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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Carson (ranked 4685 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Dapper (ranked 4717 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Esteban Carson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Esteban Carson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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151 lbs
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146 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Esteban Carson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Dapper!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carson scores with a jab to the body.
Dapper clinches up against the cage.
Carson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dapper breaks from the clinch.
Dapper closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Carson's guard.
Dapper forces his way into half guard.
Carson is trying is best to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dapper tries to stand and escape but Carson is controlling the position.
Carson is looking to control Dapper's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carson avoid being mounted?
The fighters are battling for position here. Carson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dapper connects with a couple of short punches.
Dapper tries to free his leg and advance position but Carson is retaining full guard.
Carson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carson wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dapper seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Carson is trying to control the position but Dapper postures up.
Dapper content to stall in guard here.
Dapper looking to pass the guard.
Dapper engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Carson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dapper wants to get up but he can't break Carson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dapper shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Carson trying to hold on to Dapper's head to control him but Dapper postures up.
Dapper trying to control from half guard but Carson is working away.
Dapper wants to pass to mount but Carson is defending the position.
Dapper not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Carson trying to control from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Carson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Dapper wants to stand up but Carson is controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dapper scores with a takedown into Carson's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dapper is fighting to break Carson's control of his arms but Carson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dapper not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Carson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dapper sitting in guard here, content to control.
Carson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Dapper dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Carson misses the shot to the body.
Dapper closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Carson quickly recovers to half guard.
Carson trying to control from the bottom.
Dapper is taking a breather. Carson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Dapper is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Carson is trying is best to control the position here.
Carson trying to control here.
Dapper scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dapper is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Carson is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dapper is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dapper performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dapper working over Carson with some ground and pound. Carson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dan Dapper has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dapper landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Carson trying to hold on to Dapper's head to control him but Dapper postures up.
Dapper tries to stand but can't do so whilst Carson controls his leg.
Carson trying to control from the bottom.
Carson is positioning himself well to prevent Dapper advancing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dapper looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Carson controlling the position for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dapper scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. Carson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dapper wants to control from the top but Carson keeps moving.
Carson is trying to keep Dapper in close.
Carson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson is looking for a triangle but Dapper pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dapper is stalling in the full guard.
Carson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dapper doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dapper manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dapper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Carson wants to control the position but Dapper says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Dapper working the head and body with strikes.
Dapper is nestled in close to Carson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dapper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dapper controlling the pace.
Dapper is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dapper with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dapper tries to pass the half guard into mount. Carson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dapper takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Carson is looking to control Dapper's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carson avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Dapper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Dapper looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dapper trying to control the position from guard on top but Carson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dapper wants to control from the top but Carson keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dapper preventing the sweep.
Dapper throwing strikes but missing.
Dapper stays in close to Carson's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dapper with a nice head shot there.
Carson controls Dapper momentarily but Dapper frees himself.
Dapper pushes down on Carson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Carson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Dapper is trying to control. Carson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Carson tries to get to full guard but Dapper has control of the leg.
Dapper sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Carson trying to control but Dapper postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dapper closes the distance and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dapper - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Carson fails to pull guard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dapper.
Dapper has hold of one of Carson's legs. Carson is fighting the takedown attempt but Dapper gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Carson keeping full guard, as Dapper tries to pass.
Carson has control of Dapper's left arm, preventing Dapper from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dapper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dapper trying to control the position from guard on top but Carson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carson pulls Dapper in close to his closed guard and prevents Dapper from doing any damage or advancing position.
Carson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dapper decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dapper trying to control the position from guard on top but Carson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dapper postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dapper scoring with some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dapper trying to stand up but can't free himself from Carson's guard.
Esteban Carson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dan Dapper is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Carson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dapper stacks Carson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dapper!
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Dapper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dapper 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Dapper!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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