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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drake Kartella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saul Goodman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kartella's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gangsta's Paradise Remix. This should be a great matchup!
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180 lbs
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178 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 3, fighting out of London, Drake Kartella!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saul Goodman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Skip Squint and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goodman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kartella.
Goodman slips a jab from Kartella.
Goodman throws a series of punches but Kartella moves out of range.
Kartella connects with the punch.
Kartella looks to land a right hand but Goodman moved out of range.
Goodman wants to counter the offense by Kartella and move into the clinch position.
Kartella misses with a wild body shot.
Goodman swats away the attempt to clinch by Kartella.
It seemed like Goodman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Goodman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kartella looks to land a right hand but Goodman moved out of range.
Goodman misses with the combination.
Kartella misses with a kick to the body
and Goodman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kartella pushes Goodman off but Goodman dives into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goodman misses with the ground and pound.
Kartella tries to buck Goodman off but Goodman is having none of it.
Goodman trying to control the action but Kartella is working from the bottom.
Kartella is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman wants to stand but Kartella has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Kartella looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Goodman tries to free his leg and advance position but Kartella is retaining full guard.
Goodman wants to control from the top but Kartella keeps moving.
Kartella looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kartella is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Goodman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kartella has momentary wrist control but Goodman slips an elbow through the middle.
Goodman postures up.
Kartella pulls Goodman in to control the position.
Goodman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kartella is proving hard to escape from.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Goodman.
Goodman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kartella was well out of range. Poor timing from Goodman.
Kartella lands with a hook. Goodman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drake Kartella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Goodman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kartella digs a good body shot into Goodman's ribs.
Kartella lands a nice shot to the body.
Kartella lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kartella rushes Goodman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kartella tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kartella misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kartella lands with a right to the head.
Kartella lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goodman backwards.
Goodman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kartella scores with a punch to the head.
Kartella doesn't manage to clinch there - Goodman circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Kartella as Goodman shoots in.
Kartella tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body kick from Kartella.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goodman throws a jab but it's blocked by Kartella.
Kartella drops Goodman with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kartella follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drake Kartella!
Drake Kartella retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Drake Kartella thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Saul Goodman spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank You to all the fans and my training partners. I came up short tonight but I'll be back. One last thing. Drake Kartella I'm Coming for you. Keep my belt nice and warm.'.
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hype
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