PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lex Wight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Wight
vs
Carter

205 cm
33
200 lbs
18 - 19 - 0

189 cm
33
201 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lex Wight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Carter!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wight fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wight is looking to clinch.
Carter misses with a lunging right hand

and Wight counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wight avoids a wild elbow strike from Carter.
Carter tries to work over Wight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Wight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter is trying to maintain a safe position but Wight gets an underhook and turns Carter into the cage.
Wight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Carter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Wight.
Carter takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ryan Carter has been cut.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Wight avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Wight.
Wight pushes Carter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Carter misses with some punches.
Wight avoids a wild elbow strike from Carter.
Wight misses with an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Carter.
Wight lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Carter lands an uppercut.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter throws an elbow that misses.
Wight stalling against the cage.
Wight tries to stall but Carter uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Carter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Wight.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Wight.
Wight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Wight.
Carter throws an elbow but it misses.
Carter struggles to land a body shot inside as Wight controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter lands a nice uppercut.
Wight misses with a knee strike.
Carter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wight is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee calls for Wight to work.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Wight, against the cage.
Wight lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Wight, against the cage.
Carter scores with a shot to the side of Wight's head.
Carter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Wight.
Carter avoiding damage as Wight throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wight throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wight throws an elbow that misses.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wight's defenses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wight blocks a body shot from Carter.
Wight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Wight is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Carter lands a shoulder strike.
Wight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wight stalling in the clinch but Carter improves position.

Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carter tried to score with a low kick but Wight checks it.
Wight lands a jab-cross combination.
Wight thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wight moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Wight with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Carter to score with a decent uppercut.
Carter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wight has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Carter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carter stalls.
Wight looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carter tries to break the clinch but Wight is controlling the position.
Wight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wight is struggling to control the position.
Carter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter misses with some punches.
Wight misses with a knee strike.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Carter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Carter swats away the attempt to clinch by Wight.
Carter jabs at Wight's body.
Carter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wight takes a step back to recover.
Carter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wight closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
and Carter counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Wight clinches up with Carter and pushes him back against the cage.
Wight blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.

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

Wight rushes Carter and presses him up against the cage.
Carter misses with an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter tries a body shot but Wight blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Wight lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter dodges an elbow strike from Wight.

Wight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Carter.
Wight looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wight tries to clinch but Carter is having none of it.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lex Wight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wight scores with a head kick.
Carter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wight has time to react.
Wight has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Wight is looking to clinch.
Wight misses with a head kick.
Carter walks into a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Carter closes the distance and clinches.
Wight missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Carter.
Wight misses with an elbow strike.
Carter lands a right hand.
Wight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wight misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Carter.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Wight, against the cage.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wight backwards.
Wight creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wight looking to stall.
Wight blocks an uppercut.
Wight lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Wight looking to stall.
Wight taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Wight.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wight backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Carter looking to throw knees to the head but Wight is blocking nicely.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wight has Carter up against the cage in a clinch.
Carter is leaning against Wight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Wight.
Ryan Carter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wight throws an elbow but misses.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Carter.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carter trying to land knees to the body.
Wight throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.

Wight breaks the clinch.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wight moves away.
Wight doesn't manage to clinch there - Carter circles away.
Wight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wight tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Carter throws a sloppy head kick
and Wight counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carter connects with an inside leg kick.
Wight tries to clinch up.
Wight wants to clinch up but Carter keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wight closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Carter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A slow jab from Carter misses its intended target.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Carter feints and then cracks Wight's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wight down.
Wight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wight throws a head kick that misses.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch but Carter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carter lands a nice looking body shot.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wight moves away.
Wight wants to clinch.

Carter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Carter looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter throws an elbow that misses.
Wight is trying to maintain a safe position but Carter gets an underhook and turns Wight into the cage.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carter connects with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Wight avoids the elbow strike from Carter, against the cage.
Wight misses with an elbow strike.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Carter.

Wight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wight fails with an attempt to clinch.

Carter drops Wight with a beautiful combination! Wight stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Carter is looking for the KO!

It looks like Lex Wight has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter throws a jab when Wight was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wight pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wight tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Wight clinches up against the cage.
Wight crunches a lovely knee into Carter's ribcage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Carter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Wight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wight slips a jab from Carter.
Carter scores with a punch to the head.

Wight clinches with his opponent.
Wight missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Carter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carter misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Wight breaks from the clinch.
Carter throws the left hand but Wight avoids the punch easily.

Carter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wight, pushing him back against the cage.
Carter presses Wight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Wight breaks the clinch.
Wight moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Wight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wight throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.
Carter cracks Wight with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wight wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wight's head backwards.

Wight is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wight moves to clinch but Carter breaks away
and Carter scores with a counter punch that sends Wight to the canvas! Carter smells blood - he's punishing Wight with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Wight has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Carter!