PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brett Heart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aladin Carpet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carpet has chosen Requiem for a Dream Remix - Clint Mansell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Heart
vs
Carpet

173 cm
20
156 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

169 cm
21
153 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brett Heart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aladin Carpet!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heart throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heart stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Heart wants it to stay on the feet.
Heart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Heart fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heart swings for the body but Carpet moves out of range.
Heart lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carpet throws a nice looking combination but Heart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carpet misses with a shot to the body
and Heart counters with a leg kick.
Heart scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carpet tries to close the distance and clinch but Heart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carpet slips a jab and a cross from Heart.

Heart gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Heart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heart.
Heart keeps control of Carpet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Heart lands a hook that snaps the head of Carpet backwards.
Carpet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heart blocks it with crossed arms.
Carpet scores a nice knee to the body.
Carpet is looking to control Heart's arms but Heart gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carpet has his back to the cage.
Heart is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Carpet is keeping busy.
Heart looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpet takes an elbow to the temple.
Heart misses with a knee strike.
Heart misses with a punch on the inside.
Carpet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Heart lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heart.
Heart is trying to maintain a safe position but Carpet gets an underhook and turns Heart into the cage.
Carpet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heart is defending well for now.
Carpet takes a knee right on the jaw!
Heart is breathing heavily.
Carpet works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heart lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carpet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heart avoids it.
Carpet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heart avoids it.
Good body shot from Carpet.
Heart avoids a wild elbow strike from Carpet.
Heart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carpet throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Carpet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Heart up against the cage.
Heart lands a right hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carpet looking to throw knees to the head but Heart is blocking nicely.
Carpet is trying to stall.
Heart throws a head punch that misses.
Heart avoids the elbow strike from Carpet, against the cage.
Heart lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heart lands with a light punch inside.
Carpet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heart is defending well for now.
Carpet trying to stall but Heart improves his position.
Carpet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heart.
Carpet misses with an elbow strike.
Carpet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heart avoids it.
Carpet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Carpet has clasped his hands together around Heart's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Carpet in side control lands a decent elbow.
Heart is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Carpet is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Carpet looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Carpet trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Carpet landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Carpet cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Carpet trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Carpet controlling the position easily from mount.
Carpet lands a big elbow.
Heart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Carpet.

Carpet looking for a guillotine from mount but Heart is having none of it.
Carpet controlling from mount.
Heart is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpet raining down shots from the mount!
Carpet fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Poor strikes thrown by Carpet there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Heart is bucking up trying to escape but Carpet cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carpet lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Heart is rocked!

Carpet has hold of Heart's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Heart manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Carpet lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heart working to try and regain half guard.
Carpet has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carpet controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aladin Carpet dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Heart has closed the distance and engaged Carpet in a clinch.
Carpet missing with knees to the body.
Heart has a couple of punches blocked by Carpet.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carpet tries to land knees in the clinch but Heart avoids the damage to the body.
Heart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Heart lands with a short shot to the head.
Heart landing knees to the head.
Heart blocking some punches.
Heart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heart throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carpet blocks it with crossed arms.
Carpet trying to land knees to the body.
Carpet looking to throw knees to the head but Heart is blocking nicely.
Carpet dodges an elbow strike from Heart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carpet is stalling here.
Carpet tries to throw a body punch but Heart avoids it by throwing Carpet back against the cage.
Heart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carpet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carpet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carpet misses with a punch to the body.
Heart blocks the elbow strike.

Carpet gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Carpet is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Heart is staying active underneath Carpet, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Carpet is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Heart is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Carpet looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Carpet throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Carpet stops Heart from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carpet lands a nice short elbow.
Heart is refusing to be controlled, as Carpet sits in half guard.
Carpet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Heart defending well though.
Heart keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carpet prevents Heart from improving his position.
Carpet is looking to take a break and control but Heart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Heart tries to work over Carpet's front leg with a kick but Carpet checks it.
Carpet throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Heart to counter with a crisp jab.
Carpet lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Heart throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brett Heart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice uppercut there from Carpet.
Carpet throws a low kick but Heart avoids it.
Aladin Carpet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carpet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heart.
Carpet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carpet works Heart's body with a nice hook.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carpet thuds a left hand into Heart's body.
Heart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heart slips a straight right by Carpet.
Heart moves out of range as Carpet strikes.
Carpet throws a series of punches but Heart avoids them all with ease.
A low kick from Carpet is predictable there
and Heart counters with a thumping low kick.
Heart slips under a jab.
Carpet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpet loads up on a big right hand but Heart slips the punch.
Carpet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heart was well out of range. Poor timing from Carpet.
Carpet throws a hook to the side of Heart's head but Heart sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carpet.
Carpet misses with a hook.
Carpet throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Carpet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Heart.
Carpet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carpet checks a low kick from Heart.
Carpet throws a body punch but Heart moves out of range.
A punch combination from Carpet misses.
Carpet misses with a looping left.
Heart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aladin Carpet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Heart will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Carpet tries to work over Heart's front leg with a kick but Heart checks it.
A low kick from Carpet is predictable there
and Heart counters with a nice low kick that buckles Carpet's knee momentarily.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Heart.
Carpet checks a leg kick.
Carpet misses with a low kick.
Carpet lands a nice looking body shot.
Carpet looks to land a combination but Heart avoids it well.
Carpet swings for the body but Heart moves out of range.
Heart moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heart is looking to chop away at Carpet's legs.
Carpet throws a series of punches but Heart avoids them all with ease.
Carpet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heart.
Carpet throws a wild body kick that Heart sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpet throws a leg kick
and Heart counters with a one-two to the body.
Carpet tries to clinch
and Heart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carpet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Heart tries to bum rush Carpet with a series of wild strikes but Carpet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heart plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Carpet looks to land a left hand but Heart moved out of range nicely.
Carpet lands a slapping body shot.
Carpet looks to score with a jab to the body but Heart is just out of range.
Heart takes a swing at Carpet's ribcage but misses.
Heart just misses with a punch to the body.
Heart closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Heart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heart checks the leg kick.
Carpet catches Heart with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Heart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Carpet.
Oh Heart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carpet lands with a big left! Heart is wobbled badly! Carpet comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Heart to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Aladin Carpet!