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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jing Ya Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Carter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jing Ya Xu's chin.
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218 lbs
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205 lbs
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Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jing Ya Xu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Carter!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ya Xu shoots in but no luck this time.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch but Ya Xu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jing Ya Xu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ya Xu has Carter up against the cage in a clinch.
Carter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carter has Ya Xu pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ya Xu manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but Ya Xu blocks with his arms.
Carter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ya Xu prevents Carter from breaking the clinch.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter tries to break the clinch but Ya Xu is controlling the position.
Carter is trying to break free.
Carter is trying to break free.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
Ya Xu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ya Xu prevents a body shot from Carter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ya Xu stalling.
Carter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ya Xu stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Carter can't break the clinch.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ya Xu drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ya Xu stands and throws Carter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Carter wants to get back to his feet but Ya Xu drags him back down.
Carter takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ya Xu controlling the position.
Carter tries to escape but Ya Xu is in control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ya Xu working the ground and pound.
Ya Xu trying to control the position but Carter is working away.
Ya Xu connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Carter some visible discomfort.
Ya Xu in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ya Xu scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ya Xu scores with a couple of short elbows.
Carter wants to get back to his feet.
Carter looks gassed!
Ya Xu scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Carter to see if he's OK.
Ya Xu looks up at the clock and then as Carter takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ya Xu smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ya Xu landing a few strikes.
Carter gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ya Xu with the ground and pound from mount.
Ya Xu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Ya Xu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ya Xu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ya Xu won't let Carter get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ya Xu is landing with some decent strikes but Carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ya Xu lands a big shot there that rocks Carter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ya Xu working Carter over with strikes here.
Ya Xu lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Carter is bucking up trying to escape but Ya Xu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ya Xu punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carter is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Ya Xu trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ya Xu is landing with some decent strikes but Carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ya Xu cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ya Xu lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Carter hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ya Xu pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Carter manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter is refusing to be controlled, as Ya Xu sits in half guard.
Carter is trying to stand back up but Ya Xu is controlling him
Carter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Carter has momentary wrist control but Ya Xu slips an elbow through the middle.
Ya Xu landing some decent shots from guard.
Carter throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Carter keeping moving, preventing Ya Xu from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter wants to stand and escape but Ya Xu is having none of it.
Ya Xu tries to free his leg and advance position but Carter is retaining full guard.
Carter is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jing Ya Xu dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ya Xu moves into range and clinches up with Carter.
Carter has had enough of the clinch but Ya Xu keeps him there for the moment.
Ya Xu keeps control of Carter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ya Xu wants a takedown but no success here.
Carter wants a takedown but no success here.
Carter tries for a takedown. No joy.
Carter can't break the clinch.
Carter is trying to break free.
Ya Xu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter wants to break free but Ya Xu has control.
Carter is looking to break free of the clinch but Ya Xu has double underhooks.
Carter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ya Xu.
Ya Xu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
Carter is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter struggles to land a body shot inside as Ya Xu controls his hands.
Ya Xu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
Carter is looking to break free of the clinch but Ya Xu has double underhooks.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Xu has him pressed against the cage.
Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ya Xu drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ya Xu connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Carter some visible discomfort.
Ya Xu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Carter prevents Ya Xu from moving into mount.
Carter is pushing Ya Xu's head away, looking to escape. Ya Xu manages to hold on to the position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ya Xu in side control lands a decent elbow.
Carter is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ya Xu has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Carter being controlled for a moment.
Ya Xu cracks Carter with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ya Xu advances nicely into full mount.
Ya Xu looking to control but Carter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ya Xu lands with some strikes.
Ya Xu with good strikes from the mount here!
Ya Xu trying to control but Carter is having none of it.
Ya Xu working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ya Xu punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carter is looking to improve his position but Ya Xu isn't that keen on the idea.
Ya Xu scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Carter?
A nice elbow there by Ya Xu.
Ya Xu controlling from the full mount.
Ya Xu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ya Xu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ya Xu connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ya Xu landing punches.
Ya Xu controlling from mount.
Ya Xu working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ya Xu lands a heavy elbow.
Ya Xu working the ground and pound effectively.
Ya Xu landing strikes from the mount.
Ya Xu is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ya Xu lands a heavy elbow.
Ya Xu breaks from Carter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ya Xu breaks from Carter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ya Xu lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ya Xu dominating with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter taking shots to the head.
Ya Xu lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ya Xu lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jing Ya Xu dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Ya Xu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ya Xu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carter on the side of the head.
Ya Xu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carter can do to turn this around?
Ya Xu throws a head kick that misses.
Ya Xu drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carter wants to get back to his feet but Ya Xu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ya Xu controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ya Xu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Carter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ya Xu trying to control the position from guard on top but Carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ya Xu tries to free his leg and advance position but Carter is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter keeping moving, preventing Ya Xu from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ya Xu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ya Xu scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Carter wants to get back to his feet.
Ya Xu cracks Carter with a big elbow.
Ya Xu trying to control the position but Carter is working away.
Ya Xu lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ya Xu sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Carter is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ya Xu trying to control the action but Carter is working from the bottom.
Ya Xu working the ground and pound.
Carter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Ya Xu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ya Xu closes the distance and clinches.
Carter wants to get back to striking at distance but Ya Xu won't allow it.
Ya Xu managing to block the knees to the body from Carter.
Carter has had enough of the clinch but Ya Xu keeps him there for the moment.
Ya Xu has clasped his hands together around Carter's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Ya Xu lands some shots froms side control.
Jing Ya Xu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ya Xu works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ya Xu is trying to move to mount but Carter reverses beautifully and ends up in Ya Xu's guard.
Carter wants to get up but he can't break Ya Xu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter won't allow Ya Xu to sweep him here.
Carter wants to get up but he can't break Ya Xu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ya Xu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ya Xu is proving hard to escape from.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ya Xu misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Carter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ya Xu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carter avoids the body shot from Ya Xu.
Ya Xu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Carter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ya Xu misses with a head kick.
Ya Xu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jing Ya Xu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ya Xu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ya Xu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carter looking for a sweep. Not yet Carter, not yet.
Mike Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ya Xu pushing down on Carter's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ya Xu trying to control from half guard but Carter is working away.
Ya Xu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ya Xu is nestled in close to Carter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Carter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ya Xu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ya Xu wants to pass the guard but Carter is defending well.
Carter has hold of Ya Xu's hands but Ya Xu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ya Xu winds up and cracks Carter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Carter is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jing Ya Xu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ya Xu, 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jing Ya Xu!
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hype
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