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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Curd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josepha Caron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josepha Caron is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Curd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josepha Caron!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caron is looking to clinch but Curd is avoiding it.
Curd closes the distance and clinches.
Curd misses with a knee to the head.
Caron trying to land knees to the body.
Curd misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Curd to work.
Caron lands with a left to the head.
Curd stalls.
Caron working hard to break the clinch.
Curd is trying to maintain a safe position but Caron gets an underhook and turns Curd into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Steve Curd.
Caron has closed the distance and engaged Curd in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Caron.
Caron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caron clinches up with Curd and pushes him back against the cage.
Curd missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Caron.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caron breaks the clinch.
Caron tries to close the distance and clinch but Curd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Curd delivers a nice body kick.
Caron drives through and clinches with Curd against the cage.
Caron being controlled against the cage.
Good body shot from Caron.
Curd blocks a body shot from Caron.
Curd misses with a knee strike.
Caron makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Caron scores with a shot to the side of Curd's head.
Curd is trying to maintain a safe position but Caron gets an underhook and turns Curd into the cage.
Caron misses with a knee strike.
Caron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Curd clinches up with Caron and pushes him back against the cage.
Caron tries to land a knee to the head but Curd blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Curd's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Curd will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Caron up against the cage.
Caron with a knee to the head.
Curd is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curd swats away the attempt to clinch by Caron.
Caron moves into range and clinches up with Curd.
Caron misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caron is looking to clinch but Curd is avoiding it.
Curd fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Caron, pushing him back against the cage.
Caron working Curd over with knees to the body.
Caron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Curd circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caron gets tackled into the cage by Curd. Curd maintains the clinch.
Caron lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Caron tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Caron landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Caron unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Caron landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caron tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caron lands a knee to the head.
Caron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caron gets a clinch.
Curd takes a shot to the head.
Caron's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Caron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caron uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curd.
Caron is looking to slow Curd down with leg kicks.
Caron rushes Curd and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Curd tries to land a knee to the head but Caron blocks with his arms.
Caron's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good exchange - Caron coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caron is looking to clinch but Curd is avoiding it.
Curd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Curd working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caron misses with a knee strike.
Curd blocks a body shot from Caron.
A nice left hand lands by Caron.
Caron breaks the clinch.
Josepha Caron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caron moves into the clinch.
Caron manages to break the clinch.
Caron looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Caron tries to clinch but Curd moves out of range.
Caron has closed the distance and engaged Curd in a clinch.
Caron lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caron with a knee to the head.
Caron scores with a knee to the head.
Caron lands a knee to the head.
Caron lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caron manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Curd trying to land knees to the body.
Caron with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josepha Caron dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Caron delivers a nice body kick.
Caron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caron lands with a thumping leg kick.
Caron tries to close the distance and clinch but Curd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Curd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caron has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Curd does no damage.
Caron tries to clinch up but Curd circles away and keeps his distance.
Curd swats away the attempt to clinch by Caron.
Josepha Caron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Curd swats away the attempt to clinch by Caron.
Caron moves in looking to clinch but Curd pushes him off.
Caron is looking to clinch but Curd is avoiding it.
Caron clinches with his opponent.
Caron lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curd tries to break the clinch but Caron is controlling the position.
Caron manages to break the clinch.
Curd rushes Caron and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curd taking a breather.
Caron breaks the clinch.
Caron wants to clinch up but Curd keeps it at a distance.
Caron is looking to clinch.
Curd swats away the attempt to clinch by Caron.
Caron doesn't manage to clinch there - Curd circles away.
Curd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Caron landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Caron breaks the clinch.
Caron instigates a clinch.
Caron throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Curd blocks it with crossed arms.
Caron using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Curd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caron with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caron misses with a knee strike.
Caron misses with some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Curd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caron lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caron misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Curd blocks a body shot from Caron.
Caron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steve Curd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Curd gets tackled into the cage by Caron. Caron maintains the clinch.
Josepha Caron seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Caron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caron has Curd up against the cage in a clinch.
Caron breaks from the clinch.
Caron tries to clinch up.
Curd swinging wildly here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caron.
Curd misses with a wild body shot.
Caron wants to clinch.
Caron tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Curd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curd scores with a hook to the body. Caron takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Caron tries to close the distance and clinch but Curd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caron tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Caron.
Caron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Curd looks to score with a jab to the body but Caron is just out of range.
Caron rushes Curd and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Caron lands with a light punch inside.
Curd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caron has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caron lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caron throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Curds head.
Curd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caron.
Caron tries to land a knee to the head but Curd blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Caron.
Caron lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Caron.
Knees to the body from Caron.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caron lands a knee to the body.
Caron's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Caron tries to close the distance and clinch but Curd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caron lands a left and a right that send Curd crashing to the mat, dazed. Caron thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Curd is rocked!
Curd swats away the attempt to clinch by Caron.
Oh Curd is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Curd misses with a hook.
Curd gets tackled into the cage by Caron. Caron maintains the clinch.
Caron landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Caron scores with a knee to the head.
A short left from Caron.
Caron lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Curd.
Caron has Curd pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Curd is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Caron - that's hurt Curd badly! Oh, another knee lands and Curd is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Curd doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Josepha Caron!
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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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