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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Carwin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Howard's chin.
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178 lbs
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185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shane Carwin!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard darts in and clinches Carwin up against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Howard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carwin's brow.
Howard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carwin pushes off an throws an elbow but Howard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Howard gets through Carwin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Howard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Howard lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Howard throws an elbow but misses.
Carwin is trying to break the clinch but Howard is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
Carwin wants to get back to striking at distance but Howard won't allow it.
Howard misses with the head strike.
Howard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Howard lands an elbow inside that Carwin shrugs off.
It looks like Shane Carwin has been cut.
Howard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carwin backwards.
Carwin trying to stall but Howard improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Carwin.
Howard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carwins head.
Howard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Howard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Carwin blocks an elbow strike from Howard.
Carwin blocks an elbow strike from Howard.
Carwin is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Carwin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carwin.
Carwin wants a takedown.
John Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Carwin.
Carwin successfully pulls guard.
Howard wanted to stand there but Carwin had control of the position.
Howard trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Carwin tries to strike from the bottom.
Carwin controls Howard momentarily but Howard frees himself.
Howard has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carwin is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carwin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carwin throws a wild body kick that Howard sees coming a mile off.
Carwin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Howard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Howard clinches up with Carwin and pushes him back against the ropes.
Carwin dodges an elbow strike from Howard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Carwin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Carwin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Howard smiles and moves away.
Howard throws a hook to the side of Carwin's head but Carwin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Howard counters with a left to the body.
Carwin looks gassed!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Howard!
Howard takes the fight into the clinch.
Howard scores with a shoulder strike.
Carwin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Howard walks away with a smile on his face. Carwin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Howard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
John Howard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Howard looks to land a combination but Carwin avoids it well.
Howard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Decent striking displayed by Howard there.
Danga de danga de dang - Howard scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carwin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Howard jabs at Carwin's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard catches Carwin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Howard lands an overhand right.
Howard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carwin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Howard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carwin misses with a takedown
and Howard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Howard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Carwin on the side of the head.
Carwin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Howard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howard misses with a looping left.
Howard closes the distance and clinches.
Howard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carwin can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Howard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Carwin's cut.
That's time! Howard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A punch combination from Howard misses.
Howard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Howard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Howard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Carwin's hands.
Howard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
John Howard is winning the standup battle so far.
Carwin ducks under a wild hook from Howard.
Carwin tries to clinch
and Howard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carwin is rocked!
Howard looks to throw the jab but Carwin is out of range.
Howard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Howard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carwin is still on wobbly legs! Can Howard finish him?
Howard misses with a straight left.
Howard loads up on a big right hand but Carwin slips the punch.
Howard throws a monster overhand right that drops Carwin! Howard follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Howard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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