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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Carbone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carbone has chosen Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Carbone!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
Carbone blocks a jab.
Carbone thuds his shin into the meat of Moore's side.
Moore misses with a few strikes there.
Moore throws a hook but Carbone blocks it.
Moore scores with a nice right hand.
Moore connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carbone scores with a shot to the body.
Richard Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carbone avoids the body shot from Moore.
Moore looks to score with a jab to the body but Carbone is just out of range.
Carbone fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moore.
Carbone throws a leg kick which misses Moore's front leg but catches the back leg as Moore tries to avoid it.
Moore is breathing heavily.
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!
Carbone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carbone moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Carbone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moore.
Carbone lands a head kick!
It looks like Richard Moore has been cut.
Carbone is looking to slow Moore down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carbone.
Moore takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Carbone there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carbone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Carbone.
Carbone lands an elbow inside that Moore shrugs off.
Carbone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Carbone.
Carbone working Moore over with knees to the body.
Carbone lands a good knee to the midsection. Moore won't want to take too many of those.
Come on Carbone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carbone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Moore backwards.
Carbone connects with a knee to the head.
Carbone is pushing Moore up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carbone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carbone lands a good knee to the midsection. Moore won't want to take too many of those.
Carbone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carbone is struggling to control the position.
Carbone lands a damaging elbow.
Carbone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carbone lands a nice elbow.
Carbone scores with a shoulder strike.
Moore jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carbone walks away with a smile on his face. Moore gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A jab from Carbone finds it's way through Moore's defenses.
Carbone fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Moore thows a leg kick but Carbone checks it
and Carbone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carbone throws a head kick but Moore moves out of range.
Carbone throws a head kick that Moore semi-blocks.
Moore throws a sloppy head kick
and Carbone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Carbone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carbone.
Moore is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carbone sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carbone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moore keeps the fight on the outside.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moore steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carbone. That one must have hurt.
Moore is looking to wear down Carbone with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Carbone darts in and clinches Moore up against the ropes.
Carbone lands a knee to the body.
Moore is looking to break free of the clinch but Carbone has double underhooks.
Carbone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Carbone.
Carbone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carbone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Moore tries to circle away but Carbone has him pinned against the ropes.
Carbone connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Carbone with a knee to the head.
A short left from Carbone.
Carbone lands a knee to the head.
Moore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carbone lands an elbow just above Moore 's eye.
Carbone tries a knee to the head but Moore blocks it.
Carbone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moore's face.
Carbone is working Moore over against the ropes.
Carbone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Carbone.
Moore wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carbone is trying to maintain a safe position but Moore gets an underhook and turns Carbone into the ropes.
Carbone trying to land knees to the body.
Carbone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Carbone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Moore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Carbone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Moore'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.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moore throws a body kick the misses
and Moore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Moore takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Moore throws a hook to the side of Carbone's head but Carbone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carbone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Carbone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Moore wants to get back to striking at distance but Carbone won't allow it.
Moore is trying to force a seperation but Carbone has the dominant position.
A body shot lands from Carbone.
Moore is looking to break free of the clinch but Carbone has double underhooks.
Carbone with a knee to the head.
Carbone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Carbone lands a good knee to the midsection. Moore won't want to take too many of those.
Carbone trying to land knees to the body.
Moore wants to get back to striking at distance but Carbone won't allow it.
Moore scores with a hook to the body.
Carbone scores with a knee to the head.
Carbone connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carbone stalling.
Moore is trying to break the clinch but Carbone has him pressed against the ropes.
Moore takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carbone is breathing heavily.
Moore looking to slow down the pace here.
Carbone looking to throw knees to the head but Moore is blocking nicely.
Moore stalling in the clinch but Carbone improves position.
Carbone misses with an elbow strike.
Carbone holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Carbone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moore's efforts to push away.
Carbone displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moore up against the ropes.
Carbone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Carbone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moore's face.
Moore takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carbone missing with knees to the body.
Moore tries to break free but Carbone pushes him back against the ropes.
Moore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carbone lands a knee to the head.
Moore tries to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling the position.
Carbone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moore is trying to force a seperation but Carbone has the dominant position.
Moore tries to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling the position.
Carbone tries to land a knee to the head but Moore blocks with his arms.
Carbone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carbone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moore prevents a body shot from Carbone.
Carbone missing with knees to the body.
Carbone throws an elbow but it misses.
Carbone landing knees to the head.
Moore tries to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling the position.
Moore jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carbone walks away with a smile on his face. Moore gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Frankie Carbone has been cut.
Carbone throws a hook to the side of Moore's head but Moore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Moore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moore scores with a kick to the midsection.
Moore misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carbone counters with a leg kick.
Moore lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to de liver by Moore. Beautiful body shot.
Moore scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carbone slips a jab from Moore.
The fighters circle momentarily. Moore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A low kick from Moore is predictable there
and Carbone counters by clinching up.
Moore tries to circle away but Carbone has him pinned against the ropes.
Carbone lands an elbow that stopped Moore in his tracks for a moment.
Moore tries to circle away but Carbone has him pinned against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Moore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carbone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Carbone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carbone doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Frankie Carbone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moore ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moore darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Moore misses with a looping right.
Moore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moore looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Moore is looking to work some ground and pound but Carbone has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moore missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Moore preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Moore dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.
Moore misses with a jab to the body
and Carbone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Moore throws a head kick that Carbone semi-blocks.
Moore takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A lazy left from Moore finds it's target.
Carbone looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carbone is rocked!
Carbone lands a high kick!
Carbone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Carbone is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
A jab from Moore misses.
Carbone seems to have recovered his senses.
Good exchange - Moore coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carbone moves out of range as Moore strikes.
A head kick misses from Carbone.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carbone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Moore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carbone throws a body punch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carbone stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Moore misses its intended target.
Moore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Carbone walks into a straight right hand from Moore.
Moore throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carbone tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore tries to land a front kick but Carbone steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Moore throws a leg kick
and Carbone counters with a straight right hand.
Moore throws a hook to the side of Carbone's head but Carbone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carbone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moore.
Moore connects with a body shot.
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carbone avoids the body shot from Moore.
Moore throws a jab but it's blocked by Carbone.
Carbone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moore manages to avoid it.
Moore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carbone was well out of range. Poor timing from Moore.
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.
Nice sprawl there from Carbone as Moore shoots in.
Carbone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carbone.
Carbone throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Moore.
Carbone misses with a head kick.
Moore fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carbone on the side of the head.
Moore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moore shoots for a double leg takedown but Carbone sprawls well. He's pushed Moore's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carbone.
Carbone is looking to clinch but Moore is avoiding it.
Carbone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Carbone. That's going to slow Moore down.
A cross from Carbone lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Carbone does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carbone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carbone throws a right and a left that Moore avoids nicely.
Carbone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moore lands a nice hook to Carbone's body. Carbone takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Moore, as that shot connected.
Moore misses with a body shot
and Carbone counters with a low kick, right behind Moore 's knee.
Moore misses with a body shot
and Carbone counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Moore thinking.
Carbone rushes Moore and presses him up against the ropes.
Moore wants to break free but Carbone has control.
Moore wants to get back to striking at distance but Carbone won't allow it.
Carbone scores a nice knee to the body.
Carbone keeps control of Moore as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carbone has Moore pressed against the ropes, preventing Moore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carbone'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.
Moore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Carbone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moore's efforts to push away.
Moore drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Moore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carbone lands a shoulder strike.
Carbone is trying to stall.
Carbone digs a right hand into Moore's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moore's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Richard Moore.
I think Moore has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Moore!
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