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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Junior Carson (ranked 5537 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellis Horton (ranked 6178 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis Horton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Junior Carson's chin.
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168 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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169 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Carson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ellis Horton! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Carson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carson jumps guard and drags Horton to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Horton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Carson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Horton's guard. Carson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Carson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Horton can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Carson controls the pace. Horton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Horton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Carson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Carson distracts Horton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Carson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Carson working some strikes from top position. Carson drops back looking for a leg! Horton is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Horton manages to kick Carson off! Carson jumps back into Horton's guard. Horton looks winded! Carson lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round. Carson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Carson scoring with punches to the head and body. Carson controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Carson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Carson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Horton can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Carson controls the pace. Carson cracks Horton with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Carson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Horton is rocked! Carson stops Horton from standing up. Horton is still in real trouble! Can Carson finish him? Carson scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Carson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Horton's head. Carson lands a couple of elbows. Carson scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Carson gets to his feet and stands over Horton, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Horton felt that one! Carson unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Horton from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Carson!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
40% |
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