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>> Barry: WELCOME BACK.
GUESS WHERE WE ARE?
YOU GOT TO LIKE THAT.
WE'RE AT THE STRATOSPHERE CASINO
HOTEL AND TOWERS.
THE ROLLER COASTER UP ON TOP AS
YOU SAW EARLIER AND COME NOW FOR
A FUTURE ATTRACTION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
IN THE FIGHT AND SEE HOW THEY
MATCH UP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE GO ONCE MORE TO AMY HAYES.
AMY?
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
NEXT BOUT OF ACTION IS SCHEDULED
FOR SIX ROUNDS IN THE LADIES'
JUNIOR WELTER WEIGHT DIVISION.
FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER,
WEIGHING IN AT 143 1/2 POUNDS,
UNDEFEATED WITH FOUR VICTORIES
UNDER HER BELT, TWO KNOCKOUTS
FROM VENTURA, CALIFORNIA,
CLAUDIA VALENCIANA.BA
FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER,
139.5 POUNDS, RECORD OF 14 BINS
WINS, NINE LOSSES, FOUR DRAWS,
TWO KNOCKOUTS, FROM LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA, THE AMAZING LAYLA
McCARTER!
THE REFEREE, TONY WEEKS.
>> YOU BOTH RECEIVED YOUR
INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DRESSING
ROOM.
ANYTHING RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO
BE GOOD.
ANYTHING LEFT IS GOING TO BE
LOW.
THIS IS GOOD AND THIS IS LOW.
I WANT A GOOD, CLEAN FIGHT.
OBEY MY COMMANDS AT ALL TIMES
AND PROTECT YOURSELVES AT ALL
TIMES.
READY?
LET'S GO.
>> Barry: WITH THAT, WE ARE SET
TO GO.
HERE IS LAYLA McCARTER, CLEAR
EXPERIENCE EDGE TO McCARTER.
VALENCIANA STARTED HER CAREER IN
2001.
HAD ONLY ONE FIGHT AND FOUGHT
AGAIN A YEAR LATER AND DIDN'T
FIGHT FOR ANOTHER 14 MONTHS
AFTER THAT.
HAD A COUPLE OF FIGHTS THIS
YEAR.
>> Rich: THIS COULD BE A VERY
GOOD FIGHT.
McCARTER IN AGAINST A NUMBER OF
GOOD WOMEN FIGHTERS AND THREE
VICKS OVER TRACY BIRD.
TRY IS A FINEOXER HERSELF.
AND SHE'S VERY QUICK, McCARTER.
FLUID IN THE RING.
SHE LOOKS LIKE AND THIS ATHLETE
WHEN SHE'S IN THERE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, VALENCIANA
HAS DISPLAYED A REAL PUNCH IN
HER FOUR FIGHTS.
SCORED TWO KNOCKOUTS.
HAS SCORED A KNOCKDOWN IN ONE OF
THE FIGHTS THAT WENT TO A
DECISION AND SHE HAS SHOWN THAT
SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO PUNCH.
THIS COULD BE PRETTY GOOD.
>> Barry: SIX ROUNDS, WHICH
WOULD BE THE LONGEST DISTANCE
THAT VALENCIANA HAS GONE.
>> Rich: McCARTER HAS GONE A
NUMBER OF ROUNDS ON A NUMBER OF
OCCASIONS.
>> Barry: EXACTLY.
A GOOD RIGHT HAND THERE.
>> Rich: VALENCIANA COMING
AROUND AND TRYING TO GET TO HER
WITH HER PUNCH.
SHE LOOKS POWERFUL IN THERE.
McCARTER IS FLUID AND GETS
AROUND THAT RINK AND CAN USE HER
FRIENDS AND QUICK-HANDED.
>> Barry: LOOK AT THAT.
THERE GOES VALENCIANA.
GETTING A TASTE OF THE
EXPERIENCE OF McCARTER.
DOESN'T LOOK BADLY HURT TO ME.
BUT IT WAS A CLEAN KNOCKDOWN.
>> Barry: McCARTER NOT REALLY
KNOWN AS A KNOCKOUT PUNCHER.
>> Rich: NOT AT ALL.
>> Barry: AS YOU SAID, THAT WAS
A GOOD, CLEAN PUNCH.
>> Referee: STOP, STOP, STOP.
GO.
>> Rich: LAYLA SAYING WELCOME TO
MY WORLD, GIRL.
IS IS SERIOUS HERE.
>> Barry: GOOD BODY SHOT FROM
McCART ANNE AGAIN.
>> Rich: THAT HURT HER MORE THAN
A KNOCKOUT.
>> Barry: VERY GOOD ROUND.
>> Barry: TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT
THAT LEFT HOOK BY LAYLA
McCARTER.
BEAUTIFUL TIMING.
DUCKS IN AND A MISTAKE MADE
THERE.
YOU SAW THE RIGHT HAND DROP BY
VALENCIANA SHOWING HER
INEXPERIENCE.
McCARTER STARTED THAT LEFT HOOK
UP AND MADE IT COUNT.
WHEN SHE WENT BACK, THE FIRST
THING SHE SAID WAS "SHE CAN
FIGHT."
SHE FOUND OUT FIRSTHAND.
I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL-TAKEN
THAT THE THREE OR MAYBE
FOUR-PUNCH COMBINATION AT THE
END OF THE FIRST ROUND I THINK
HAD MORE EFFECT ON VALENCIANA
THAN THE KNOCKDOWN PUNCH.
>> Rich: VALENCIANA HAS TO SHOW
UP HER DEFENSE A LITTLE, BARRY.
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LAND
SOMETHING ON McCARTER TO MAKE
McCARTER RESPECT HER.
McCARTER HAVING AN EASY TIME OF
IT.
>> Barry: A LITTLE RED ALONG THE
FACE OF McCARTER.
>> Rich: SHE'S VERY CALM, VERY
RELAXED IN THERE, LAYLA.
SHE'S A REAL PRO.
>> Barry: IT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S
LOOKING AT CONNOR RIGHT NOW.
>> Rich: SHE STARTED MARTIAL
ARTS TRAINING AT THE AGE OF 8
AND NEXT NINE YEARS, STUDY
TAE KWON DO AND KICK BOXING.
SHE HAD THAT WHOLE MARTIAL ARTS
TRAINING.
NOW, SHE'S AN ESTABLISHED
PROFESSIONAL.
SHE HAS 25 PRO FIGHTS AND IN THE
WORLD OF WOMEN'S BOXING, THAT'S
LIKE HAVING A HUNDRED PRO FIGHTS
IN MEN'S BOXING.
>> Barry: ABSOLUTELY.
WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, RICH, WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT HER WAITING
TO COUNTER.
SHE DID JUST MISS WITH THE RIGHT
HAND AS SHE GOT VALENCIANA
LEANING IN AND THROWING PUNCHES
AND BEING UNPROTECTED.
THE MAIN EVENT IS STILL TO COME.
MIDDLE JUNIOR WEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
JULIO, THE CUBAN LOVER GARCIA
AGAINST CHANTEL STANCIEL.
RCHEDS SHE SEEMED WEARY ABOUT
WALKING STRAIGHT IN THAN IN THE
LAST ROUND.
SHE WAS LOOKING TO UTILIZE THAT
POWER OF HERS.
>> Barry: YOU'RE NOT, SHE'S NOT
JUST COMING TO McCARTER.
NOT A BAD IDEA.
THE...
SLICED STEAK, MELTED CHEESE AND OUR NEW CHIPOTLE SAUCE...
FOR AN ADDED SPICY KICK.
SERVED HOT ON FRESH-BAKED GOURMET BREAD.
IT'S A TASTE YOU'VE GOTTA TRY.
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SUBWAY'S GOT SOMETHING DELICIOUS.
LIKE THE...
IT'S GOT A SPICY KICK.
OOH!
EXCELLENT WORK, MY FRIEND.
>> Barry: WELCOME BACK.
LAYLA McCARTER WAITING TO DO WRK
WITH CLAUDIA VALENCIANA.
ROUND THREE OF A SIX-ROUND
FIGHT.
>> Rich: SHOW YOU THE LEVEL OF
FIGHTERS THAT McCARTER HAS LOST
TO, BARRY.
AMONG WAS SARANO.
MAGNIFICENT FEMALE FIGHT ERRER
AND THE OTHER FIGHT WE SAW ON
OUR AIR.
IT WAS A VERY GREAT FIGHT.
>> Barry: THAT'S RIGHT.
McCARTER IS NOW COMING TO
VALENCIANA.
>> Rich: VALENCIANA DID BETTER
IN THE LAST ROUND.
SHE SEEMED NERVOUS IN THE FIRST
45 SECONDS OF THE ROUND BUT IS
STARTING TO GET BACK INTO IT.
>> Barry: SHE LANDED A VERY GOOD
COMBINATION TO THE BODY EARLY IN
THE ROUND AND BODY PUNCHING IS
SOMETHING THAT IS VISIBLY ABSENT
FROM A LOT OF WOMEN FIGHTERS.
AND IF SHE CAN DEVELOP THAT,
TONIGHT, DEVELOP IT ALONG THE
WAY, SHE IS GOING TO REAP THE
BENEFITS OF THAT BECAUSE NOT TOO
MANY WOMEN USE IT.
>> Rich: WHETHER YOU'RE MAN OR
WOMAN, IT WILL HELP YOU.
>> Barry: SLAPPING RIGHT HAND BY
McCARTER.
GOOD COMBINATION BY McCARTER.
McCARTER UNLEECHES ANOTHER RIGHT
HAND AND ANOTHER RIGHT HAND AND
A LEFT HAND AND --
>> Rich: FA LEASE AN KNOW IS
BRAVE.
SHE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN
SHE'S HURT AND PROBABLY A FIRST
FOR HER.
BEST FIGHTER ON HER LEDGER THAT
SHE'S BEATEN, WE'VE SEEN HER
BEFORE, A WOMAN WITH A STRONG
PUNCH HERSELF, MIKEY STAFF FORD.
>> Barry: STILL TO COME, OURB
MAIN EVENTOR THE IBA
INTERCONTINENTAL JUNIOR WEIGHT
MIDDLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THE CHAMP
SEAN O'GRADY IS IN CHANTEL
STANCIEL'S LOCKER ROOM.
>> Sean: NO STRESS HERE.
LOOK HOW RELAXED AND CALM
STANCIEL IS.
HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING.
SOMETIMES, THESE KIND OF FIGHTS,
LAST-MINUTE NOTICE LIKE THAT,
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR OPPONENTS.
YOU RELAX, HAVE FUN AND ENJOY
THE FIGHT AND PICK YOUR OPPONENT
APART.
SOMETIMES THAT COMES INTO PLAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL COME
INTO PLAY TONIGHT.
JULIO IS A TERRIFIC FIGHTEN AND
CHANTEL KNOWS IT AND HE'LL TRY
TO PUT IT TOGETHER TONIGHT.
HE IS TRYING TO RELAX HIS
OPPONENT.
>> Barry: THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS,
TOO, WHEN WE VISITED WITH HIM.
HE HAS THE DEMEANOR OF A FIGHTER
WHO REALLY BELIEVES THAT HE CAN
WIN THE FIGHT.
>> Sean: HE WAS NOT WHAT I WOULD
CALL FULL OF JOKES.
>> Barry: EXACTLY.
>> Sean: AND HILARIOUS DEMEANOR.
>> Barry: BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT
WHEN WE TALK TO THE FIGHT AND WE
WALK OUT OF THE MEETINGS AND SAY
NO CHANCE.
WE DIDN'T SAY THAT WITH THIS
GUY.
LET US JOIN THIS FIGHT BETWEEN
THESE TWO WOMEN FIGHTERS.
McCARTER AND LA VENS YEAHNA.
VALENCIANA OUTGUNNED IN TERMS OF
EXPERIENCE AND OVERALL ARSENAL.
SHE RAN RIGHT INTO THAT LEFT.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW
IS EXPERIENCE.
>> Barry: I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
VALENCIANA SQUARES UP WITH HER
OPPONENT.
THERE IS HER SCORE CARD.
SHE IS SUSB TIBIAL TO BE
COUNTERED.
SHE THROWS A LOT OF HER PUNCHES
OUTSIDE IN.
DOESN'T THROW A LOT OF STRAIGHT
PUNCHES.
>> Rich: ALL THREE OF THE FIGHTS
WITH BIRD WERE VERY CLOSE.
ONE WAS A SPLIT DECISION.
ONE WAS A MAJORITY DECISION.
ONE WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION AND
IT WAS THE UNANIMOUS DECISION IN
THE FIRST FIGHT WAS THE MOST
HOTLY DISPUTED.
>> Barry: THIS IS ROUND FOUR.
SCHEDULED FOR SIX.
REMEMBER, TWO-MINUTE ROUNDS IN
WOMEN'S BOXING.
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>> Byw> Rich: GOOD JOB, BARRY.
>> Barry: A GOOD JOB BY THESE
TWO WOMEN FIGHTERS.
MIXING IT UP REAL GOOD.
McCARTER IS MORE PRECISE DURING
THE COURSE OF THE ROUND.
SEE THE -- AGAIN WITH A LEFT
HOOK KNOCKS HER DOWN.
>> Rich: ALMOST IDENTICAL.
>> Barry: THIS TIME, HER LEGS
ARE BETRAYING HER A LITTLE BIT.
>> 5, 6, 7, 88.
COME TOE.
DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?
>> YEAH.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU TEN.
>> Barry: YOU HEARD THAT CLEARLY
SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE ON.
VALENCIANA FACING THE FIRST OF
HER CAREER.
SHE'S BRAVE ENOUGH.
McCARTER WITH WAY TOO MUCH
EXPERIENCE FOR HER.
>> Rich: THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE FIGHT.
YOU SAID IT EARLIER.
>> Barry: NOT OVERPOWERING
PUNCHES FOR McCARTER, BUT GOOD
STRAIGHT PUNCHES AND TOOK
VALENCIANA DOWN.
A RIGHT HAND THERE BY
VALENCIANA.
>> Rich: VALENCIANA I DO BELIEVE
IS A HARDER HITTER AND PROBABLY
WILL KNOCK OUT A LOT OF
OPPONENTS TO THE -- OPPONENTS ON
THE WAY.
TONIGHT, SHE'S BEING OUTCLASSED
BY A WOMAN WHO HAS MORE IN HER
REPERTOIRE.
>> Barry: OVERMATCHED, I THINK.
BUT SHE'S GOT SOME SKILLS, LA
VENS YEAHNA, AS YOU SAID,
STRONG.
>> THINGS LIKE THAT IS THE WAY
AMATEURS MOVE.
McCARTER WAS HALFWAY ACROSS THE
RIPPING AND SHE'S STARTING TO
THROW A RIGHT HAND AT HER.
>> Barry: I THEY SHE NEEDS TO
GET A FEW MORE ANGLES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE THROWS A
PUNCH IN RELATIVELY CLOSE
QUARTERS LIKE THERE.
SHE'S SQUARELY IN FRONT OF HER
OPPONENT.
>> Referee: HANDS-FREE.BBB
>> Barry: ANOTHER RIGHT HAND AND
LEFT AND VALENCIANA AND McCARTER
TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB HERE
AND GOT VALENCIANA HOLDING ON
RIGHT NOW.
>> Rich: VALENCIANA BRAVE AS
WELL.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
CORNER.
THIS IS ALWAYS A BIT OF DRAMA,
OF COURSE.
>> LAST ROUND, BABY.
>> GET HIM OUT.
>> Barry: THE REFEREE HAS GONE
OVER INTO THE CORNER OF CLAUDIA
VALENCIANA AND HE WANTED TO GET
A CLOSE LOOK AT HER.
EACH OCCASION, THE LEFT HOOK HAS
BEEN THE CHIEF PUNCH.
COUNTER LEFT HOOK, ONCE AGAIN.
ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST
ONE.
McCARTER STARTING TO BUST UP
VALENCIANA.
THE SIX-INCH JOB WAS NICE.
SIXTH AND FINAL ROUND NOW.
>> Rich: THIS HAS BEEN
EXPERIENCE AGAINST INEXPERIENCE,
JUST THAT SIMPLE.
THIS IS' THE DIFFERENCE.
>> Barry: VALENCIANA IS SHOWING
ME SHE HAS A FUTURE HERE, BARRY.
SHE IS SHOWING ENOUGH IN TERMS
OF BRAVERY.
McCARTER HAS BEEN ALL BUSINESS
IN THERE, BUSINESS-LIKE AND
DOING A VERY GOOD WORKMAN LIKE
JOB.
SHE IS A FINE BOXER.
>> Barry: SHE IS.
TAKING WHAT'S THERE.
KNOWS HERSELF.
SHE'S NOT -- EVEN THOUGH HAD TWO
KNOCKDOWNS, SHE'S NOT OUT TO
WHACK ANYBODY.
NOT A FIGHTER IS GOING TO GET
YOU OUT WITH ONE PUNCH.
A COMBINATION THERE, LIFTS THE
BODY AND LIFTS THE HEAD.
>> Rich: I THINK LAYLA KNOWS HER
OWN.
>> Barry: EXACTLY.
>> Rich: EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS
SCORED CLEAN KNOCKDOWNS IN TWO
DIFFERENT ROUNDS, SHE'S NOT
LOOKING FOR FOR A KNOCKOUT.
I LIKE THE WAY SHE MOVES IN
THERE.
>> Barry: NICE JOB.
TWO OR THREE-PUNCH COMBINATION
AND TIED VALENCIANA UP.
>> Rich: LAYLA HAS BEEN ABOUT
PURSUING A BOXING CAREER AND
MOVED TO LAS VEGAS SO SHE COULD
GET THE PROPER TRAINING.
SHE CAME HERE WITH $200 IN HER
POCKET AND DREAMS.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
>> Barry: I THINK SHE STILL HAS
THE DREAM, IF NOT THE $200.
>> Rich: IT IS VERY GOOD.
IT'S TRUE.
>> Barry: ANOTHER GOOD LEFT
HAND.
McCARTER IS SHARP AND HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF CONNECTION.
ALL FOUR OF THOSE PUNCHES GOT
THERE.
>> Rich: VALENCIANA, ANOTHER 30
SECONDS, SHE MAY NOT HAVE MADE
IT, BUT SHE SHOWED A LOT OF
COURAGE AND A GAMER.
LOOK, SHE'S A LITTLE
DISAPPOINTED GOING BACK AND
SHE'S GOING BACK GOING, WOW,
THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE?
>> Barry: SHE'S IN THERE WITH
TIGER TOS$GH2&
GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR LAYLA
McCARTER.
I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THIS
DECISION IS MUCH IN DOUBT.
SHE'S HAPPY.
SHE SHOULDD@E.
GOOD OUTING FOR HER AGAINST A
TOUGH OPPONENT.
SOMEONE SHE KNEW COULD DO DAMAGE
IF SHE WAS ALLOWED TO.
SHE NEVER ALLOWED HER TO.
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>> Barry: WELCOME BACK TO THE
STRATOSPHERE SA KENO -- CASINO
AND TOWERS.
IT WAS AN ACTION FIGHT, AS WE
ANTICIPATED IT MIGHT BE.
>> Rich: IT WAS A GOOD FIGHT AND
A LOT OF HARD PUVERAGES.
THAT LEFT HOOK PUT VALENCIANA ON
HER BEHIND.
D2FvTRIED TO BOUNCE BACKBAA @ BB
THE FIFTH ROUND, THE EXACT SAME
POUNGE AND SCORED THE KNOCKDOWN
AGAIN.
SAME RESULT.
LAYLA TOOK TOO MUCH IN HER
ARSENAL TONIGHT AND VALENCIANA A
LOT OF COURAGE BUT SHE THINKS
SHE' -- SHE'S LOST OVER THERE.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
JUDGES HAVE SPOKEN AND HERE IS
THEIR DECISION.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION.
THE JUDGE SCORES IT 59-53 AND
JUDGES GRAHAM AND JARMAN BOTH
SCORE 0-52 ALL IN YOUR FAVOR FOR
THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION
LAYLA McCARTER!
>> Barry: WHO JUDGES MAKING TWO
OF THEB ROUNDS OF THE KNOCKDOWNS
THAT WERE SCORED.
>> Rich: I THINK IT'S PROPER.
ONE JUDGE GAVEB THE SECOND ROUND
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FORGIVEABLE LOSSES.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF HER
WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> Barry: NIGHTTIME HAS SET INTO
THE LAS VEGAS STRIP AND
DOWNRIGHT POSITIVELY BALMY HERE.
TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED FROM
THE HUNDREDS DOWN INTO, I'D SAY,
ABOUT THE MID 80s AND QUITE
COMFORTABLE AS WE PREPARE FOR
OUR MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING.
A BATTLE FOR THE IBA AMERICA'S
JUNIOR MIDDLE WEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
A STEPPINGSTONE BUT AN IMPORTANT
BELT FOR OUR FIGHTERS.
GARCIA, I THINK, MIGHT GET A
FAIRLY GOOD TEST TONIGHT.
>> Rich: HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL BE
THE CASE.
THIS IS A GUY WHO WANTS TO
IMPROVE AND THAT'S HOW YOU
IMPROVE IS BY FIGHTING GOOD
OPPONENTS.
JULIO ADDED A DREAM OF BEING A
WORLD CHAMPION.
RIGHT NOW, HE HAS HIS EYES
FIRMLY ON THAT PRIZE.
JULIO GARCIA CAPTURED THE IBA
AMERICA'S JUNIOR MIDDLE-WEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP LAST APRIL IN
CONVINCING STYLE.
USING HIS POWER TO KNOCK DOWN
JOHNNY RIVERA IN THE FIFTH
ROUND.
ULTIMATELY WINNING THE FIGHT A
FEW MINUTES LATER WITH
RELENTLESS INTENSITY.
GARCIA COULDN'T STAY A JUNIOR
MIDDLE WEIGHT AND LOOK FOR THE
LIKES OF OTHERS OR COULD GO TO
MIDDLE WEIGHT WHERE HE MIGHT END
UP AGAINST THE LIKES OF HOPKINS
OR JOPPY OR PERHAPS PERRY SIMON.
THAT WOULD BE FINE WITH GARCIA.
>> I FEEL EVEN THAT.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I AM THAT LEVEL.