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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Carney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Carney might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to T.I. - Every Chance I get. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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160 lbs
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168 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodney Carney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Love!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carney fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Love to the ground. Carney is now in Love's guard.
Love has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Carney is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Carney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carney trying to land knees to the body.
Carney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Love looks to land a combination. Carney sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Carney closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Carney pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Carney has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Love as he connects with a hook.
Love scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Carney on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carney shoots in looking for a takedown but Love manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Carney's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Carney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carney looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Carney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Love defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carney working the head and body with strikes.
Carney 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.
Carney is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Carney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Love looks like he's trying to stand up.
Love kicks Carney off and gets back to his feet.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carney.
Carney goes for a double leg but Love avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Love continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Carney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carney just leaning against Love, taking a breather.
Carney is trying to pull guard but Love turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carney tries to land a knee to the head but Love blocks with his arms.
Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carney.
Nice uppercut there from Love.
Love swinging wildly here.
Carney tries to clinch up.
A jab lands there for Love.
Some wild striking there from Love.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Love clobbers Carney with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carney has closed the distance and engaged Love in a clinch.
Love wants to get back to striking at distance but Carney won't allow it.
Carney manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Carney bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Carney throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Love works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Love is not content to let Carney control the position.
Carney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Love avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carney.
Carney is trying to control. Love wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Love tries to kick Carney off but Carney keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Love's head.
Love blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carney.
Carney is trying to control. Love wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Carney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Love lands with a hook. Carney tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carney misses the shot to the body.
Love misses with the combination.
Carney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Love.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Love dominated that round.
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.
A big right from Carney misses.
Love lands with a shot to the body.
Carney avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carney lands a nice looking body shot.
Ari Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Love might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Love takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carney takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Love looks to land a combination but Carney avoids it well.
Love misses with a few strikes there.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carney goes for a double leg but Love avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Love continues to drive forward.
Carney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love throws a sloppy body shot
and Carney decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Love's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love wants to stand up but Carney is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Love pushes Carney off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Love swinging wildly here.
Carney throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Love on the side of the head.
Carney takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Love misses with a body shot.
Love misses with a looping left.
A combination from Carney does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love looks to land a left hand but Carney moved out of range nicely.
Carney dives in and grabs Love's left leg, looking for a takedown. Love pushes down on Carney's head and hops out.
Love moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Carney lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carney walks into a straight right hand from Love.
Carney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Carney.
Carney shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Love sprawls well. Love wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Carney gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Carney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carney shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Love as he avoids it easily.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Carney shoots in but no luck this time.
Love misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Carney scores with a punch to the head.
Love connects with a body shot that sends Carney's belly button to the back.
Carney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Carney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
Carney takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carney shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ari Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ari Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carney shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Love sprawls well. Love wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Carney gets slowly back to his feet.
Carney misses with a hook to the body
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Carney.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with an uppercut. Carney saw that one coming.
Carney moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Love wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carney on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Carney's shoulder, as Carney tries to avoid the shot.
Love throws a series of punches but Carney moves out of range.
Carney shoots for a takedown but Love saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Carney misses with a body shot.
Carney walks into a stiff left hand from Love.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carney moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Carney counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Carney is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Carney swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Love counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Love takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Love misses with a right hand
and Carney counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Love!
Carney misses with the ground and pound.
Carney misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Carney working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Love is trying to get back to his feet.
Carney in side control, throwing shots but Love defends.
Love is pushing Carney's head away, looking to escape. Carney manages to hold on to the position though.
Carney trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
Carney fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carney working the strikes but Love uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Carney trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
Carney misses with a head shot. Love uses the momentum to regain guard.
Carney wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Carney wants to pass the guard but Love is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rodney Carney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Carney's shoulder, as Carney tries to avoid the shot.
Carney swinging wildly here.
Carney slips a jab and a cross from Love.
Carney takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab lands there for Love.
Carney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Carney doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Carney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Love throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Love lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Carney fails with the takedown.
Carney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
Love misses with a lunging right hand
and Carney cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carney looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Love is fending him off so far but Carney persists. Nope, Love circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Carney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love scores with a three punch combo!
Ari Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Carney takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Love lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carney throws a sloppy body shot
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Love throws a body punch but Carney moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a body shot.
Love avoids the body shot from Carney.
Carney looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
Carney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Love.
Carney slips a jab and a cross from Love.
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Carney.
Love's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Love duly obliges.
Carney shoots in looking for a takedown. Love tries to sprawl out of it but Carney keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Love manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Carney misses the shot to the body.
Carney throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ari Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Love 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ari Love!
The defeated Rodney Carney had this to say: 'I am disappointed with my performance tonight. My opponent is top notch he has great hands which isn't really one of my strengths at the moment. Props to him for accepting the fight on short notice and getting the job done. You learn more when you lose than you win so il learn from this and be back'.
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