to clinch up but Carter circles away and keeps his distance.
Kasumia doesn't manage to clinch there - Carter circles away.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Kasumia tries to clinch up but Carter circles away and keeps his distance.
Kasumia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kasumia doesn't manage to clinch there - Carter circles away.
Kasumia tries to clinch but Carter moves out of range.
Carter scores with a one two! Kasumia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kasumia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kasumia walks into a jab.
Kasumia blocks a head kick by Carter.
Carter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kasumia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters by moving into the clinch.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters by moving into the clinch.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kasumia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kasumia tries to clinch
and Carter counters with a solid body kick.
A jab lands there for Carter.
Kasumia looks to clinch
and Carter counters with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kasumia has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
A nice left hand lands by Carter.
Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kasumia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Carter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kasumia looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Carter avoiding damage as Kasumia throws knees to the body.
Kasumia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carter gets a clinch.
Carter gets through Kasumia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.
Carter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kasumia backwards.
Kasumia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Carter.
Kasumia looks gassed!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Carter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a nice body kick.
Carter lands with a nice combination. Kasumia backs away looking to recover.
Carter throws the kick towards the body but Kasumia avoids it.
Carter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter lands a nice hook to Kasumia's body. Kasumia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Carter darts in and clinches Kasumia up against the cage.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carter lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kasumia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
A short left from Carter.
Carter scores with a knee to the head.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kasumia backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carter lands with a shot to the body.
Carter moves into range and clinches up with Kasumia.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carter.
Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Carter tries to bum rush Kasumia with a series of wild strikes but Kasumia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter connects with a single shot there.
Carter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kasumia darts in trying to clinch
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Carter dominated that round.
That's time! Carter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kasumia looks to clinch
and Carter counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kasumia looks to clinch
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kasumia tries to clinch
and Carter counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carter.
Kasumia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kasumia misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Kasumia.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Kasumia, against the cage.
Kasumia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a one-two to the body.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a low kick, right behind Kasumia 's knee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kasumia avoids a kick to the body.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a good, hard body kick but Kasumia shrugs it off.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a body kick that stops Kasumia in his tracks momentarily.
Kasumia is breathing heavily.
Carter has managed to clinch.
Kasumia has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Carter.
Kasumia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kasumia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Kasumia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kasumia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carter scores with a one two! Kasumia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Osuka Kasumia has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters by moving into the clinch.
Kasumia tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Carter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kasumia can do to turn this around?
Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carter looks to throw the jab but Kasumia is out of range.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kasumia darts in trying to clinch
and Carter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a jab to the head.
Kasumia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carter darts in and clinches Kasumia up against the cage.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Kasumia, against the cage.
Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kasumia backwards.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Kasumia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kasumia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Calvin Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
Kasumia wants to clinch
and Carter counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia tries to clinch
and Carter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kasumia looks to clinch
and Carter counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carter.
Carter lands a nice uppercut.
Kasumia creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kasumia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter avoiding damage as Kasumia throws knees to the body.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Kasumia.
Kasumia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kasumia is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carter is leaning against Kasumia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kasumia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kasumia throws an elbow but it misses.
Carter with a knee to the head.
Carter landing knees to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Carter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kasumia, pushing him back against the cage.
Kasumia misses with the head strike.
Kasumia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Carter lands a nice uppercut.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Carter dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Osuka Kasumia's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kasumia tries to clinch
and Carter counters by clinching up.
Kasumia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kasumia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kasumia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kasumia tries to clinch but Carter moves away
and Carter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Kasumia.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasumia looks to clinch
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Kasumia wants to clinch
and Carter counters with a one-two to the body.
Kasumia clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Carter moves into the clinch.
A short right from Kasumia on the inside.
Carter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kasumia blocks it with crossed arms.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kasumia lands a knee to the body.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kasumia tries to clinch
and Carter makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a left to the body.
Carter has managed to clinch.
Kasumia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Calvin Carter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kasumia misses with an elbow over the top.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.
Kasumia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Kasumia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kasumia has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Kasumia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Kasumia, against the cage.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Kasumia.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carter lands a glancing blow to the side of Kasumia's head.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kasumia pushes off an throws an elbow but Carter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kasumia throws a head punch that misses.
Kasumia creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carter lands an uppercut.
Kasumia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kasumia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carter stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carter cracks Kasumia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Carter throws a head kick that misses.
Carter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kasumia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carter counters with a three punch combo that has Kasumia backing up. Kasumia nods at Carter to acknowledge the strikes.
Carter throws a body punch but Kasumia moves out of range.
Kasumia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter moves into the clinch.
Kasumia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Kasumia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Kasumia.
Kasumia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kasumia dodges the punch combination from Carter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Carter clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Osuka Kasumia's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Carter scores with a hook to the body. Kasumia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Carter takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kasumia wants to clinch
and Carter moves into the clinch.
Carter gets through Kasumia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter avoiding damage as Kasumia throws knees to the body.
Kasumia trying to land knees to the body.
Kasumia lands an elbow inside that Carter shrugs off.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kasumia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kasumia tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Carter scores with a shot to the side of Kasumia's head.
Carter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kasumia is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lands a body shot.
Carter scores with a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carter, right into the meat.
Carter scores with a nice head shot.
Carter has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kasumia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carter.
Carter is leaning against Kasumia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carter lands a nice shot to the body.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Carter throws a head kick but Kasumia moves out of range.
Kasumia wants to clinch
and Carter moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Kasumia.
Kasumia throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carter has Kasumia pushed against the cage.
Carter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kasumia missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Carter.
Kasumia misses with a knee to the head.
Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carter closes the distance and clinches.
Kasumia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Carter scores with a knee to the head.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carter moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Carter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kasumia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
Kasumia misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kasumia backwards.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kasumia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Carter.
Carter breaks the clinch.
Kasumia clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Kasumia.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter lunges at Kasumia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kasumia's hand.
Carter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carter lands with a good body shot.
Kasumia clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Kasumia on the inside.
Kasumia misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kasumia looks to clinch
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Kasumia clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kasumia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Kasumia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carter counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Carter had his way with Osuka Kasumia in that round.
The cut man is working on Osuka Kasumia's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A cross from Carter lands.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Kasumia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carter, right into the meat.
Kasumia tries to clinch but Carter moves away
and Carter counters with a leg kick.
Carter clinches up against the cage.
Carter lands a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Carter.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kasumia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kasumia pushes off an throws an elbow but Carter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carter clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kasumia throws an elbow but misses.
Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kasumia blocks a head kick by Carter.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kasumia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kasumia thinking.
Carter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kasumia clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Carter missing with a left hand there. Kasumia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kasumia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasumia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Carter scores with a hook to the body. Kasumia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Carter lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carter.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kasumia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carter counters with a left and a right that stings Kasumia.
Kasumia tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kasumia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carter lands with an overhand left.
Kasumia wants to clinch
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Kasumia clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter rushes Kasumia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kasumia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter breaks the clinch.
Kasumia wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Calvin Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kasumia closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Kasumia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kasumia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Osuka Kasumia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter lands with an uppercut that bounces Kasumia off the cage and back into rage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin Carter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 50:41
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:41
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:41
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin Carter!
Calvin Carter retains his middleweight title!
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