Post by The Sandman on Aug 22, 2021 4:11:50 GMT -5
People are cheering for this fighter. You can hear Miguel Torres chants all around the place!
Clay Guida looks very relaxed.
Miguel Torres glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
Miguel Torres comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Miguel Torres fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The Carpenter is holding Miguel Torres's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Miguel Torres shows great balance while pushing away Clay Guida
Clay Guida fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Miguel Torres tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Carpenter goes down.
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Miguel Torres is in open guard over The Carpenter
Miguel Torres tries to pass to half guard...
Clay Guida's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Miguel Torres is in open guard over The Carpenter
Clay Guida is cooling the fight on the ground
Miguel Torres is in open guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter tries to close his guard around Torres
He succeeds!
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
Torres is in closed guard... The Carpenter tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Miguel Torres!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
As the fight continues it seems that Clay Guida is taking the best of the fight.
The Carpenter tries to open up Torres with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Torres is trying to block them with his hands...
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Miguel Torres creates enough space to control Clay Guida's leg.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
Miguel Torres attempts to move to full guard
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Torres from the side mount!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Miguel Torres sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
The Carpenter launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Miguel Torres is not able to stop Torres ground skills and Clay Guida moves to side mount!
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to pass to mount...
The Carpenter slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Miguel Torres.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Clay Guida rolls Miguel Torres to his stomach and takes his back!
The Carpenter is in rear mount over Torres
Clay Guida positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Clay Guida is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Torres's ribs
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida tries to better his position on the ground...
The Carpenter is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida launches a few punches to Torres
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter works on the ground with his fingers over Torres's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida tries to better his position on the ground...
Miguel Torres tries to roll on the ground...
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
Torres is in closed guard... The Carpenter tries to roll on the ground!
Miguel Torres uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The Carpenter misses a step and Miguel Torres sees an opportunity to counter him!
Torres struggles on the ground and tries to break Clay Guida's guard...
The Carpenter doesn't want to free his opponent and Torres continues in closed guard
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Herb Dean didn't see that!
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter measures the resilience of Torres's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Torres's side.
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter breaths deeply while on the ground
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
Torres is in closed guard... The Carpenter tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Miguel Torres!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida rolls him over and takes his back!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for The Carpenter.
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Round 2
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Miguel Torres is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
The Carpenter tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. The Carpenter is clinching with Torres.
Torres doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Clay Guida embrace and tries to move away...
Clay Guida pushes Torres forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Carpenter doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Miguel Torres embrace and tries to move away...
Miguel Torres pushes The Carpenter forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Miguel Torres tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
The Carpenter is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
The Carpenter pushes off of Miguel Torres and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Torres stumbles backwards but Clay Guida chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Torres doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Clay Guida embrace and tries to move away...
Clay Guida pushes Torres forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
The Carpenter tries to dirty boxing while holds Torres against cage
Torres is unable to defend himself and receives some punches in the ribs.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Carpenter doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Miguel Torres embrace and tries to move away...
Miguel Torres pushes The Carpenter forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Miguel Torres tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
The Carpenter is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Torres doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Clay Guida embrace and tries to move away...
Clay Guida pushes Torres forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Torres misses a step and Clay Guida sees an opportunity to counter him!
The Carpenter doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Miguel Torres embrace and tries to move away...
Miguel Torres pushes The Carpenter forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Clay Guida pushes away Torres trying to keep the fight at striking range
Torres stumbles backwards and Clay Guida circles to get the center of the cage
Miguel Torres shoots for a double leg takedown!
Clay Guida sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Clay Guida fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Miguel Torres moves forward looking for some grappling action
The Carpenter pushes his opponent and keep the fight at striking range
Miguel Torres is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Torres steps backwards away from Clay Guida. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Miguel Torres tries a hook to the body
but The Carpenter manages to dodge it
Torres decides to launch some tentative punches
Clay Guida takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Torres moves backwards and Clay Guida is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Terrible one sided match... Torres was not ready to fight a fighter of Clay Guida caliber.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Torres is holding Clay Guida's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Clay Guida shows great balance while pushing away Miguel Torres
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Clay Guida tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Torres is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Terrible one sided match... Torres was not ready to fight a fighter of Clay Guida caliber.
Torres tries to close his guard around The Carpenter
He is not able to do it
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Torres switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
The Carpenter struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Miguel Torres work his BJJ game.
Torres tries to close his guard around The Carpenter
He is not able to do it
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Miguel Torres doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of The Carpenter's moves.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Clay Guida was tooling Miguel Torres for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Miguel Torres lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Miguel Torres overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
The Carpenter pulls his arm out of danger.
Torres misses a step and Clay Guida sees an opportunity to counter him!
Clay Guida tries to pass to half guard...
Miguel Torres can't prevent his opponent from passing. The Carpenter looks to work from half guard.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
Miguel Torres gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. The Carpenter spins out, but Miguel Torres was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
The Carpenter is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Miguel Torres. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Torres fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
The Carpenter sprawls and remains on his feet.
The two exchange wildly
The Carpenter is connecting with a few punches
The Carpenter launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Torres's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Herb Dean didn't see that!
The Carpenter steps backwards away from Miguel Torres. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The round is for The Carpenter, who walks calmly to his corner.
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Round 3
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Torres studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The Carpenter throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
The clock says 0:30 in the 3 round
Torres studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Every time Clay Guida attempts to get inside
Torres misses with a low kick.
The clock says 0:55 in the 3 round
Torres is holding Clay Guida's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Clay Guida shows great balance while pushing away Miguel Torres
Poorly executed technique. Clay Guida looks to counter!
A solid combination from Clay Guida
connects with Torres.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Clay Guida is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Clay Guida moves forward and launches a low kick.
Hard blow to Torres's left thigh
The Carpenter is holding Miguel Torres's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Miguel Torres loses balance and goes to the ground.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres attempts to trap Clay Guida in his guard.
Clay Guida keeps control and remains in side mount.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres attempts to trap Clay Guida in his guard.
Clay Guida keeps control and remains in side mount.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Clay Guida controls the situation despite Miguel Torres efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida launches a few punches to Torres
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Clay Guida controls the situation despite Miguel Torres efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to pass to mount...
The Carpenter slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Miguel Torres.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Clay Guida pushes Miguel Torres down and prevents his attempts to escape
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter is taking this opportunity to rest.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Clay Guida shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Miguel Torres is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull The Carpenter into his guard.
The clock says 3:50 in the 3 round
Clay Guida is in closed guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to escape from the closed guard
The Carpenter succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
The Carpenter is getting frustrated here.
The clock says 4:10 in the 3 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Miguel Torres overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
The Carpenter pulls his arm out of danger.
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Miguel Torres overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
The Carpenter pulls his arm out of danger.
The clock says 4:35 in the 3 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to jump to side mount.
Miguel Torres closed his guard around Clay Guida.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to show some ground skills
The Carpenter uses his strength to keep The Carpenter at a disadvantage
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The Carpenter is the winner of this round.
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Round 4
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The Carpenter studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The Carpenter moves backwards and Miguel Torres is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The two exchange wildly
The Carpenter is connecting with a few punches
Some counter punches against Miguel Torres
land while he's on his bicycle.
A punch from Clay Guida
grazes Torres's left cheek.
A punch from Clay Guida
grazes Torres's left cheek.
The clock says 1:05 in the 4 round
Miguel Torres fakes a punch and launches himself over The Carpenter!
Clay Guida is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Torres and pushes him away!
Clay Guida tries a hook to the body
and hits Torres's ribs hard
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The Carpenter throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
Hard blow to Torres's mid-section, he seems hurt
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Some counter punches against Miguel Torres
land while he's on his bicycle.
The clock says 2:25 in the 4 round
Clay Guida is measuring Torres with his jab.
Good accuracy on his part.
Torres's Chin is beginning to swell
Torres has a small cut in his Chin
Torres decides to launch some tentative punches
Clay Guida takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The Carpenter looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Miguel Torres's punches
Torres is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Carpenter.
The Carpenter launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Torres's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Clay Guida shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Miguel Torres is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull The Carpenter into his guard.
Clay Guida is in closed guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Clay Guida fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
Clay Guida tries to pass Miguel Torres's guard...
Clay Guida manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Clay Guida pushes Miguel Torres down and prevents his attempts to escape
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Clay Guida doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
The clock says 4:35 in the 4 round
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
I think Miguel Torres needs to learn how to pace himself better. His performance is suffering from his exhaustion.
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Clay Guida has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 5
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The Carpenter launches a hook to the body
Bang! Torres stops that one with his ribs!
Hard blow to Torres's mid-section, he seems hurt
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:30 in the 5 round
Torres is breathing hard. He is exhausted and the fight will be very complicated for him now on.
Torres looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Clay Guida's punches
Torres is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Carpenter.
Torres's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Clay Guida is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The Carpenter is holding Miguel Torres's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Miguel Torres loses balance and goes to the ground.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Terrible one sided match... Torres was not ready to fight a fighter of Clay Guida caliber.
Clay Guida looks to pass to mount...
The Carpenter slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Miguel Torres.
The clock says 1:15 in the 5 round
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter steps backwards and lowers his arms while breathing heavily... He seems tired.
The Carpenter suddenly holds Miguel Torres's arm and tries an armbar!
Torres almost dind't see what was happening before tap!
Winner is Clay Guida by Submission (Armbar) at 1:27 Round 5
Statistics: Clay Guida
Punches 31/38 (82%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 11/13 (85%)
Takedowns 5/6 (83%)
GnP strikes 12/18 (67%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 619 s
Statistics: Miguel Torres
Punches 3/14 (21%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/5 (20%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 619 s
Clay “The Karen” Carpenter got things done here. Mostly, Torres ran out of stamina-juices, and since popping juice between rounds is illegal, he had nothing left and drown in sorrow before this one ended.
Clay Guida looks very relaxed.
Miguel Torres glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
Miguel Torres comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Miguel Torres fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The Carpenter is holding Miguel Torres's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Miguel Torres shows great balance while pushing away Clay Guida
Clay Guida fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Miguel Torres tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Carpenter goes down.
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Miguel Torres is in open guard over The Carpenter
Miguel Torres tries to pass to half guard...
Clay Guida's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Miguel Torres is in open guard over The Carpenter
Clay Guida is cooling the fight on the ground
Miguel Torres is in open guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter tries to close his guard around Torres
He succeeds!
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
Torres is in closed guard... The Carpenter tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Miguel Torres!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
As the fight continues it seems that Clay Guida is taking the best of the fight.
The Carpenter tries to open up Torres with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Torres is trying to block them with his hands...
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Miguel Torres creates enough space to control Clay Guida's leg.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
Miguel Torres attempts to move to full guard
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Torres from the side mount!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Miguel Torres sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
The Carpenter launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Miguel Torres is not able to stop Torres ground skills and Clay Guida moves to side mount!
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to pass to mount...
The Carpenter slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Miguel Torres.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Clay Guida rolls Miguel Torres to his stomach and takes his back!
The Carpenter is in rear mount over Torres
Clay Guida positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Clay Guida is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Torres's ribs
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida tries to better his position on the ground...
The Carpenter is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida launches a few punches to Torres
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter works on the ground with his fingers over Torres's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida tries to better his position on the ground...
Miguel Torres tries to roll on the ground...
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
Torres is in closed guard... The Carpenter tries to roll on the ground!
Miguel Torres uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The Carpenter misses a step and Miguel Torres sees an opportunity to counter him!
Torres struggles on the ground and tries to break Clay Guida's guard...
The Carpenter doesn't want to free his opponent and Torres continues in closed guard
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Herb Dean didn't see that!
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter measures the resilience of Torres's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Torres's side.
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
The Carpenter breaths deeply while on the ground
Miguel Torres is in closed guard over The Carpenter
Torres is in closed guard... The Carpenter tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Miguel Torres!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida rolls him over and takes his back!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for The Carpenter.
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Round 2
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Miguel Torres is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
The Carpenter tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. The Carpenter is clinching with Torres.
Torres doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Clay Guida embrace and tries to move away...
Clay Guida pushes Torres forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Carpenter doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Miguel Torres embrace and tries to move away...
Miguel Torres pushes The Carpenter forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Miguel Torres tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
The Carpenter is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
The Carpenter pushes off of Miguel Torres and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Torres stumbles backwards but Clay Guida chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Torres doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Clay Guida embrace and tries to move away...
Clay Guida pushes Torres forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
The Carpenter tries to dirty boxing while holds Torres against cage
Torres is unable to defend himself and receives some punches in the ribs.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Carpenter doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Miguel Torres embrace and tries to move away...
Miguel Torres pushes The Carpenter forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Miguel Torres tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
The Carpenter is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Torres doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Clay Guida embrace and tries to move away...
Clay Guida pushes Torres forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Torres misses a step and Clay Guida sees an opportunity to counter him!
The Carpenter doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Miguel Torres embrace and tries to move away...
Miguel Torres pushes The Carpenter forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Clay Guida pushes away Torres trying to keep the fight at striking range
Torres stumbles backwards and Clay Guida circles to get the center of the cage
Miguel Torres shoots for a double leg takedown!
Clay Guida sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Clay Guida fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Miguel Torres moves forward looking for some grappling action
The Carpenter pushes his opponent and keep the fight at striking range
Miguel Torres is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Torres steps backwards away from Clay Guida. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Miguel Torres tries a hook to the body
but The Carpenter manages to dodge it
Torres decides to launch some tentative punches
Clay Guida takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Torres moves backwards and Clay Guida is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Terrible one sided match... Torres was not ready to fight a fighter of Clay Guida caliber.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Torres is holding Clay Guida's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Clay Guida shows great balance while pushing away Miguel Torres
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Clay Guida tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Torres is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Terrible one sided match... Torres was not ready to fight a fighter of Clay Guida caliber.
Torres tries to close his guard around The Carpenter
He is not able to do it
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Torres switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
The Carpenter struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Miguel Torres work his BJJ game.
Torres tries to close his guard around The Carpenter
He is not able to do it
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Miguel Torres doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of The Carpenter's moves.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Clay Guida was tooling Miguel Torres for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Miguel Torres lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Miguel Torres overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
The Carpenter pulls his arm out of danger.
Torres misses a step and Clay Guida sees an opportunity to counter him!
Clay Guida tries to pass to half guard...
Miguel Torres can't prevent his opponent from passing. The Carpenter looks to work from half guard.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
Miguel Torres gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. The Carpenter spins out, but Miguel Torres was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
The Carpenter is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Miguel Torres. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Torres fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
The Carpenter sprawls and remains on his feet.
The two exchange wildly
The Carpenter is connecting with a few punches
The Carpenter launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Torres's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Herb Dean didn't see that!
The Carpenter steps backwards away from Miguel Torres. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The round is for The Carpenter, who walks calmly to his corner.
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Round 3
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Torres studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The Carpenter throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
The clock says 0:30 in the 3 round
Torres studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Every time Clay Guida attempts to get inside
Torres misses with a low kick.
The clock says 0:55 in the 3 round
Torres is holding Clay Guida's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Clay Guida shows great balance while pushing away Miguel Torres
Poorly executed technique. Clay Guida looks to counter!
A solid combination from Clay Guida
connects with Torres.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Clay Guida is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Clay Guida moves forward and launches a low kick.
Hard blow to Torres's left thigh
The Carpenter is holding Miguel Torres's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Miguel Torres loses balance and goes to the ground.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres attempts to trap Clay Guida in his guard.
Clay Guida keeps control and remains in side mount.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres attempts to trap Clay Guida in his guard.
Clay Guida keeps control and remains in side mount.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Clay Guida controls the situation despite Miguel Torres efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida launches a few punches to Torres
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Clay Guida controls the situation despite Miguel Torres efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to pass to mount...
The Carpenter slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Miguel Torres.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Clay Guida pushes Miguel Torres down and prevents his attempts to escape
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter is taking this opportunity to rest.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Clay Guida shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Miguel Torres is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull The Carpenter into his guard.
The clock says 3:50 in the 3 round
Clay Guida is in closed guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to escape from the closed guard
The Carpenter succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
The Carpenter is getting frustrated here.
The clock says 4:10 in the 3 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Miguel Torres overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
The Carpenter pulls his arm out of danger.
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
Miguel Torres overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
The Carpenter pulls his arm out of danger.
The clock says 4:35 in the 3 round
Clay Guida is in open guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to jump to side mount.
Miguel Torres closed his guard around Clay Guida.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to show some ground skills
The Carpenter uses his strength to keep The Carpenter at a disadvantage
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The Carpenter is the winner of this round.
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Round 4
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The Carpenter studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The Carpenter moves backwards and Miguel Torres is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The two exchange wildly
The Carpenter is connecting with a few punches
Some counter punches against Miguel Torres
land while he's on his bicycle.
A punch from Clay Guida
grazes Torres's left cheek.
A punch from Clay Guida
grazes Torres's left cheek.
The clock says 1:05 in the 4 round
Miguel Torres fakes a punch and launches himself over The Carpenter!
Clay Guida is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Torres and pushes him away!
Clay Guida tries a hook to the body
and hits Torres's ribs hard
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The Carpenter throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
Hard blow to Torres's mid-section, he seems hurt
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Some counter punches against Miguel Torres
land while he's on his bicycle.
The clock says 2:25 in the 4 round
Clay Guida is measuring Torres with his jab.
Good accuracy on his part.
Torres's Chin is beginning to swell
Torres has a small cut in his Chin
Torres decides to launch some tentative punches
Clay Guida takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The Carpenter looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Miguel Torres's punches
Torres is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Carpenter.
The Carpenter launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Torres's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Clay Guida shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Miguel Torres is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull The Carpenter into his guard.
Clay Guida is in closed guard over Torres
The Carpenter tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Clay Guida fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Clay Guida is in half guard over Torres
Clay Guida tries to pass Miguel Torres's guard...
Clay Guida manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Clay Guida pushes Miguel Torres down and prevents his attempts to escape
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Clay Guida looks to mount Miguel Torres...
Clay Guida slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Clay Guida doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
The clock says 4:35 in the 4 round
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
I think Miguel Torres needs to learn how to pace himself better. His performance is suffering from his exhaustion.
Miguel Torres tries to roll to his side and trap Clay Guida in his guard...
Clay Guida keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
Torres tries to escape from the full mount...
Clay Guida is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Clay Guida has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 5
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The Carpenter launches a hook to the body
Bang! Torres stops that one with his ribs!
Hard blow to Torres's mid-section, he seems hurt
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:30 in the 5 round
Torres is breathing hard. He is exhausted and the fight will be very complicated for him now on.
Torres looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Clay Guida's punches
Torres is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Carpenter.
Torres's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Clay Guida is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The Carpenter is holding Miguel Torres's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Miguel Torres loses balance and goes to the ground.
Clay Guida is in side mount over Miguel Torres
Terrible one sided match... Torres was not ready to fight a fighter of Clay Guida caliber.
Clay Guida looks to pass to mount...
The Carpenter slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Miguel Torres.
The clock says 1:15 in the 5 round
Clay Guida is in full mount over Miguel Torres
The Carpenter steps backwards and lowers his arms while breathing heavily... He seems tired.
The Carpenter suddenly holds Miguel Torres's arm and tries an armbar!
Torres almost dind't see what was happening before tap!
Winner is Clay Guida by Submission (Armbar) at 1:27 Round 5
Statistics: Clay Guida
Punches 31/38 (82%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 11/13 (85%)
Takedowns 5/6 (83%)
GnP strikes 12/18 (67%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 619 s
Statistics: Miguel Torres
Punches 3/14 (21%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/5 (20%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 619 s
Clay “The Karen” Carpenter got things done here. Mostly, Torres ran out of stamina-juices, and since popping juice between rounds is illegal, he had nothing left and drown in sorrow before this one ended.
