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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai O Brian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Carini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
21
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nikolai O Brian! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pablo Carini! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Carini fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Nikolai O Brian has been cut. Carini looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Carini lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Carini getting the better of the striking in that exchange. O Brian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carini. That one must have hurt. Carini connects with a nice looking jab.
Carini gets a clinch. Carini scores with a shoulder strike. Carini lands with a short head shot on the inside. Carini has O Brian pressed against the cage, preventing O Brian from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Carini lands a nice shot to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Carini lands a body shot in the clinch.
Carini lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. O Brian is breathing heavily. Carini lands a hook to the side of the head. Carini pushes O Brian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. O Brian wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Carini lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Brian backwards. Carini lands a shot to the body. Carini presses O Brian against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Good body shot from Carini.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carini creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A shot in the inside from Carini. A quick uppercut on the inside from Carini. O Brian misses with some punches.
Carini has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but O Brian regains guard immediately. O Brian can't keep his opponent in guard - Carini advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Carini is trying to control the action in half guard but O Brian is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Carini not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Carini sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Brian defending well though. O Brian is not content to let Carini control the position. O Brian gets full guard. O Brian is looking to sweep but instead, Carini has passed into half guard.
Carini thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed O Brian's head. Carini sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Brian defending well though. O Brian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Carini scores with a couple of nice shots. O Brian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Carini scores with a couple of nice shots. Carini seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but O Brian does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Carini missing with the ground and pound from half guard. O Brian is not content to let Carini control the position. Carini controlling the action here. O Brian is trying to get back to full guard. Carini 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. Nice strikes from Carini there. O Brian regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Carini preventing the sweep. O Brian keeping full guard, as Carini tries to pass.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet. Carini dips to his left and cracks O Brian with an uppercut! Carini misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Carini fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Nice takedown defense from Carini. No joy for O Brian on that attempt. O Brian tries to sprawl but Carini drives through with a takedown into half guard. Carini thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Carini dominated that round. The cut man is working on Nikolai O Brian's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Carini is trying hard to land a takedown here. O Brian sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. O Brian changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit. Carini swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by O Brian. O Brian slips under a jab. O Brian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
O Brian avoids the body shot from Carini.
Carini scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Brian doesn't seem bothered though. O Brian moves forwards but Carini connects with a nice, crisp jab. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Carini connects with a body shot. Carini lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and O Brian falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pablo Carini!
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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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