PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axl Cailean (ranked 2223 p4p, 2390 weight class) and Michael Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cailean
vs
Carter

185 cm
20
190
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
40
188
21 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axl Cailean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Carter!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cailean moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Cailean lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carter at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Cailean blocks the leg kick.
Cailean misses with a shot to the body
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter throws out a counter right but Cailean avoids it with no problem.
Cailean lands a head kick. Carter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cailean.
Cailean lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cailean is looking to score with low kicks.
Cailean throws a leg kick
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cailean attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cailean scores with a hook.
Carter looks winded!

Cailean gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cailean is trying to pull guard but Carter turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
Cailean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
Cailean scores with a nice strike.

That has opened up Michael Carter's cut even more.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cailean.

Cailean takes the fight into the clinch.
Cailean fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Cailean pulls Carter into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cailean looking for a guillotine here but Carter defends easily.
Carter postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cailean manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Carter manages to get himself to full guard.

Cailean stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cailean slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cailean advances position into side control!
Cailean controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter is not content to let Cailean control the position.

Cailean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Cailean tries for a kimura but Carter is defending well.
Carter tries to improve position but can't.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carter is not content to let Cailean control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Axl Cailean dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Carter's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A low kick lands for Cailean.
Carter dodges the punch combination from Cailean.
Carter misses with a lunging right hand
and Cailean makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cailean tries to clinch there but Carter circles away.
Cailean throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cailean misses with a shot to the body
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Cailean connects with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cailean throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cailean chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Carter connects with a nice looking jab.
Axl Cailean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter is breathing heavily.
Cailean pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cailean looks to throw the jab but Carter is out of range.
Cailean throws out a powerful jab.
We've been told by Cailean's head coaches at Zombie MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cailean misses with a body kick.
Cailean connects with an inside leg kick.
Cailean scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cailean misses with a low kick as Carter jumps back.
A jab from Cailean does it's job there.
Cailean connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cailean connects with a leg kick.
Cailean cracks Carter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cailean lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carter's sensitive parts.
Cailean throws a push kick but Carter slaps the foot to one side.
As Cailean backs off Carter throws a huge counter combo but Cailean manages to avoid it all.
Cailean misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Carter on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cailean catches Carter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cailean.
Carter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cailean.
Cailean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Carter walks into a jab.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cailean scores with a head kick. Carter tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Carter is rocked!
Carter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cailean scores with a jab to the body.
Cailean will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Cailean has managed to clinch.
Cailean jumps guard but Carter stands there with Cailean around his waist. Cailean gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cailean is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter throws a low kick but Cailean avoids it.
Cailean connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

The cut above Michael Carter's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cailean connects with a right hand. Carter shakes it off.
Cailean connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cailean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carter can do to turn this around?
Carter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cailean. Cailean obviously looking to wear him down.
Cailean connects with a body shot that sends Carter's belly button to the back.
Cailean lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Cailean has closed the distance and engaged Carter in a clinch.
Cailean tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cailean tries to pull guard but Carter holds him up against the cage and eventually Cailean drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Axl Cailean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cailean softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cailean tries to pull guard but Carter forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Cailean successfully pulls guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cailean is controlling Carter's posture.

Cailean is looking for a triangle but Carter pushes his legs off easily.
Cailean managing to control the position.
Cailean bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carter's guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Axl Cailean dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Carter's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cailean scores with a kick to the body.
Michael Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter blocks the body kick.
Cailean tries to work over Carter's front leg with a kick but Carter checks it.
Cailean lands a slapping body shot.
Carter throws a low kick but Cailean moves out of range easily.
Cailean connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Cailean.
Cailean with a nice calf kick.
Cailean scoring well with a low kick there.
Carter has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cailean fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cailean throws a leg kick which misses Carter's front leg but catches the back leg as Carter tries to avoid it.
Cailean is looking to land body kicks.
Cailean throws a leg kick which misses Carter's front leg but catches the back leg as Carter tries to avoid it.
Carter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cailean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cailean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Cailean.
You can see that Carter has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Cailean connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cailean tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Carter is able to avoid easily.
Cailean works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cailean checks a low kick from Carter.
Cailean cracks Carter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carter motions for Cailean to come forward. Carter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cailean fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cailean.
Cailean connects with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cailean can pounce on him.
Carter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cailean lands with a right hand.
Cailean misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Carter misses.
Carter checks the leg kick.
Carter walks into a straight right hand from Cailean.
Carter is still on wobbly legs! Can Cailean finish him?
Cailean darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Axl Cailean is winning the standup battle so far.
Cailean scores with a jab to the body.
Cailean thumps Carter with a low kick.
Cailean cracks Carter with an open hand slap.
Carter walks straight into a right hand from Cailean - that's dropped him! Cailean jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Carter from any more punishment! Carter complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Axl Cailean!