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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rubin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rubin Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baki Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter cracks Hanma with a good jab.
Hanma scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hanma throws a head kick that misses.
Carter tests Hanma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanma swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Hanma misses with a low kick.
Hanma misses with a leg kick
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carter moves out of range as Hanma throws a body kick.
Carter avoids a kick to the body.
Hanma just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter moves out of range as Hanma throws a body kick.
Carter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hanma.
Hanma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carter avoids the head kick by Hanma.
Hanma scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hanma shoots for a double leg takedown but Carter sprawls well. He's pushed Hanma's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hanma throws a push kick but Carter slaps the foot to one side.
Carter misses with an uppercut.
Hanma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hanma counters with a single leg into guard. Carter didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Carter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hanma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hanma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanma with a nice head shot there.
Carter manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hanma is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Carter breaks from Hanma's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hanma is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hanma in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter dominating with strikes here.
Carter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hanma is looking to escape.
Hanma is in a horrible position here. Carter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hanma tries to reverse the position but Carter maintains control.
Carter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hanma is trying to escape the mount.
Carter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma is looking to improve his position but Carter isn't that keen on the idea.
Carter landing punches.
Hanma is rocked!
Hanma slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Carter wants to pass the guard but Hanma is defending well.
Hanma has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Carter is working away from the top position though.
Carter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hanma's head.
Carter is trying to control. Hanma wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hanma is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanma has a hand on Carter's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Carter takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Carter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hanma is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rubin Carter dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hanma pivots, looking for a leg kick but Carter is out of range and Hanma settles back down.
Hanma misses with a hook to the body
and Carter counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Carter.
Hanma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hanma has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carter finds it's way round the side to connect with Hanma's head.
Hanma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Rubin Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanma lands a body shot.
Hanma swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanma. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carter looks to land a left hand but Hanma moved out of range nicely.
Hanma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hanma thows a body shot but no joy.
Carter checks a low kick from Hanma.
Hanma staying out of range there.
Hanma throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hanma tries for a takedown but Carter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hanma misses with a left hand
and Hanma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanma.
Hanma lands a jab to Carter's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanma tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter avoids the head kick by Hanma.
Carter defending well as Hanma loads up on a big left hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hanma.
Hanma tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanma misses with a body shot.
Carter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hanma looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hanma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanma misses with a wild body shot.
Carter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hanma decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Carter's guard.
Carter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hanma postures up in Carter's guard and throws a big left but Carter blocks it.
Carter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hanma preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma stands up over Carter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanma is looking to work some ground and pound but Carter has wrist control.
Hanma lands a couple of elbows.
Carter wants to sweep but no luck.
Hanma loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carter pulls Hanma in close to prevent any damage.
Hanma with a nice head shot there.
Hanma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hanma throwing strikes but missing.
Carter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter working a defensive guard here.
Hanma is looking to work some ground and pound but Carter has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rubin Carter will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hanma cracks Carter with an open hand slap.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hanma closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carter circles away.
Carter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hanma counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hanma moves nicely into side control.
Carter takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Carter is trying to improve his position.
Hanma wants to control but Carter is keeping him busy.
Carter tries to improve position but can't.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanma landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter wants to control but Hanma postures up.
Carter regains half guard.
Hanma is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Carter trying to hold on to Hanma's head to control him but Hanma postures up.
Hanma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hanma scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carter is trying is best to control the position here.
Carter is looking to control Hanma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carter avoid being mounted?
The fighters are battling for position here. Carter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Carter throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanma throws a strike but Carter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Baki Hanma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carter has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanma is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter wants to control from the top but Hanma keeps moving.
Hanma has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Carter distracts Hanma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter won't allow Hanma to sweep him here.
Carter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rubin Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter stops Hanma from standing up.
Carter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Carter avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hanma looking for a sweep. Not yet Hanma, not yet.
Carter is in close to Hanma's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carter throws a big elbow that misses.
Carter is looking to work some ground and pound but Hanma has wrist control.
Hanma is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Carter with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Carter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hanma is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Carter stays in close to Hanma's body and controls the position.
Carter postures up.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hanma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Carter stopping the sweep attempt from Hanma.
Carter postures up and lands a big shot to Hanma's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanma will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Carter content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hanma escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Carter gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hanma lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Baki Hanma.
Well Carter 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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