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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Christ Karter (ranked 640 p4p, 1150 weight class) and Kano Sicarius (ranked 61 p4p, 105 weight class). Sicarius is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Klendathu Drop. Jesus Christ Karter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm 45 155 34 - 22 - 1 |
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150 cm 36 145 15 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler Solid Muay Thai Powerful |
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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 34 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Christ Karter! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kano Sicarius! The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Karter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Karter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Sicarius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Sicarius - just one landing. Sicarius lands a nice looking body shot.
Karter drops his hands momentarily and Sicarius takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Karter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. A swing and a miss from Karter. Sicarius misses with a hook
enabling Karter to counter with a crisp jab. Karter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sicarius. Sicarius circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sicarius connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Karter walks into a jab. Karter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sicarius counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Karter is not content to let Sicarius control the position. The fighters are battling for position here. Karter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Sicarius wants to control from the top but Karter keeps moving. Sicarius pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Karter is keeping the position for now. Karter on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Karter tries to get out of the position. Karter wants to sweep here but Sicarius controlling him for the moment. Sicarius wants to control from the top but Karter keeps moving. Karter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sicarius. Karter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Karter working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sicarius's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Sicarius is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Karter will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Karter keeping moving, preventing Sicarius from controlling successfully. Karter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sicarius on the ground. Sicarius lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Karter tries to land a sweep but no joy. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sicarius with a nice head shot there. Sicarius makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Sicarius has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Sicarius trying to control the position from guard on top but Karter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Sicarius is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Sicarius distracts Karter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Sicarius slips nicely into half guard.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Sicarius looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Sicarius looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Sicarius is still trying to improve position. Karter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Sicarius content to control rather than advance. Sicarius trying to control from half guard but Karter is working away. Sicarius not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
 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. Karter is refusing to be controlled, as Sicarius sits in half guard. Sicarius works his way into full mount! Sicarius can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Karter is looking to escape. Sicarius has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Karter's face.
Karter is trying to escape the mount.
Karter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Sicarius looking to control but Karter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Sicarius putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kano Sicarius dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Karter takes one on the button. Sicarius swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Karter takes a swing at Sicarius's ribcage but misses. Sicarius looks to score with a jab to the body but Karter is just out of range. Sicarius dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Karter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Karter throws a lazy right hand but Sicarius sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Sicarius paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Sicarius throws out a loose jab but Karter uses good head movement to avoid it. Sicarius jabs Karter to the body, keeping him at a distance. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Karter misses the jab. Sicarius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karter.
Sicarius throws an off balance right hand
and Karter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sicarius throws a hook but Karter avoids it easily.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Sicarius throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Nice shot lands for Karter. Sicarius throws a looping overhand right but Karter ducks down to avoid it. Karter was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Kano Sicarius seems to be getting the better of the standup. Karter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sicarius. Nice uppercut lands for Sicarius. That snapped Karter's head back.
Sicarius has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Karter takes a swing at Sicarius's ribcage but misses. Sicarius scores with a body shot.
Karter is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Sicarius avoids the body shot from Karter.
Karter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Sicarius dips to his left and cracks Karter with an uppercut! A jab from Sicarius finds it's way through Karter's defenses. Sicarius scores with the left hand. Karter knows he should have avoided that one. This has been an exciting period of action! Karter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Karter slips a jab from Sicarius.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Karter lands with an overhand left. Karter throws a poor cross that misses
and Sicarius counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Karter! Sicarius scores with a couple of short elbows. Karter is being controlled here. Sicarius creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Karter struggling a bit here. Sicarius grinds an elbow into Karter's temple. Sicarius is putting a hurting on Karter here, landing some big shots from side control. Sicarius working the head and body with strikes. Sicarius is chipping away with strikes.
Sicarius grinds an elbow into Karter's temple. Karter taking a bit of punishment here - Sicarius scoring with strikes.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Sicarius cracks Karter with a big elbow. Sicarius looks up at the clock and then as Karter takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sicarius smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sicarius in side control, just content to control the action for now. Sicarius has knee on belly and moves into mount. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Karter is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sicarius unloading with bombs! Sicarius lands a nice shot to the head. Sicarius landing punches. Karter really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Sicarius has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Karter's face.
 Karter is rocked! Karter wants to control but Sicarius is having none of it. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sicarius lands a big elbow - Karter is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Karter is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kano Sicarius! Kano Sicarius seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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