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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob pickerins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). pickerins comes to the ring accompanied by Feeling good. The key to victory for Bob pickerins has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob pickerins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Carter!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
pickerins throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Carter stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. pickerins follows into mount!
Carter is rocked!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Carter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Carter is still in real trouble! Can pickerins finish him?
Carter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Carter seems to have recovered his senses.
pickerins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Carter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
pickerins is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Carter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
pickerins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
pickerins tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
pickerins trying to control but Carter is having none of it.
Carter gets back to half guard.
Carter wants to get back to his feet.
Carter gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
pickerins is looking to stand up but Carter won't let him.
Carter throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
pickerins is breathing heavily.
Carter pulls pickerins in close to prevent any damage.
pickerins wanted to stand there but Carter had control of the position.
Carter trying to strike off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Carter wants to sweep but no luck.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck for Carter with that takedown attempt.
pickerins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carter drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carter tries to free his leg and advance position but pickerins is retaining full guard.
pickerins wants to stand up but Carter is controlling him.
Carter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
pickerins wants to stand but Carter is controlling the position.
Carter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
pickerins pushes Carter off and gets back to his feet.
Carter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carter is trying to trip pickerins. He has hold of a leg but pickerins is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Carter persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
pickerins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carter throwing strikes but missing.
Carter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as pickerins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
pickerins being controlled here, momentarily.
Carter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. pickerins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Carlos Carter will probably get the nod.
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.
pickerins misses with a looping left.
Carter fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. pickerins sprawls well initially but Carter persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Carter stops pickerins from getting back to his feet.
Carter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed pickerins's head.
Carter postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for pickerins to stand up.
pickerins does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
pickerins clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Carter gets a clinch.
Carter dodges an elbow strike from pickerins.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carter manages to break the clinch.
pickerins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
pickerins clinches but Carter breaks the clinch
and Carter counters with a takedown into side control.
pickerins pushes Carter away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Carter gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter creates some space and throws a big elbow, but pickerins sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Carter misses with the ground and pound.
Carter connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused pickerins some visible discomfort.
pickerins takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Carter throwing shots but missing, from side control.
pickerins tries to escape but Carter is in control.
Carter tries to move into full mount but can't pass pickerins's legs.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
pickerins wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
pickerins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carter.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carter lands a nice short elbow.
Carter prevents pickerins from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throwing shots but pickerins is blocking nicely.
pickerins is trying to stand back up but Carter is controlling him
Carter with the ground and pound but pickerins uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carter gets a takedown into half guard.
pickerins wants to get back to his feet.
Carter tries to pass to full mount but pickerins defends it.
Carter misses with a head shot. pickerins uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
pickerins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carter controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carter prevents pickerins from getting back to his feet.
Carter seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
pickerins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carter is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Carter trying to control but pickerins is working from the bottom.
Carter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
pickerins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
pickerins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carter counters with a nice leg kick.
A big right from pickerins misses.
Carter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Carter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
pickerins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
pickerins lands a jab to the nose.
Carter gets the takedown into side control.
Carter decides to stand up, so the ref orders pickerins to his feet.
pickerins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bob pickerins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
pickerins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Carter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Carter sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Carter with good strikes from the mount here!
Carter punching from mount but pickerins doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Carlos Carter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Carter throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for pickerins because Carter loaded up on that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Carter trying to control but pickerins is having none of it.
Carter swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and pickerins is now in Carter's guard. A big mistake from Carter there, giving up the dominant position!
pickerins has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Carter wants to stand up but pickerins is controlling him.
Carter looking for a sweep. Not yet Carter, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Carter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Carter is striking but pickerins is not phased and passes to half guard.
Carter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Carter.
Carter looking to control.
pickerins slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
pickerins tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Carter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Carter.
Carter wants to improve his position but instead pickerins has moved into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carter punching from the bottom.
Carter is looking to improve his position.
pickerins wants to get back to his feet.
Bob pickerins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter tries to get to full guard but pickerins has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Carlos Carter.
I've got Carter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Carter!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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