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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gale Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caleb Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carr has chosen Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth as his entrance music. Gale Gold has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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142 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gale Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caleb Carr!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carr ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Gold wants to land a leg kick but Carr is out of range.
Gold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carr moves out of range of the body kick.
Gold punishes Carr's body with a nice straight punch.
Gold dodges the punch combination from Carr.
Carr tries to bum rush Gold with a series of wild strikes but Gold uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gold tries to clinch up.
Gold lands with an overhand left.
Carr avoids the head kick by Gold.
Gold dips to his left and cracks Carr with an uppercut!
Gold jabs at Carr's body.
Carr misses with a series of wild punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carr shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gold eats them both and turns towards Carr to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carr takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gold connects with an inside leg kick.
Gold cracks Carr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Carr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Gold.
Gold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carr.
Gold slips a jab and a cross from Carr.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
Gold connects with an inside leg kick.
Gold jabs at Carr's body.
Gold looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Carr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gold connects with a body shot.
Gold feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carr's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Carr blocks the low kick.
Gold scores with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Gold.
Carr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gold.
Gale Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gold. Carr shrugs it off though.
Carr misses with a jab to the body
and Gold counters with a straight right hand.
Gold connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Carr.
Gold turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carr throws a nice looking combination but Gold bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gold cracks a nice hook into Carr's ribs.
A punch combination from Carr misses.
A leg kick checked by Carr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Carr.
As Gold backs off Carr throws a huge counter combo but Gold manages to avoid it all.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gold!
Gold throws a push kick but Carr slaps the foot to one side.
Carr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gold tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As Gold backs off Carr throws a huge counter combo but Gold manages to avoid it all.
Nice straight punches there by Carr. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Carr.
Gold throws a body shot but no joy.
Gold connects with a solid leg kick.
Carr moves out of range of the strikes.
Carr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gold throws a low kick, looking for Carr's leg but Carr calmly moves out of range.
Gold fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Carr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gold tries to land a front kick but Carr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gold throws a leg kick which misses Carr's front leg but catches the back leg as Carr tries to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gold - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Gold is predictable there
and Carr counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold feints and then cracks Carr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carr down.
Carr fails to land with a series of punches.
Carr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gold dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carr. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Carr. Those never looked like landing.
Gold throws a leg kick but Carr checks it.
Carr lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gold.
Gold moves forwards but Carr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Carr misses with a few strikes there.
Gold appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Carr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Carr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Carr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Carr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gold manages to avoid it.
Gold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gale Gold dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Carr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gold dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carr. That did some damage!
A punch combination from Carr misses.
A little feinted left hand from Gold on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A cross from Carr lands.
Gale Gold is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Carr. Those never looked like landing.
Carr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gold stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gold throws an overhand right that lands on Carr's shoulder, as Carr tries to avoid the shot.
Crunch! Gold slams his shin into Carr's torso.
Gold walks into a left hand.
Carr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gold.
Gold throwing a counter right hand but Carr manages to avoid it.
A jab from Carr misses.
Gold connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carr loads up on a big right hand but Gold slips the punch.
Carr throws a nice looking combination but Gold bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gold feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Carr avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Carr lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Carr misses with an uppercut. Gold saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Carr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A nice combination there by Carr.
Gold lands with an overhand left.
Carr throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gold counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carr thinking.
Carr just misses with a punch to the body.
Gold feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Carr checks a leg kick nicely.
Gold fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gold scores with a kick to the midsection.
A solid body kick from Gold.
Carr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gold cracks the inside of Carr's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold throws a leg kick
and Gold takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carr throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Carr misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold throws the kick towards the body but Carr avoids it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gold here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Carr throws a nice looking combination but Gold bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carr shoots in for a takedown but Gold shows good takedown defense.
Carr is breathing heavily.
Gold wants to land a leg kick but Carr is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Carr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Carr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carr throws a big shot that misses.
Gold misses with a body kick.
Gold lands a nice shot to the body.
Gold connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carr. Carr circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gold scores with a leg kick.
Carr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gold.
Gold slips a jab and a cross from Carr.
Gold swings for the body but Carr moves out of range.
Caleb Carr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Carr does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Gold backs off Carr throws a huge counter combo but Gold manages to avoid it all.
Carr stalks Gold and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gold's face. Gold staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carr checks the leg kick.
Gold moves into range and connects with a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gold.
No joy there for Carr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gold quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Carr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gold swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gold fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Carr is out of range.
Carr misses with a two punch combination.
Gold buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gold moves away.
Gold blocks a jab.
Carr misses with a double jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gold smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gold fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Carr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Carr misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carr falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Carr throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gold counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Carr scores with a three punch combo!
A jab from Carr misses.
It looked like Gold was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Carr.
Gold throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Carr's head.
Carr walks into a straight right hand from Gold.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carr blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carr or not.
Gold working aggressively here.
Gold breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gale Gold 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. This is the final round!
Carr tries to clinch up.
Gold fires out a quick counter leg kick but Carr just manages to avoid it.
Gold misses with a lunging right hand
and Carr counters with a one-two to the body.
Carr misses with a two punch combination.
Carr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gold slips under a jab.
Gold pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice side step and Carr releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gold looks for the body kick but Carr saw that one coming.
Carr doesn't manage to clinch there - Gold circles away.
Carr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gold throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Carr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gold connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Carr scrambles back to his feet.
Gold feints and then cracks Carr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carr down.
Carr has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gold.
Gold misses with a low kick as Carr jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Gold lands a lovely overhand right.
Carr throws a series of punches but Gold avoids them all with ease.
Gold throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gold thows a body kick. Carr tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gold, right into the meat.
Carr tries to close the distance and clinch but Gold swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carr.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gold. Carr shrugs it off though.
Carr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gold.
Gold lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gold scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold dodges the punch combination from Carr.
Gold is looking to score with low kicks.
Gold looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Gold.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gold, right into the meat.
Carr fails to land with a series of punches.
Gold appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gold connects with a single shot there.
Carr sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Carr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gold.
Gold works over Carr's head and body with a nice combination.
Gold lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Carr backs up against the cage.
Gold looks to score with a jab to the body but Carr is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold dodges the punch combination from Carr.
Carr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gold.
Gold looks to score with a jab to the body but Carr is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Carr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Carr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Carr unleashes a big counter combination but Gold bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Gold scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gold connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caleb Carr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gold feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Carrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gold throws a leg kick which misses Carr's front leg but catches the back leg as Carr tries to avoid it.
Gold looks to score with a jab to the body but Carr is just out of range.
Gold is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Carr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carr moves away.
Carr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold doesn't manage to clinch there - Carr circles away.
Carr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gold.
Gold lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gold misses with a body kick.
Gold connects with a leg kick. Carr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carr swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch combination from Carr misses.
Gold throws a shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gold.
Carr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gold can pounce on him.
Gold lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gold fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gale Gold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gold has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gale Gold!
An out of breath Gale Gold thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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