PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silver Surfer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver Surfer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Carter's chin.

Carter
vs
Surfer

174 cm
20
187 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

189 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silver Surfer!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Surfer walks into a stiff left hand from Carter.
No joy there for Surfer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Surfer defends it nicely.
Carter checks the leg kick.
Surfer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Carter moves into the clinch successfully.
Carter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Surfer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Carter tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Surfer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Surfer stops a takedown attempt from Carter.
Surfer wants to get back to striking at distance but Carter won't allow it.
Surfer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter prevents Surfer from breaking the clinch.

Carter is trying to trip Surfer. He has hold of a leg but Surfer is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Carter persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Carter postures up and lands a big shot to Surfer's brow.

Carter postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Surfer is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Carter, into his guard.
Surfer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Surfer tries to stand but Carter is controlling from the bottom.

Carter had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Surfer is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Carter Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Surfer's back instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Can Surfer hold on?! Carter is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
You can see the frustration on Surfer's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Carter tries to get the hooks in deep but Surfer pushed the leg off.
Surfer wants to escape the position.
Surfer rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Carter is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Surfer wants to get back to his feet.
Surfer looks gassed!
Carter moves into full mount! Surfer won't be happy about that!

Carter is working for a guillotine from mount but Surfer frees his head quite easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Surfer sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Surfer taking some punishment here, with Carter in his half guard.

Surfer is defending against the submission attempts here by Carter.
Surfer wants to get back to his feet.

Carter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Surfer tries to get to full guard but Carter has control of the leg.
Surfer manages to get to full guard.
Surfer keeping moving, preventing Carter from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surfer is looking to stand up but Carter isn't so interested in that idea.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Surfer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Surfer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Carter shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Surfer is trying to defend but Carter finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Surfer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Carter is looking for a kimura here.
Surfer is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Carter seems to be working for a kimura but Surfer defends the submission attempt.

Surfer has one foot on Carter's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Surfer misses with a head kick.
Carter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Surfer sprawls well. Surfer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Carter gets slowly back to his feet.
Carter shoots in for a double leg but Surfer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danga de danga de dang - Surfer scores with a four punch combination!
Surfer tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Surfer throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
Surfer tries to clinch up but Carter circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Surfer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Surfer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Surfer misses with a few strikes there.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Surfer circles away.
Surfer looks to land a body kick but Carter moved away.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
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 John Carter will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Surfer throws out a powerful jab.

Carter shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Surfer's guard.
Surfer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carter connects with a couple of short punches.

Carter drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Carter jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Carter tries to free his leg and advance position but Surfer is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter stops Surfer from standing up.
Carter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Surfer tries to land a sweep but no joy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A big left from Carter misses.
Horrible takedown by Carter or perhaps it was just good defense by Surfer which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Surfer misses with a wild combination.
Surfer tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Surfer leaves Carter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Surfer.
Carter tries to score with a low kick but Surfer moves his leg out of the way.
Surfer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Carter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Surfer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Surfer shoots in for a takedown but Carter shows good takedown defense.
Carter fails to land the takedown.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Carter blocks the leg kick.
Surfer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter moves in looking to clinch but Surfer pushes him off.
Surfer misses with a few strikes there.
Carter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Surfer defends it nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Surfer.
Surfer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surfer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Surfer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silver Surfer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Surfer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carter fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Surfer!
Carter tries to clinch but Surfer moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Surfer.
Carter misses with a body shot.
Carter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Surfer's waist but Surfer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Carter off to one side.
Surfer looks to land a combination but Carter avoids it well.
Carter fails with a takedown attempt.
Surfer lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Carter misses with a looping right.
Carter shoots in and drives through. Surfer sprawls well.
Carter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Surfer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surfer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Surfer lands a two punch combo.
Surfer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Carter.
Carter has a takedown stuffed.
Surfer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Surfer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Surfer.
Carter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Surfer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carter changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Surfer tries to avoid it but Carter manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Surfer to the ground. Surfer escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Surfer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carter circles away quickly and effectively.
Surfer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Carter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Surfer, pushing him back against the cage.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Surfer scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Surfer.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter looks for a takedown but Surfer sprawls well.
Surfer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Surfer pinned against the cage. Surfer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Carter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Surfer.
Nice takedown defense from Surfer. No joy for Carter on that attempt.
Surfer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Surfer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carter shoots for a takedown but Surfer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Surfer throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.
Horrible takedown by Carter or perhaps it was just good defense by Surfer which made him look bad.
Surfer stuffs the takedown.
Surfer looks to land a combination but Carter avoids it well.
Carter tries for a takedown but Surfer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Surfer throws a front kick aimed at Carter's knee but Carter avoids it well.
Carter fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silver Surfer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Surfer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carter wants to clinch up but Surfer keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Carter blocks the body kick.
Surfer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Surfer misses with a wild combination.
Surfer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Surfer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Carter closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Surfer to the mat! Surfer manages to get full guard.
Carter keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Surfer's head.
Carter scoring with punches to the head and body.
Carter makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Carter won't allow Surfer to sweep him here.
Surfer wants to stand but Carter is controlling the position.
Carter thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter is working Surfer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
Surfer misses with the combination.
Surfer misses with a body kick.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Surfer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Surfer scores with a one two! Carter had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Carter drives through with a takedown into guard.
John Carter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carter throwing strikes but missing.
Surfer wants to sweep but no luck.
Carter scoring with punches to the head and body.
Surfer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carter is controlling him.
Carter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Surfer trying to control the position.
Carter works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carter seems to be working for a kimura but Surfer defends the submission attempt.

Carter wants to work for an arm triangle but Surfer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Surfer moves into full guard.
Carter scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Carter scoring with punches to the head and body.
Surfer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carter is controlling him.
Carter working some strikes from top position.
Carter might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Carter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Surfer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Surfer's head.
Surfer wants to stand but Carter is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carter fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Surfer avoids it really well and circles away.
Surfer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Carter backs up against the cage.
Surfer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carter scores with a leg kick.
Carter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Surfer circles away from the clinch attempt.
A leg kick checked by Surfer.
Left hook, right uppercut from Surfer.
Surfer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Surfer throws a nice looking combination but Carter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Surfer misses with a series of wild punches.
Carter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Surfer circles away.
Carter avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter shoots for a double leg takedown but Surfer sprawls well. He's pushed Carter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Surfer lands with a right hand.
Surfer misses with a jab, cross combination.

Surfer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Carter is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Carter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Surfer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Surfer wants to get back to his feet but Carter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Carter throws a big right hand that misses.
Carter passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Surfer is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Carter is controlling him well.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Carter showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Carter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Carter!