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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Bernardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernardo comes to the cage accompanied by Killah Priest - B.I.B.L.E.. Dwayne Austin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Carlos Bernardo's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Bernardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Austin!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin wants to clinch up but Bernardo keeps it at a distance.
Austin tries to clinch there but Bernardo circles away.
An inside leg kick from Austin misses.
Bernardo keeps the fight on the outside.
Austin lands a head kick that stumbles Bernardo and the fighters go to the mat.
It looks like Carlos Bernardo has been cut.
Bernardo working for a triangle but Austin defends it easily.
Austin won't allow Bernardo to sweep him here.
Bernardo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bernardo pulls Austin in close to his closed guard and prevents Austin from doing any damage or advancing position.
Austin is stalling in the full guard.
Bernardo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Austin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin passes Bernardo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bernardo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Austin.
Austin seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bernardo manages to get to full guard.
Bernardo wants to sweep but no luck.
Austin tries to stand but Bernardo is controlling from the bottom.
Bernardo controlling Austin's posture.
Austin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Austin wants to control from the top but Bernardo keeps moving.
Bernardo throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Austin escapes and throws Bernardo's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Austin trying to control the position but Bernardo is working away.
Austin decides to stand back up. Austin steps back and let's Bernardo get back to his feet.
Bernardo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bernardo takes a swing at Austin's ribcage but misses.
Bernardo lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
It looks like Austin is going to stand back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bernardo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bernardo is refusing to be controlled, as Austin sits in half guard.
Bernardo looking for submissions off his back.
Austin is thwarting Bernardo's attempts to control the position.
Austin wants to take a breather but Bernardo is having none of it.
Bernardo is defending against the submission attempts here by Austin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernardo trying to control here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Austin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bernardo.
Bernardo fails to land the takedown.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Austin.
Austin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Austin trying to control the action but Bernardo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwayne Austin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Bernardo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Austin tries to close the distance and clinch but Bernardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Austin has closed the distance and engaged Bernardo in a clinch.
Austin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bernardo uses from the top position.
Bernardo wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
Bernardo prevents Austin from getting back to his feet.
Austin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin is controlling Bernardo's posture.
Bernardo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Austin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bernardo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernardo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Austin looking for a sweep. Not yet Austin, not yet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Austin tries for a takedown but Bernardo circles away easily
and Bernardo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Austin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bernardo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Austin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bernardo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Austin won't be happy with that.
Carlos Bernardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Austin.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Austin being controlled for a moment.
Bernardo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Austin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin regains half guard there - taking advantage of Bernardo's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Bernardo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Austin manages to get to full guard.
Bernardo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bernardo drops back looking for a leg! Austin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Austin manages to kick Bernardo off! Bernardo jumps back into Austin's guard.
Austin keeping moving, preventing Bernardo from controlling successfully.
Bernardo is pushing down on Austin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Austin is fighting to maintain full guard but Bernardo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bernardo trying to control the action but Austin is working from the bottom.
Bernardo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bernardo trying to control from half guard but Austin is working away.
Austin trying to control but Bernardo postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bernardo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Austin keeps working.
Austin is trying to control but can't.
Austin gets full guard.
Austin keeping full guard, as Bernardo tries to pass.
Bernardo wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Austin throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Bernardo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Bernardo's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Austin tries for a takedown but Bernardo circles away easily
and Bernardo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Austin's guard now.
Bernardo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bernardo is in close to Austin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bernardo wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
Austin pulls Bernardo in close to prevent any damage.
Austin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bernardo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Austin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Austin had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bernardo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Austin Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bernardo's back instead.
Austin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernardo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bernardo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bernardo is working hard here to advance position.
Austin wants to control the pace but Bernardo is squirming around nicely.
Bernardo is desperately trying to improve his position but Austin has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Austin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bernardo's face.
Bernardo wants to hold on but Austin pushes him away.
Bernardo bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Bernardo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Austin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bernardo looking to sit in guard and control but Austin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Austin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bernardo is keeping the position for now.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Bernardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlos Bernardo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin stopping the sweep attempt from Bernardo.
Bernardo is trying to control the position but Austin postures up.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Bernardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Austin tries to free his leg and advance position but Bernardo is retaining full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bernardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt
and Bernardo counters with a left and a right that stings Austin.
A head kick misses from Austin.
Austin tries to clinch there but Bernardo circles away.
Bernardo throws a right hand that Austin ducks under and follows up with a left that Austin also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Austin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Austin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bernardo is keeping the position for now.
Bernardo wants to sweep but no luck.
Bernardo working for a triangle but Austin defends it easily.
Bernardo keeping moving, preventing Austin from controlling successfully.
Bernardo looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Bernardo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bernardo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Bernardo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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