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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerome Carter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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189 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Jardine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerome Carter!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter throws a combination. Jardine tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Carter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Carter blocks a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Carter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jardine doesn't seem phased though.
Carter misses with a wild combination.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jardine tries to land a leg kick but Carter saw it coming and moves away.
Carter swinging wilding here.
Carter tries to clinch up.
Carter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jardine wants to land a leg kick but Carter is out of range.
Jerome Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter tries to bum rush Jardine with a series of wild strikes but Jardine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter moves in looking to clinch but Jardine pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jardine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jardine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Carter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Carter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jardine but Jardine pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jardine wants to land a leg kick but Carter is out of range.
Carter checks the leg kick nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Carter.
Carter lands a nice shot to the body.
Jardine misses with a low kick.
Carter tries to clinch but Jardine moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jardine is fending him off so far but Carter persists. Nope, Jardine circles away and we're back to standing.
Donk. Carter catches Jardine right on the button with a cross.
Jardine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter moves in looking to clinch but Jardine pushes him off.
Jardine is looking to score with low kicks.
Carter scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Carter tries to score with some ground and pound. Jardine controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Carter fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Carter controlling the position.
Carter throws an elbow but Jardine slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine is not content to let Carter control the position.
Carter working the ground and pound but Jardine is defending the strikes.
Jardine is trying to buck Carter off.
Carter has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
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.
Jardine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jardine throws a front kick aimed at Carter's knee but Carter avoids it well.
Carter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter scores a takedown into full mount!
Carter looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Jardine is breathing heavily.
Jardine really wants to buck Carter off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Carter dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Carter throws a series of strikes that have Jardine backpedaling.
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jardine swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Carter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jardine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jardine wants to land a leg kick but Carter is out of range.
Jardine misses with a low kick.
Carter lands a nice looking body shot.
Carter checks a low kick from Jardine.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jardine.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jardine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jardine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter throws a right hand that Jardine ducks under and follows up with a left that Jardine also avoids with ease.
Jardine is looking to score with low kicks.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Jardine circles away.
Carter misses with a double jab.
Jardine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jardine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Carter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jardine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Carter works over Jardine's head and body with a nice combination.
Jardine tries a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Jerome Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Carter lands a lovely overhand right.
Jardine misses with a low kick.
Keith Jardine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jardine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Carter throws a series of punches but Jardine moves out of range.
Carter tries to clinch up but Jardine circles away and keeps his distance.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Carter misses with a body shot.
Carter tries to clinch up but Jardine circles away and keeps his distance.
Carter shoots for a double leg takedown but Jardine sprawls well. He's pushed Carter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter wants to clinch.
Jardine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jardine misses with a low kick.
Jardine misses with a leg kick.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter checks a leg kick.
Jardine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A bone on bone clash there as Carter blocks the leg kick.
Jardine throws a leg kick but Carter checks it.
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 shoots in for a takedown but Jardine shows good takedown defense.
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 with a couple of short strikes.
Carter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jardine is trying to stand.
Carter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jardine is squirming around, avoiding Carter's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Jardine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jardine finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jardine misses with a low kick as Carter jumps back.
Jardine feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carter's calf.
Jardine slips a jab and a cross from Carter.
A leg kick checked by Carter.
Carter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jardine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Carter to score with a decent uppercut.
Jardine throws a low kick, looking for Carter's leg but Carter calmly moves out of range.
Jardine ducks right into an uppercut from Carter.
Jardine is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jardine misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Carter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jardine keeping moving, preventing Carter from controlling successfully.
Carter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jardine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carter forces his way into half guard.
Carter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throwing shots but Jardine is blocking nicely.
Well, if Carter is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Jardine blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carter.
Carter is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Carter is pressing down on Jardine's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jardine is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine wants to get back to his feet.
Carter is tying to control. Jardine wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jardine dodges the punch combination from Carter.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Keith Jardine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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 lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Carter.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Carter checks a leg kick.
Carter misses with a jab, cross combination.
No luck for Carter with that takedown attempt.
Jardine finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Carter cracks Jardine with an open hand slap.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carter throws a leg kick but Jardine moved away.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jardine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome Carter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerome 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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