PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Shut 'Em Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Carter
vs
Young

189 cm
21
204 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

198 cm
21
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Young!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Carter defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young misses with a double jab.
Carter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Carter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Young counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Carter's guard now.
Carter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carter has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Young has passed into side control.
Carter is looking to reverse the position.
Young content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Young on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Carter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Young.
Carter throws out a powerful jab.
Young takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Young slips a straight right by Carter.
Carter misses with a wild body shot.
Charles Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Young bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Carter's head.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young throws a one two combo.
Young lunges at Carter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Carter's hand.
A big right from Carter misses.
Carter throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Carter lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
Young missing with a left hand there. Carter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carter.

Young closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Carter makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Young shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Young looks to land a combination but Carter avoids it well.
Young throws a one two combo.
Young fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ryan Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Young.
Young throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carter's waist but Carter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Young off to one side.
Young takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Carter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Carter tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carter.
Carter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Young.
Young staying out of range there.
Carter looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Ryan Carter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good shot there by Young.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Carter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Carter does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Carter will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Young fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Carter avoids it really well and circles away.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Carter slips the punch.
Young throws a one two combo.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carter.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young throws a body punch but Carter moves out of range.
Young swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
Carter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young tries for a takedown but Carter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carter as he jumps to the side.
Ryan Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Young.
Carter sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Carter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Young is breathing heavily.
Carter scores with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
A big right from Carter misses.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Carter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Charles Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carter scores with a shot to the body.
Carter connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good shot there by Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young closes the distance and clinches up with Carter, looking for a takedown. Young pushes Carter against the cage but Carter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Carter.
Carter throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young digs a good hook to Carter's body.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
Carter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Carter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Carter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Young shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carter but Carter pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Young.
Horrible takedown by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by Carter which made him look bad.
Carter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Young stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice jab there from Carter.
Carter lands a really nice looking cross but Young seems unphased.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
Young on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carter throws a hook but Young blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carter looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Carter throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Carter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carter misses with a straight right.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Young.
Carter lands a really nice looking cross but Young seems unphased.
Carter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young misses with the combination.

Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carter regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter tries to get to full guard but Young has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Carter dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Young throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
Young throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.

Young shoots in and bounces Carter off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Carter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Carter wriggles free and stands up.
Ryan Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
Young digs a good hook to Carter's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carter staying out of range there.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Carter with a nice cross.
Carter misses with a looping left.
Carter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Carter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carter throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young misses the body punch
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Carter avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Carter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Carter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Carter throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Carter jabs Young right on the nose. Young blinks but takes it well.

Young is rocked!
Carter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Carter finish him?
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Young seems to have recovered his senses.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Carter defends it nicely.
A jab lands there for Carter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BAM! Carter delivers a spinning backfist that drops Young like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Ryan Carter!