PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Another Try (ranked 3977 p4p, 3020 weight class) and Alberto Carrieri (ranked 0 p4p, 418 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Try
vs
Carrieri

187 cm
25
195
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
190
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Another Try!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alberto Carrieri!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Try.
Carrieri fails with a takedown attempt.
Carrieri slips a jab and a cross from Try.
It seemed like Carrieri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Carrieri swinging wildly here.
Try uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carrieri with a nice cross.
Carrieri fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Try throws a series of punches but Carrieri avoids them all with ease.
Try throws a right and a left that Carrieri avoids nicely.
Carrieri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Try moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carrieri lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Another Try has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Try takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Try misses with a combination
and Carrieri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carrieri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Try.
Try tries to land a front kick but Carrieri steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A big left from Try misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carrieri misses with a body shot.
Carrieri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Try manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Try looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carrieri avoids the head kick by Try.
Carrieri lands with a nice combination. Try backs away looking to recover.
Carrieri avoids a punch combination nicely.
Try stuffs the takedown attempt from Carrieri. Carrieri gets slowly back to his feet.
Try went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Carrieri thows a left - swing and a miss!
Another Try is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Try feints and then cracks Carrieri's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carrieri down.
Carrieri misses the shot to the body.
Carrieri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Try manages to avoid it.
Carrieri misses with a few strikes there.
Carrieri swats away the attempt to clinch by Try.
Try throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Try takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carrieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Try went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Try doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Carrieri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Try doesn't seem bothered though.
Try connects with a single shot there.
Try takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Try wants to clinch.
Carrieri gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carrieri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carrieri lands with a good body shot.
Try looks to score with a jab to the body but Carrieri is just out of range.
Carrieri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carrieri lands with a good body shot.
Try is breathing heavily.
Try looks to land a combination but Carrieri avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Try goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sloppy strikes from Carrieri. Those never looked like landing.
Carrieri lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Try circles away quickly and effectively.
Try misses with a head kick.
Carrieri works over Try's head and body with a nice combination.
Carrieri scores with a nice right hand.
Carrieri takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Try misses with a lunging right hand
and Carrieri counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Try thinking.
Carrieri checks a leg kick.
Carrieri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Try tries to bum rush Carrieri with a series of wild strikes but Carrieri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carrieri scores with a body shot.
Carrieri changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Try tries to avoid it but Carrieri manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Try to the ground. Try escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Another Try has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Carrieri.
Try avoids the body shot from Carrieri.
Carrieri throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Carrieri.
Carrieri avoids the head kick by Try.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carrieri throws a one two combo.
Try tries to clinch there but Carrieri circles away.
Carrieri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carrieri lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Carrieri avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carrieri comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Try pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Try fails with an attempt to clinch.
Try takes one on the button.
Carrieri displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Try is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carrieri lands with a straight right. Try didn't see that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Carrieri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Another Try's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Carrieri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch lands to the side of Try 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Try's jab looks to have found its range, popping Carrieri under the eye.
Try tries to score with a low kick but Carrieri moves his leg out of the way.
Try with a hook.
Carrieri blocks a leg kick.
It looks like Try has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Another Try is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Try takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Try throws a head kick but Carrieri moves out of range.
Carrieri misses with a combination
and Try connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carrieri keeps the fight on the outside.

Carrieri closes the distance and clinches.

Try pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carrieri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Try ducks under a wild hook from Carrieri.
Carrieri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carrieri lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Try at a distance.
Carrieri has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Try with the inside leg kick.
Carrieri misses with a double jab.
Try throws a head kick but Carrieri moves out of range.
It seemed like Carrieri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Try uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carrieri.
Carrieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carrieri keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Try is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carrieri scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Carrieri is breathing heavily.
Try misses with a series of wild punches.
Carrieri looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Try misses with a two punch combination.
Nice sprawl there from Try as Carrieri shoots in.
Carrieri lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Try is looking to score with low kicks.
Alberto Carrieri seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Try lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Try feints and then cracks Carrieri's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carrieri down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Carrieri throws an overhand right that lands on Try's shoulder, as Try tries to avoid the shot.
Try throws a quick counter head kick but Carrieri was just out of range.
Try doesn't manage to clinch there - Carrieri circles away.
Carrieri throws the left hand but Try avoids the punch easily.
Try throws a leg kick but Carrieri checks it.
Try misses with the combination.
Try tries to clinch there but Carrieri circles away.
Try tries to bum rush Carrieri with a series of wild strikes but Carrieri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carrieri scores with the left hand. Try knows he should have avoided that one.
Try walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Some wild striking there from Try.
Carrieri checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Carrieri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As Carrieri looks to move away, Try throws a big counter combo but Carrieri just gets out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carrieri scores with a one two! Try had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Try will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carrieri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Try looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Try looks to land a combination. Carrieri sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Try throws a series of punches but Carrieri avoids them all with ease.
Carrieri is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Carrieri misses with a two punch combination.
Try is looking to chop away at Carrieri's legs.
As Try backs off Carrieri throws a huge counter combo but Try manages to avoid it all.
Carrieri slips a straight right by Try.
Carrieri shoots in for a takedown but Try shows good takedown defense.
Another Try has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Carrieri.
Carrieri looks to land a right hand but Try moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carrieri cracks Try with an open hand slap.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carrieri is defended easily by Try.
Carrieri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carrieri lands with a good body shot.
A left and a right from Carrieri both land. Nice combination.
Try pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Try moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Carrieri is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Try rather than just go for the knockout.
Carrieri takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Try stalks Carrieri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carrieri's face. Carrieri staggers backwards, shaken.
Try throws a low kick but Carrieri moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carrieri scores with a three punch combo!
Try looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Some wild striking there from Carrieri.
Carrieri swings widly with a right hand

and Try counters by clinching up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alberto Carrieri will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Another Try's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Carrieri misses with a body shot.
Carrieri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Try appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Carrieri shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Try but Try pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Try motions for Carrieri to come forward. Try throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carrieri throws a nice looking combination but Try bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carrieri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Try throws a series of punches but Carrieri avoids them all with ease.
Try throws a head kick that misses.
Carrieri throws a jab but it's blocked by Try.
Carrieri looks to land a combination but Try avoids it well.
Try connects with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carrieri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Try was well out of range. Poor timing from Carrieri.

Try darts in and clinches Carrieri up against the cage.

Try escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carrieri digs a good body shot into Try's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carrieri looks to land a right hand but Try moved out of range.
Try throws a low kick but Carrieri moves out of range easily.
Try lands a head shot.
Carrieri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Try gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Try misses with a punch on the inside.
Try throws an elbow that misses.
Try working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Try breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Try lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Try scores with a three punch combo!

Carrieri is rocked!
Carrieri looks up at the clock. Bad move! Try lands a right hand from hell, dropping Carrieri. Try pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Another Try!