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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Horacio Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Hughes will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horacio Carver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carver shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hughes is trying to defend but Carver finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Carver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hughes's head.
Hughes wants to control but Carver is keeping busy.
Carver prevents Hughes from improving his position.
Carver working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carver lands a nice short elbow.
Carver lands with a punch from half guard.
Carver working over Hughes with some ground and pound. Hughes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Carver 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.
Carver thows a huge punch but Hughes dodges it nicely.
Carver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Carver seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carver stalling.
Carver working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hughes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hughes manages to get to full guard.
Carver loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes controls Carver momentarily but Carver frees himself.
Carver throws a big right hand that misses.
Carver stops Hughes from standing up.
Hughes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carver landing with the ground and pound.
Hughes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carver.
Carver postures up and lands a big shot to Hughes's brow.
Carver throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver postures up in Hughes's guard and throws a big left but Hughes blocks it.
Carver lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Carver might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Carver chips away with some ground and pound.
Carver cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carver chips away with some ground and pound.
Carver with a nice head shot there.
Carver is in close to Hughes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hughes looks winded!
Carver is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Carver landing some decent shots from guard.
Carver controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carver landing with the ground and pound.
Carver postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Carver stopping the sweep attempt from Hughes.
Carver landing some decent shots from guard.
Carver working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Carver stands up over Hughes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carver controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Carver postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Carver scoring with some ground and pound.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carver stays in close to Hughes's body and controls the position.
Carver distracts Hughes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver throwing strikes from guard but Hughes blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes has momentary wrist control but Carver slips an elbow through the middle.
Carver is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Carver postures up and lands a big shot to Hughes's brow.
Carver cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Carver is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Carver in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carver scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carver works over Hughes with some ground and pound from guard.
Carver chips away with some ground and pound.
Carver scoring with some ground and pound.
Carver lands a couple of digs.
Carver makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horacio Carver dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hughes blocks a head kick by Carver.
Hughes avoids the head kick by Carver.
Hughes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hughes moves to clinch but Carver breaks away
and Carver moves into the clinch.
Hughes can't break the clinch.
Carver prevents Hughes from breaking the clinch.
Hughes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Carver manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Carver tries to pull guard but Hughes won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes wants to break free but Carver has control.
Carver is trying to pull guard but Hughes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hughes has had enough of the clinch but Carver keeps him there for the moment.
Carver blocking some punches.
Carver is looking to break free of the clinch but Hughes has double underhooks.
Carver controlling the action here for a moment.
Carver tries to pull guard but Hughes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Horacio Carver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hughes breaks the clinch.
Carver misses with a head kick.
Hughes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a head kick that misses.
Carver shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hughes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Carver working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Carver looks up at the clock and then as Hughes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Carver smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hughes is trying to improve his position.
Carver connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hughes some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carver is putting a hurting on Hughes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Carver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Carver landing strikes.
Carver creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Carver works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Carver creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Carver's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hughes taking a bit of punishment here - Carver scoring with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver is working Hughes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Carver lands a few punches from side control.
Carver scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hughes to see if he's OK.
Carver lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Carver scores with punches from side control.
Carver lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on Carver's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hughes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Carver connects with a decent elbow.
Carver connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hughes some visible discomfort.
Carver lands a decent elbow from side control.
Carver content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carver scoring with punches from side control.
Carver is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hughes's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hughes being controlled for a moment.
Carver working the ground and pound.
Carver is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hughes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Carver working the ground and pound.
Carver working the ground and pound from side control.
Carver lands an elbow.
Carver works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Horacio Carver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carver taking a breather here.
Carver works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horacio Carver dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Carver shoots in and gets a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Carver lands a couple of digs.
Hughes is working an open guard so Carver takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Carver fails to land the takedown.
Hughes closes the distance and pushes Carver back into the cage.
Carver takes an elbow to the temple.
Carver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Come on Hughes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Carver is avoiding it.
Hughes scores with a head kick. Carver tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Carver misses with a head kick.
Hughes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Carver misses.
Carver has a takedown stuffed.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Carver.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Horacio Carver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver dodges the punch combination from Hughes.
Ray Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carver looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carver connects with a couple of short punches.
Carver gets to his feet. Hughes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hughes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carver moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carver tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hughes smiles and moves away.
Ray Hughes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hughes scores with a head kick. Carver tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hughes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carver has managed to clinch.
Hughes keeps control of Carver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carver manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Carver has managed to clinch.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Carver blocks it.
Hughes trying to control the position but instead, Carver has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hughes into the cage.
Hughes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes tries to clinch there but Carver circles away.
Hughes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Carver is able to avoid easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Horacio Carver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horacio Carver!
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