PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Cies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Carpenter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carpenter is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Happy Happy Rice Shower. This should be fireworks!

Cies
vs
Carpenter

171 cm
19
150 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

168 cm
24
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blaze Cies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Drew Carpenter!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpenter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cies takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Horrible takedown by Cies or perhaps it was just good defense by Carpenter which made him look bad.
Carpenter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Carpenter!
Carpenter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cies. That did some damage!
Carpenter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carpenter stuffs the takedown attempt from Cies. Cies gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blaze Cies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cies is breathing heavily.
Carpenter feints and then cracks Cies's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cies down.
Cies takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carpenter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carpenter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Carpenter scoring well with a low kick there.
Carpenter throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carpenter feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cies keeping moving, preventing Carpenter from controlling successfully.
Carpenter works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Carpenter lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cies has a hand on Carpenter's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Carpenter takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Carpenter landing strikes, looking to finish!
Carpenter lands a heavy elbow.

It looks like Blaze Cies has been cut.
Carpenter raining down shots from the mount!

Cies is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carpenter postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Cies bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Carpenter and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drew Carpenter!