PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter (ranked 1543 p4p, 1831 weight class) and Aristides Abel (ranked 232 p4p, 273 weight class). Abel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Express Yourself kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Carter
vs
Abel

186 cm
38
188
19 - 4 - 0

190 cm
38
203
24 - 21 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aristides Abel!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abel slips under a jab.
Abel dodges the punch combination from Carter.
Abel flicks out a counter leg kick but Carter steps away.
Aristides Abel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carter misses with a hook to the body
and Abel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Michael Carter has been cut.
Carter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Carter throws a low kick but Abel avoids it.
Carter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter throws a hook but Abel blocks it.
Abel lands a head kick. Carter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Abel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Abel on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Abel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carter is looking to counter punch.
Carter misses with a jab to the body
enabling Abel to counter with a crisp jab.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Abel.
Carter moves out of range as Abel strikes.
Carter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Carter misses with a body shot.
Carter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Abel closes the distance and pushes Carter back into the cage.
Abel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Abel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter blocking some punches.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abel pushes off an throws an elbow but Carter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carter digs a right hand underneath Abel's ribcage. Abel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carters head.
Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Abel.

Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice inside leg kick there by Abel. That's going to slow Carter down.
Carter misses with a hook to the body
and Abel counters with a series of strikes. Carter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Carter avoids the head kick by Abel.
Abel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Abel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
Abel motions for Carter to come forward. Abel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carter half committed to a counter leg kick.
Abel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Carter is looking to counter punch.
Abel throws a leg kick but Carter checks it.
Abel throws a head kick but Carter moves out of range.
Carter connects with the punch.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carter connects with the punch.
Abel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Abel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel stalks Carter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carter's face. Carter staggers backwards, shaken.

Michael Carter's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carter.
Carter throws a hook but Abel blocks it.
Carter throws a head kick but Abel moves out of range.
Carter misses with a kick to the body.

Abel instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abel.
Abel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abel throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Carter walks into a straight right hand from Abel.
Abel tries a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Abel with a hook.
Abel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carter looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Abel misses.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Abel.
Abel misses with the combination.
Carter throws a big counter combination but Abel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Abel has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter throws a body punch but Abel moves out of range.
Carter looks to land a right hand but Abel moved out of range.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Abel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Carter to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter throws a hook but Abel avoids it easily.
Carter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abel digs a good hook to Carter's body.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
Carter avoids a kick to the body.
Abel moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Carter is looking to counter punch.
Carter misses with a looping right.
Carter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Abel misses with a low kick.
Abel misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abel looks to land a body kick but Carter moved away.
Abel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A lazy left from Abel finds it's target.
Abel lands with an overhand left.
Carter misses with a wild combination.
Abel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Carter is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abel.
Abel doesn't manage to clinch there - Carter circles away.
A leg kick checked by Carter.
Carter throws a right hand that misses
and Abel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a body punch
and Abel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abel scores with a leg kick.
Abel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Abel is looking to clinch.
A head kick by Abel misses
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Carter looks to score with a jab to the body but Abel is just out of range.
Abel thuds a left hand into Carter's body.
Abel is looking to score with low kicks.
Aristides Abel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a leg kick
and Abel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A good leg kick by Abel.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Abel there.
Abel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Michael Carter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A nice leg kick from Abel, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carter throws a sloppy body shot
and Abel counters with a leg kick.
Abel throws a leg kick which misses Carter's front leg but catches the back leg as Carter tries to avoid it.
Carter throws a low kick but it's checked well by Abel.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aristides Abel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Carter's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Abel. That's going to slow Carter down.
Michael Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter throws a shot from downtown. Abel moves away and avoids it.
Abel avoids the body shot from Carter.
Abel misses with a head kick.

Abel rushes Carter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Abel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Abel scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter swings wildly with an uppercut but Abel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abel lands a left hand.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Abel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
Abel lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Carter.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Abel tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
Abel blocks an uppercut.
Abel lands a body punch.
Abel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Abel.
Abel lands a damaging elbow.
Carter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Abel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter avoiding damage as Abel throws knees to the body.
Carter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Abel.

Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Abel.
Abel ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Abel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abel misses with a kick to the body
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Good exchange - Carter coming out on top.
Abel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carter.
Carter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Abel under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a kick to the body.
Abel wants to clinch up but Carter keeps it at a distance.
Abel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Carter counters with a body kick that stops Abel in his tracks momentarily.
Abel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carter finds it's way round the side to connect with Abel's head.
Carter swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Abel counter with a right hand.
Carter throws a hook but Abel avoids it easily.
Abel feints a counter leg kick.
Abel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Abel throws a nice head kick!
Carter throws a leg kick but Abel checks it.
Carter misses the body punch
enabling Abel to counter with a crisp jab.
Aristides Abel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Abel slips a straight right by Carter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel slips under a jab from Carter.
Carter misses with an uppercut.
Abel moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Carter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abel at a distance.
Carter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carter moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAbel.
Carter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Abel can pounce on him.
Nice cross by Abel.
Abel lands a head kick. Carter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Carter throws a good cross that connects.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aristides Abel.
Well Abel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aristides Abel!
Aristides Abel bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.