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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klahan Sunan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter has chosen La Roux - In For The Kill as his entrance music. Mike Carter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Klahan Sunan 's chin.
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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World class boxer
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Klahan Sunan !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Carter!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Sunan .
Sunan throws a body punch but Carter moves out of range.
Sunan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Sunan controls the action.
Carter blocks an uppercut.
Sunan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Carter is keeping busy.
Sunan can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Sunan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter gets through Sunan 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sunan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sunan obliges.
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 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sunan throws the left hand but Carter avoids the punch easily.
Carter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sunan throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Sunan lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sunan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Carter takes one to the chin there.
Sunan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sunan circles away quickly and effectively.
Sunan throws an off balance right hand
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sunan thows a leg kick but Carter checks it
and Carter counters with a leg kick.
Carter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carter walks into a stiff left hand from Sunan .
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the liver by Sunan . Beautiful body shot.
Carter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunan . Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sunan tries to clinch there but Carter circles away.
Sunan tries to clinch up.
Sunan misses with a straight right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sunan .
Carter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sunan .
Carter missing with a left hand there. Sunan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunan . Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sunan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carter swinging wildly here.
Sunan misses with a body shot
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carter takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunan closes the distance and clinches.
Sunan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sunan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Carter.
Sunan can't find room to land a body shot as Carter controls the action.
Nice body punch from Sunan - that landed with a thud.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sunan .
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A frustrated look appears on Carter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sunan is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sunan has his back to the cage.
Sunan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sunan looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Sunan leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Klahan Sunan .
Sunan scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter looks to throw a body kick
and Sunan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sunan digs a good hook to Carter's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sunan was well out of range. Poor timing from Carter.
Sunan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klahan Sunan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sunan .
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter scores with the left hand. Sunan knows he should have avoided that one.
Carter lands a head shot.
Sunan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sunan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sunan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sunan throws a body punch but Carter moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klahan Sunan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sunan .
Good leg kick by Sunan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sunan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sunan thuds his right hand into Carter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Carter instigates a clinch.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sunan working Carter over with knees to the body.
Sunan is trying to stall.
Carter lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Sunan .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Sunan .
Sunan misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sunan stalls.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Klahan Sunan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sunan trying to control the position but instead, Carter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sunan into the cage.
Carter blocking some punches.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sunan tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Sunan blocks an uppercut.
Sunan looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carter throws an elbow but misses.
Sunan is trying to stall.
Sunan misses with a knee strike.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sunan stalling in the clinch but Carter improves position.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Sunan throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Sunan coming out on top.
Sunan tries to clinch but Carter moves out of range.
Carter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter avoids the body shot from Sunan .
Sunan misses with a low kick.
Sunan misses the shot to the body.
Carter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sunan throws out the jab.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sunan misses with a body shot.
Sunan throws a leg kick but Carter moved away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sunan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sunan swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Sunan closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Carter checks a leg kick.
Sunan clinches.
Sunan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carter's elbow.
Sunan prevents a body shot from Carter.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sunan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carter.
Carter gets through Sunan 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sunan wants to stall.
Sunan trying to land knees to the body.
Sunan landing knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sunan throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.
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!
A right handed body shot lands from Sunan .
Sunan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sunan 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.
Sunan looking to stall.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Sunan to work.
Carter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carter swings wildly with an uppercut but Sunan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Carter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sunan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klahan Sunan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Carter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sunan cracks Carter with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunan . Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sunan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sunan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carter moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sunan .
Sunan blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Carter as Sunan tries to tie him up.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter misses with a looping left.
Carter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Klahan Sunan is winning the standup battle so far.
Carter throws a head kick but Sunan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunan . Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sunan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sunan misses with a wild body shot.
Sunan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Sunan has managed to clinch.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sunan missing with knees to the body.
Carter has Sunan pressed against the cage.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Sunan avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Sunan is pushing Carter up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sunan dodges an elbow strike from Carter.
Klahan Sunan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sunan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter wants to get back to striking at distance but Sunan won't allow it.
Carter throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter breaks from the clinch.
Sunan moves into the clinch.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sunan .
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sunan 's defenses.
Carter misses with a knee to the head.
Sunan 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Carter holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Carter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sunan landing knees to the head.
The referee calls for Sunan to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mike Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter wants to stall.
Carter missing with knees to the body.
Sunan avoids the elbow strike from Carter, against the cage.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Sunan has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sunan lands a nice uppercut.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Carter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sunan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klahan Sunan !
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