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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dison Karabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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200 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dison Karabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karabre is trying to push Smith away but Smith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karabre lands with a light punch inside.
Karabre taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Karabre smiles and moves away.
Karabre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karabre closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Karabre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith scores with a takedown into Karabre's guard.
Karabre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Karabre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dison Karabre has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
No joy there for Karabre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Dison Karabre has been cut.
Smith has closed the distance and engaged Karabre in a clinch.
Smith fails to pull guard.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Karabre breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karabre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Karabre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Karabre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karabre tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Karabre misses with a few strikes there.
Karabre dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Karabre goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karabre tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karabre avoids the head kick by Smith.
Karabre misses with the combination.
Karabre lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Karabre.
Smith drives through and clinches with Karabre against the cage.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Karabre has him pressed against the cage.
Karabre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith swings for the body but Karabre moves out of range.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Karabre tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Karabre to the ground. Karabre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dison Karabre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Smith.
Karabre throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Dison Karabre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karabre has Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Karabre tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karabre lands a knee to the head.
Karabre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karabre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karabre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karabre gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Karabre is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith is looking to stand up but Karabre won't let him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karabre keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dison Karabre will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dison Karabre's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Karabre tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Karabre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Karabre.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Karabre.
Karabre lands a jab-cross combination.
Karabre lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Karabre.
Karabre tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karabre misses with a two punch combination.
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!
Karabre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Karabre tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Karabre to the ground. Karabre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Karabre - just one landing.
Smith changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karabre looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karabre wants to control but Smith postures up.
Smith working the body and head with strikes.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karabre keeps working.
Smith decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Karabre tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karabre's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Karabre duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Karabre throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice takedown defense from Karabre. No joy for Smith on that attempt.
Dison Karabre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Smith.
Karabre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karabre tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karabre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt
and Karabre counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.
Karabre scores with a body shot.
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Karabre sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Smith looks for a takedown but Karabre sprawls well.
Karabre scores with a one two! Smith had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Karabre swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Karabre misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Karabre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Karabre is trying to defend but Smith finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Smith looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Karabre misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Karabre won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karabre tries to get to full guard but Smith has control of the leg.
Smith is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dison Karabre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dison Karabre's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Karabre bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Karabre misses with a double jab.
Karabre throws a one two combo.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smith has managed to clinch.
Smith manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karabre stands and steps away. Smith gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karabre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karabre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dison Karabre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karabre lands a jab-cross combination.
Smith throws a lazy head kick
and Karabre counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Karabre swivels and escapes.
Smith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Karabre is fending him off so far but Smith persists. Nope, Karabre circles away and we're back to standing.
Dison Karabre is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Karabre stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karabre tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Danga de danga de dang - Karabre scores with a four punch combination!
Karabre throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karabre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Karabre sprawls well. Karabre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Dison Karabre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Smith.
No joy there for Karabre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Karabre.
Smith tries to clinch there but Karabre circles away.
Karabre swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Smith trying to control but Karabre is working from the bottom.
Karabre controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
Smith would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes into half guard.
Smith stalling away here and it's allowed Karabre to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Smith trying to control but Karabre is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dison Karabre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karabre, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dison Karabre!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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