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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gustaf Lindback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Carpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carpio has chosen Derezzed as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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146 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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165 cm
30
146 lbs
23 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustaf Lindback!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Carpio!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Lindback tenderised Carpio's leg. Carpio is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lindback moves forwards but Carpio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lindback dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carpio. That did some damage!
Carpio tries to clinch there but Lindback circles away.
A head kick from Lindback lands but Carpio takes it in his stride.
Good standup being displayed there by Carpio as he connects with a hook.
Carpio wants to land a leg kick but Lindback is out of range.
Lindback closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lindback throws a head kick that misses.
Carpio throws a shot from downtown. Lindback moves away and avoids it.
Lindback lands with an uppercut that bounces Carpio off the cage and back into range.
A big left from Carpio misses.
Lindback tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Carpio misses the target.
Lindback moves forwards but Carpio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carpio has closed the distance and engaged Lindback in a clinch.
Lindback avoids a wild elbow strike from Carpio.
Lindback tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carpio's elbow.
Lindback is working for takedown but Carpio is calmly controlling the position for now.
A bit of stalling here from Lindback.
A nice left hand lands by Carpio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindback is looking for a takedown.
Lindback with a knee to the head.
Lindback working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lindback takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carpio misses with an elbow over the top.
Carpio misses with a knee strike.
Lindback pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lindback looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Carpio!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Carpio is trying to escape the mount.
Lindback with the ground and pound from mount.
Carpio is trying desperately to improve position.
Lindback lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carpio can't escape the position.
Carpio wants to control but Lindback is having none of it.
Lindback prevents Carpio from getting the reversal.
Carpio avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lindback.
Carpio blocking the ground and pound.
Lindback looking to ground and pound but Carpio is blocking nicely.
Lindback putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lindback unloads with some shots from mount but Carpio bucks and avoids them well.
Lindback trying to control but Carpio is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio tries to lock up and control but Lindback gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lindback controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lindback sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lindback raining down shots from the mount!
Lindback wants to control the pace but Carpio is squirming around nicely.
Carpio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindback punching from mount but Carpio doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Carpio regains half guard.
Lindback throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lindback is looking for a kimura but Carpio is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lindback to get the leverage.
Lindback is looking for a kimura but Carpio is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lindback to get the leverage.
Lindback trying to control the action but Carpio is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindback is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustaf Lindback dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Carpio looks for a takedown but Lindback sprawls well.
Lindback throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carpio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carpio tries to land a leg kick but Lindback saw it coming and moves away.
Carpio shoots in and bounces Lindback off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lindback looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Carpio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carpio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lindback tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Carpio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carpio distracts Lindback with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindback had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carpio defends it easily.
Lindback trying to control the position.
Carpio must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Carpio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lindback throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lindback utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lindback keeping moving, preventing Carpio from controlling successfully.
Lindback avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lindback is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lindback scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carpio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lindback trying to control the position.
Carpio throwing strikes from guard but Lindback blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio throws a strike but Lindback rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lindback trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carpio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lindback trying to control but Carpio is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lindback's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lindback looking to sit in guard and control but Carpio gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Carpio throwing strikes from guard but Lindback blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindback avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lindback has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Carpio passes Lindback's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lindback is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Carpio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carpio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Carpio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carpio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carpio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lindback defending well though.
Carpio throwing shots but Lindback is blocking nicely.
Lindback regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Carpio.
Carpio chips away with some ground and pound.
Carpio trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindback is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carpio trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindback is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lindback throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lindback avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lindback pulls Carpio in close to prevent any damage.
Carpio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gustaf Lindback overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lindback not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Carpio working some strikes from top position.
Lindback working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carpio.
Carpio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Carpio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Carpio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lindback's hands.
Carpio thows a leg kick but Lindback checks it
and Lindback counters with a nice low kick that buckles Carpio's knee momentarily.
Carpio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lindback.
Lindback ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carpio moves away.
Carpio digs a good hook to Lindback's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Carpio.
Lindback throws a head kick that Carpio semi-blocks.
Carpio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dave Carpio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carpio checks a leg kick.
Carpio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Carpio working away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carpio working the body and head with strikes.
Lindback manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Carpio working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carpio lands a nice short elbow.
Carpio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindback landing rabbit punches to the side of Carpio's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Lindback moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Carpio with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lindback throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Carpio scoring with some ground and pound.
Carpio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carpio is fighting to break Lindback's control of his arms but Lindback is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Carpio postures up.
Lindback manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Carpio manages to get himself to full guard.
Lindback trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindback working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Carpio's head.
Lindback trying to control but Carpio is working from the bottom.
Lindback throwing strikes from guard but Carpio blocks nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lindback controlling from the top position.
Carpio is trying to keep Lindback in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindback working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lindback trying to control but Carpio is working from the bottom.
Carpio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lindback throws a big elbow that misses.
Carpio wants to sweep here but Lindback controlling him for the moment.
Lindback in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carpio looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindback forces his way into half guard.
Carpio trying to control here.
Lindback prevents Carpio from improving his position.
Lindback wants to control but Carpio is keeping him busy.
Lindback wants to pass to mount but Carpio is defending the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carpio is controlling Lindback's trapped leg to prevent Lindback from advancing to side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gustaf Lindback.
I think Lindback has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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