BOOOOOOO! This depresses me. As a fan of Shonie, and not a fan of Matt Major, I was hoping to see a brutal KO in Shonie Carter‘s favor, but it didn’t happen. Matt Major defeated Shonie Carter by judges decision at Cage Combat Fighting Championships 8 “Rumble in the Park†event Saturday in Fresno, California. According to Sherdog:
The contest was essentially a 15-minute kickboxing match with a lot of clinching. Major (4-1) landed repeated high kicks but did little visible damage to his durable opponent. Carter attempted the only takedowns of the fight, and Major thwarted them easily. Both men relied heavily on kicks, and for once, Carter’s strikes were not as flashy as his foe’s.
Carter (44-18-7) fought southpaw and revealed after the match the he believed he had broken his wrist in the first round. He staggered Major with a straight right hand in the first but did not threaten the prospect again.
“I didn’t know where the hell I was,†Major said. “He really had me in trouble.â€
In the end, Major stayed busy enough to clinch the unanimous decision and pass one of the toughest tests of his young career. Judges scored it 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28.
Regardless of this fight, I don’t predict Matt Major having any kind of successful future in the sport of MMA, unless he keeps threatening lightweights to kick their ass in the parking lot.
