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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyquil Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salazar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Enter Sandman. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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202 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
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176 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Calvin Carter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nyquil Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Salazar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salazar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salazar ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Carter pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Salazar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Salazar misses with an elbow strike.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Salazar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Salazar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carter's elbow.
Salazar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Salazar.
Salazar throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Salazar obliges.
Salazar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Salazar throws an elbow that misses.
Salazar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Salazar pushes off an throws an elbow but Carter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Salazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Carter.
Carter slows down the pace here.
Salazar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carter misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Carter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Salazar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salazar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
Salazar 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 leaning his opponent against the cage.
Salazar working aggressively here.
Salazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
A short right from Carter.
Salazar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Carter lands with a hook. Salazar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salazar throws a low kick but Carter moves out of range easily.
Salazar stuns Carter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Carter rushes Salazar and presses him up against the cage.
Carter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carter lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Salazar throws an elbow but misses.
Salazar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Salazar lands a damaging elbow.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carter leaning against his opponent.
Carter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salazar tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Carter keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a head kick but Salazar moves out of range.
Carter lands with a kick to the ribs.
Salazar tries a head kick but it misses.
Salazar tries to move into range but Carter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salazar misses with a hook.
Carter forces Salazar back against the cage and clinches.
Salazar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Salazar.
It looks like Calvin Carter has been cut.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Salazar lands a good knee to the midsection. Carter won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Salazar blocks an uppercut.
Carter is stalling here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Salazar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
Carter slows down the pace here.
A right handed body shot lands from Salazar.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Salazar.
Carter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Carter working aggressively here.
Salazar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Salazar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Carter up against the cage.
Carter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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 Calvin Carter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Calvin Carter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Salazar throws a head kick that half lands.
Carter plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Salazar throws a sloppy head kick and Carter moves out of range easily.
Carter missing with a left hand there. Salazar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crunch! Carter slams his shin into Salazar's torso.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Salazar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Salazar.
A jab from Carter does it's job there.
Carter throws a body kick that misses.
Carter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carter moves out of range of the leg kick from Salazar.
Carter's corner calls for a 1-2. Carter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Calvin Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter connects with a right hand. Salazar shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter tries to land a front kick but Salazar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Carter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carter scores with a head kick.
Carter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Salazar.
Salazar scores with a body shot.
Salazar looks for the body kick but Carter saw that one coming.
Salazar misses with a jab to the body
and Carter counters with a low kick, right behind Salazar 's knee.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Carter. Salazar shrugs it off though.
Carter throws a head kick but Salazar moves out of range.
Salazar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Salazar shoots in looking for a takedown but Carter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Salazar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Carter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Salazar has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Salazar's head.
Salazar misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter checks a low kick from Salazar.
Carter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Salazar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Calvin Carter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by Carter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carter has Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Salazar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Salazar.
Salazar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Salazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nyquil Salazar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Carter lands with a right to the head.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Salazar.
Salazar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Salazar throws an elbow but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Carter scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salazar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salazar wants to clinch.
Salazar gets tackled into the cage by Carter. Carter maintains the clinch.
Carter looking to slow down the pace here.
Salazar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Salazar throws an elbow that misses.
Salazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Salazar lands a damaging elbow.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
Salazar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Salazar.
Salazar misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter'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.
Carter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Salazar blocking some punches.
A short left from Salazar.
Carter wants to stall.
Carter lands a hook that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
A shot in the inside from Carter.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Salazar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Carter.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
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 Calvin Carter's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Salazar moves out of range as Carter throws a body kick.
Carter circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Salazar drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Carter follows Salazar to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calvin Carter!
Calvin Carter is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Calvin Carter thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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