PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter (ranked 813 p4p, 109 weight class) and Adolf Schwarzenegger (ranked 2124 p4p, 285 weight class). Schwarzenegger has chosen Ride of the Valkyries as his entrance music. Adolf Schwarzenegger is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Carter
vs
Schwarzenegger

186 cm
20
188 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

184 cm
20
188 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Carter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adolf Schwarzenegger!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzenegger tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Carter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carter slips a jab and a cross from Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schwarzenegger misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut there from Carter.
A cross from Carter lands.
Schwarzenegger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter lands a nice looking body shot.
Schwarzenegger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Schwarzenegger tries to clinch up.
Schwarzenegger takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schwarzenegger is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Carter scores with a body shot.

Carter has Schwarzenegger up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Carter's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Schwarzenegger blocks an uppercut.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzenegger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schwarzenegger tries to throw a body punch but Carter avoids it by throwing Schwarzenegger back against the cage.
Carter misses with some punches.
Schwarzenegger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter gets through Schwarzenegger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Schwarzenegger fails to land.
Carter is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Schwarzenegger to keep the fight standing.
Carter is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Schwarzenegger to keep the fight standing.
Schwarzenegger throws a head punch that misses.
Schwarzenegger lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carter backwards.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Schwarzenegger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carter blocking some punches.
Schwarzenegger has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Schwarzenegger misses with a punch to the body.
Schwarzenegger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schwarzenegger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carters head.
Carter lands a hook that snaps the head of Schwarzenegger backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzenegger blocks an uppercut.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schwarzenegger has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Carter seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Schwarzenegger can turn it around.
Carter misses with some punches.
Schwarzenegger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Schwarzenegger.
Carter working aggressively here.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Schwarzenegger fails to land.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Carter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schwarzenegger backwards.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carter lands a left hand.
Carter pushes Schwarzenegger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Schwarzenegger misses with some punches.
Schwarzenegger throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.
Schwarzenegger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schwarzenegger blocking some punches.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Schwarzenegger avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carter blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schwarzenegger backwards.

Carter jumps guard and drags Schwarzenegger to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Carter pulls Schwarzenegger in close to prevent any damage.

Schwarzenegger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Schwarzenegger trying to control the position from guard on top but Carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Carter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Carter pushes a forearm under Schwarzenegger's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Schwarzenegger is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Carter!
Michael Carter retains his middleweight title!
Michael Carter bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Adolf Schwarzenegger was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck!'.