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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Souta Itou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by This Generation. On his way into the cage it seems that Souta Itou has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Souta Itou seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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170 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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184 cm
25
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Souta Itou! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Carter! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Itou throws a wild body kick that Carter sees coming a mile off. Carter wants to clinch. Carter moves in looking to clinch but Itou pushes him off. Carter looks to land a combination but Itou avoids it well. Itou fails with the takedown. Carter misses with the combination.
Carter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Itou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Itou feints and then cracks Carter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carter down. Itou scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Sloppy strikes from Itou. Those never looked like landing.
Carter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Itou fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Itou prevents Carter from breaking the clinch. Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Carter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Carter working hard to break the clinch. Itou wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Souta Itou. That's going to take a lot out of him. A body shot lands from Carter.
Itou is breathing heavily. Carter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Itou up against the cage. Carter keeps control of Itou as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Carter tries to break free but Itou pushes him back against the cage. Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carter lands with a left to the head. A frustrated look appears on Carter's face as he tries to break the clinch. Itou is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Carter to keep the fight standing. Itou keeps control of Carter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Carter lands with a light punch inside. Carter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Itou backwards.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter lands a hook that snaps the head of Itou backwards.
Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carter wants to clinch and Itou counters with a head kick. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Itous head. Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Itous head. Carter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Itou up against the cage. Carter lands with a right to the head. Carter gets underhooks to prevent Itou's takedown attempt.
Itou's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside. Carter lands a hook to the side of the head. Carter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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Itou is rocked! Carter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Oh Itou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Carter lands a left hand.
Itou has Carter pressed against the cage, preventing Carter from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Carter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Itou backwards. Carter creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Itou's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Itou drops to his knees and Carter pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Carter! A relieved looking Nick Carter thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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