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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Carlson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikodim Roma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlson comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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212 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Carlson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikodim Roma!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carlson moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roma creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carlson blocks an elbow strike from Roma.
Roma working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roma misses with a punch to the body.
Carlson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carlson lands with a light punch inside.
Carlson blocks an elbow strike.
Roma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carlson avoids a wild elbow strike from Roma.
Roma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Roma tries to work over Carlson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carlson is struggling to control the position.
Roma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carlson scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlson blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carlson throws an elbow but misses.
Roma lands an elbow inside that Carlson shrugs off.
Still in the clinch, Carlson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roma lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roma throws an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roma as Carlson tries to tie him up.
Roma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carlson's elbow.
Carlson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Roma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carlson.
Roma lands a damaging elbow.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carlson takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carlson's brow.
Roma misses with an elbow over the top.
Roma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carlson's brow.
Roma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carlson looking to slow down the pace here.
Carlson working aggressively here.
Roma misses with a hook to the ribs.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Roma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carlson is trying to maintain a safe position but Roma gets an underhook and turns Carlson into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roma throws an elbow but misses.
Roma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roma lands an elbow inside that Carlson shrugs off.
Roma lands an elbow inside.
Roma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roma misses with a body punch.
Carlson throws a punch but it's blocked by Roma.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carlson.
Roma has a couple of punches blocked by Carlson.
Carlson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Carlson fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carlson tries to land knees in the clinch but Roma avoids the damage to the body.
Carlson blocks the elbow strike.
Roma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roma throws an elbow that misses.
Carlson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Roma tries to work over Carlson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carlson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roma blocking some punches.
Carlson stalls.
Carlson stalls.
Carlson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikodim Roma dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Roma rushes Carlson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Roma.
Carlson trying to stall but Roma improves his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roma throws an elbow that misses.
Roma lands an elbow just above Carlson 's eye.
Roma can't find room to land a body shot as Carlson controls the action.
Roma presses Carlson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carlson's defenses.
Roma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roma misses with a punch to the body.
Roma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlson lands a left hand.
Carlson stalling against the cage.
Roma throws an elbow but it misses.
Roma tries to throw a body punch but Carlson avoids it by throwing Roma back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Roma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carlson's elbow.
Roma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carlson's defenses.
Nikodim Roma seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roma throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roma.
Roma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carlson.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carlson scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Nikodim Roma has been cut.
Carlson throws a punch but it's blocked by Roma.
Carlson scores with a shoulder strike.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carlson is looking to control Roma's arms but Roma gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carlson has his back to the cage.
Roma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roma misses with the head strike.
Roma misses with the head strike.
Roma lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roma lands an elbow that stopped Carlson in his tracks for a moment.
Roma tries to throw a body punch but Carlson avoids it by throwing Roma back against the cage.
Carlson throws a head punch that misses.
Roma misses with an elbow over the top.
Carlson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carlson takes an elbow to the temple.
Roma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carlson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roma is defending well for now.
Carlson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlson lands an uppercut.
Roma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carlson's brow.
Roma misses with an elbow strike.
Carlson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roma misses with an elbow strike.
Roma misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Carlson fails to land.
Roma lands an elbow just above Carlson 's eye.
Roma misses with an elbow strike.
Roma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carlson's elbow.
Roma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Roma fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A hook to the body from Roma.
Carlson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roma tries a body shot but Carlson blocks it.
A short uppercut from Carlson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carlson's brow.
Carlson lands an uppercut.
Carlson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carlson has a couple of punches blocked by Roma.
Roma blocking some punches.
Carlson prevents a body shot from Roma.
Roma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carlson dodges an elbow strike from Roma.
Roma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikodim Roma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nikodim Roma's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Roma misses with a shot to the body
letting Carlson counter with a right hand.
Nikodim Roma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Roma misses.
Roma rushes Carlson and presses him up against the cage.
Carlson working aggressively here.
Carlson taking a breather.
Roma tries to throw a body punch but Carlson avoids it by throwing Roma back against the cage.
Carlson blocks an elbow strike from Roma.
Roma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roma.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roma.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carlson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roma throws an elbow but it misses.
Roma has a couple of punches blocked by Carlson.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roma tries to work over Carlson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carlson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Carlson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carlson avoids the elbow strike from Roma, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carlson's brow.
Carlson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carlson misses with the head strike.
Roma struggles to land a body shot inside as Carlson controls his hands.
Roma lands a nice elbow.
Carlson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carlson blocks an elbow strike.
Roma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carlson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carlson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carlson avoids the elbow strike from Roma, against the cage.
Carlson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carlson.
Stalling in the clinch from Carlson.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carlson blocks the elbow strike.
Roma lands an elbow that stopped Carlson in his tracks for a moment.
Carlson misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carlson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlson is trying to stall.
Carlson has a couple of punches blocked by Roma.
Carlson looking to slow down the pace here.
Roma lands an elbow inside that Carlson shrugs off.
Roma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carlson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carlson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carlson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roma throws an elbow that misses.
Roma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carlson blocks an elbow strike.
Roma cracks Carlson with a nice body shot.
Carl Carlson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roma lands a shot to the body.
Carlson avoids a wild elbow strike from Roma.
Roma tries to throw a body punch but Carlson avoids it by throwing Roma back against the cage.
Roma pushes off an throws an elbow but Carlson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carlson swings wildly with an uppercut but Roma uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carlson's brow.
Roma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roma misses with a punch to the body.
Roma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carlson throws a head punch that misses.
Carlson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roma misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Carlson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nikodim Roma.
I've got Roma 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikodim Roma!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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