PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Fuisse (ranked 3311 p4p, 2810 weight class) and Ian Carter (ranked 406 p4p, 341 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Fuisse
vs
Carter

185 cm
28
184
4 - 3 - 0

182 cm
20
184
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacob Fuisse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ian Carter!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuisse misses with a takedown attempt - Carter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Carter has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Carter closes the distance and pushes Fuisse back into the cage.
Carter lands with a right to the head.
Fuisse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Carter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Carter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carter struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuisse controls his hands.

Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fuisse looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carter is fending him off so far but Fuisse persists. Nope, Carter circles away and we're back to standing.
We've been hearing reports that Fuisse has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Carter misses with a looping left.

Carter gets a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
A short right from Carter.
Carter keeps control of Fuisse as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter lands a right hand.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter digs a right hand into Fuisse's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuisse's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuisse is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Carter scores with a nice hook to the head.

Fuisse is rocked!
Carter pushes Fuisse back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Oh Fuisse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Fuisse with a big uppercut! Fuisse tries to clinch up but Carter pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Fuisse to the mat! Fuisse covers up and Carter unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ian Carter!
Our winner, Ian Carter, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.