PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter (ranked 1093 p4p, 143 weight class) and Michel Colucci (ranked 1457 p4p, 192 weight class). Colucci comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Le temps des cerises kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Michael Carter has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Carter seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Carter
vs
Colucci

186 cm
30
188 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

176 cm
28
193 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michel Colucci!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter throws a hook to the side of Colucci's head but Colucci sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Colucci shoots in but no luck this time.
Carter throws a lazy uppercut

and Colucci counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Colucci wants to control from the top but Carter keeps moving.
Carter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Colucci controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Colucci is looking to work some ground and pound but Carter has wrist control.
Carter controls Colucci momentarily but Colucci frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Carter is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colucci prevents Carter from getting back to his feet.
Carter is trying to keep Colucci in close.
Carter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Carter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Colucci is looking to control Carter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Colucci avoid being mounted?
Colucci is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Colucci wants to control but Carter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Colucci regains full guard. Nicely done.
Carter trying to control but Colucci is working from the bottom.
Carter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Colucci swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colucci pulls Carter in close to his closed guard and prevents Carter from doing any damage or advancing position.
Colucci looking for a sweep. Not yet Colucci, not yet.
Colucci has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Carter trying to control but Colucci is working from the bottom.
Colucci is trying to hold Carter in close to prevent damage but Carter has managed to pass into half guard.
Colucci keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carter is looking for a kimura here.
Carter prevents Colucci from improving his position.
Colucci has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Colucci holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Carter trying to mount his opponent but Colucci defends it.
Colucci trying to control from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Colucci misses with a wild body shot.
Carter connects with a looping right hand.
Carter swats away the attempt to clinch by Colucci.

Colucci looking to score a takedown here. Carter is defending well but Colucci drives through and ends up in Carter's guard.
Carter wants to sweep but no luck.
Carter managing to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Colucci trying to control the position from guard on top but Carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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 Michael Carter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Colucci looking to score a takedown here. Carter is defending well but Colucci drives through and ends up in Carter's guard.
Carter pulls Colucci in close to his closed guard and prevents Colucci from doing any damage or advancing position.
Carter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Colucci is one step ahead there.
Carter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carter is pulling down on Colucci's head. It's preventing any offense from Colucci, at least for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Colucci trying to control but Carter is working from the bottom.
Colucci might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Carter haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Carter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Colucci on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colucci postures up.
Colucci stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Colucci missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Colucci is in close to Carter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Colucci loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Colucci postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Colucci is fighting to break Carter's control of his arms but Carter is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Colucci drops back looking for a leg! Carter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carter manages to kick Colucci off! Colucci jumps back into Carter's guard.
Carter is trying to keep Colucci in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carter wants to sweep here but Colucci controlling him for the moment.
Carter is trying to keep Colucci in close.
Colucci won't allow Carter to sweep him here.
Colucci in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Colucci trying to control but Carter is working from the bottom.
Colucci won't allow Carter to sweep him here.
Colucci stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Colucci wants to control from the top but Carter keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colucci bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Colucci shoots in but Carter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Carter misses with the body kick

and Colucci counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Carter seems keen to control Colucci's posture.
Carter is looking to stand up but Colucci isn't so interested in that idea.
Colucci trying to control but Carter is working from the bottom.
Colucci is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Carter trying to keep a closed guard but Colucci is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colucci lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Carter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Colucci looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Colucci trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Carter is pulling down on Colucci's head to control his posture.
Colucci keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Carter's head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Colucci postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Colucci preventing the sweep.
Carter controls Colucci momentarily but Colucci frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michel Colucci showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Colucci closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Carter tries to bench press Colucci off him but Colucci keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Carter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Carter prevents Colucci from moving into mount.
Carter is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Colucci has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Carter prevents Colucci from moving into mount.
Colucci throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Carter is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Colucci is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Carter tries to reverse the position but Colucci maintains control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter is trying to stand.
Colucci in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Colucci looking to finish Carter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Carter!

It looks like Michael Carter has been cut.
Colucci is landing with some decent strikes but Carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Colucci raining down shots from the mount!

Michael Carter's cut is getting worse.
Carter is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colucci raining down shots from the mount!
Colucci scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Carter is rocked!

Michael Carter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Colucci postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Carter bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Colucci and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michel Colucci!
A very excited looking Michel Colucci made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.