PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Loose Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by 99 Problems Remix. Loose Cannon has chosen Empire State of Mind as his entrance music. Nate Loose Cannon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carter
vs
Loose Cannon

177 cm
23
182 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

186 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Loose Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Loose Cannon's calf.
Loose Cannon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carter misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Loose Cannon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carter lands with a nice body kick.
Loose Cannon blocks a head kick by Carter.
Loose Cannon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Loose Cannon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Loose Cannon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carter counters with a leg kick.
Carter works Loose Cannon's body with a nice hook.
Loose Cannon looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but Loose Cannon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loose Cannon tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Loose Cannon.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
Carter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Loose Cannon up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
Carter pushes Loose Cannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loose Cannon can't find room to land a body shot as Carter controls the action.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Carter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Loose Cannon up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Loose Cannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter lands a left hand.
Carter blocking some punches.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter lands a shoulder strike.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loose Cannon slips a jab and a cross from Carter.
Loose Cannon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Carter as he connects with a hook.
Loose Cannon misses with a double jab.
Loose Cannon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carter. That one must have hurt.
Carter throws a good cross that connects.
Carter scores with the left hand. Loose Cannon knows he should have avoided that one.
Carter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab by Carter.
Donk. Carter catches Loose Cannon right on the button with a cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Carter closes the distance and clinches.
Loose Cannon misses with a hook from the clinch.

Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loose Cannon. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loose Cannon scores with a jab to the head.
Carter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carter connects with a jab.

It looks like Nate Loose Cannon has been cut.
Carter scoring well with a low kick there.
Loose Cannon slips a jab from Carter.
Carter throws a head kick that misses.

Carter moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.

Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Loose Cannon swinging wildly here.
Loose Cannon throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
A good leg kick by Carter.
Carter lands a jab to the nose.
Carter works the jab nicely.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Loose Cannon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carter throws a head kick but Loose Cannon moves out of range.
Carter is looking to slow Loose Cannon down with leg kicks.
Carter works over Loose Cannon's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a leg kick which misses Loose Cannon's front leg but catches the back leg as Loose Cannon tries to avoid it.
Carter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Carter, as that shot connected.
Loose Cannon throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Carter thuds his shin into the meat of Loose Cannon's side.
Carter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Loose Cannon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carter lands a head kick!
Loose Cannon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Carter cracks the inside of Loose Cannon's front leg.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Carter cracks Loose Cannon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A solid body kick from Carter.
Carter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Loose Cannon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Loose Cannon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Carter lands with a slapping head kick.
Carter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter with a nice cross.
Loose Cannon ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Carter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Loose Cannon doesn't seem bothered though.
Loose Cannon misses with a two punch combination.
Carter misses the jab.
Carter missing with a left hand there. Loose Cannon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carter cracks a nice hook into Loose Cannon's ribs.
Loose Cannon drops his hands momentarily and Carter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Carter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Carter. Loose Cannon shrugs it off though.
A punch lands to the side of Loose Cannon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Carter.
Loose Cannon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Loose Cannon throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Loose Cannon. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Carter.
Carter scores with a jab. Loose Cannon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Loose Cannon takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Loose Cannon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Loose Cannon slips under a jab from Carter.
Loose Cannon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Loose Cannon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Loose Cannon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Loose Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loose Cannon can do to turn this around?
Loose Cannon misses with a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Loose Cannon.
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Loose Cannon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Loose Cannon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carter. Carter obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carter.
A slow jab from Loose Cannon misses its intended target.
Carter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loose Cannon manages to avoid it.
Loose Cannon throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.
Loose Cannon takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.

Carter drives through and clinches with Loose Cannon against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Carter as the two fighters clinch.
Loose Cannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loose Cannon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carter effectively controlling the action here.
Carter lands an uppercut.
Loose Cannon is breathing heavily.
Loose Cannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lands a shot to the body.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Carter clinches up with Loose Cannon and pushes him back against the cage.
Carter lands a shoulder strike.

Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shawn Carter is winning the standup battle so far.

Carter takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Carter blocks a body shot from Loose Cannon.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Carter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carter pressing his opponent against the cage.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Carter misses.
Carter throws out a leg kick but Loose Cannon moves out of range and Carter only half commits.
Loose Cannon throws the left hand but Carter avoids the punch easily.
Loose Cannon connects with a jab.
Loose Cannon ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Loose Cannon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Carter.
Nice uppercut lands for Carter. That snapped Loose Cannon's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carter looks to land a left hand but Loose Cannon moved out of range nicely.
Loose Cannon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon slips a straight right by Carter.

Carter takes the fight into the clinch.
Carter stalling in the clinch.

Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Loose Cannon looks to land a left hand but Carter moved out of range nicely.
Carter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Loose Cannon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab by Carter.
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Loose Cannon dips to his left and cracks Carter with an uppercut!
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Loose Cannon.
Carter misses with a body kick.
Loose Cannon avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter cracks the inside of Loose Cannon's front leg.
Carter is looking to chop away at Loose Cannon's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loose Cannon. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loose Cannon lands with a good body shot.
Loose Cannon misses with a combination
and Carter counters with a nice leg kick.
Carter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Carter scoring well with a low kick there.
Loose Cannon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Carter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Loose Cannon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loose Cannon avoids the body shot from Carter.
Carter misses the jab.
A jab from Carter misses.
Carter tries to clinch but Loose Cannon is having none of it.
Loose Cannon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
A combination from Loose Cannon does no damage.
Loose Cannon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter tries to score with a low kick but Loose Cannon moves his leg out of the way.
Carter throws a looping overhand right but Loose Cannon ducks down to avoid it.
Loose Cannon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Carter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
A jab lands there for Carter.
Carter tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Loose Cannon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carter has time to react.
Loose Cannon catches Carter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Loose Cannon misses with a straight left.
Loose Cannon lands a nice looking body shot.
Loose Cannon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Loose Cannon throws a right hand that Carter ducks under and follows up with a left that Carter also avoids with ease.
A left lands for Loose Cannon.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loose Cannon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Loose Cannon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Loose Cannon throws a shot to the body.
Loose Cannon scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Shawn Carter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nate Loose Cannon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Carter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Loose Cannon misses with a two punch combination.
Carter throws and low kick but Loose Cannon moves out of range easily.
Loose Cannon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loose Cannon.
Carter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carter slips under a jab from Loose Cannon.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Loose Cannon.
Nate Loose Cannon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carter needs to keep his hands up - Loose Cannon had a free shot at his head there.
Loose Cannon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Loose Cannon.
No joy there for Loose Cannon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Loose Cannon blocks a head kick by Carter.
Loose Cannon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Loose Cannon does no damage.
Loose Cannon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loose Cannon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Loose Cannon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Loose Cannon throws a right hand that Carter ducks under and follows up with a left that Carter also avoids with ease.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
Carter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Carter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Loose Cannon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Loose Cannon scores with a nice strike.
A big right from Loose Cannon misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. Loose Cannon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Loose Cannon!
Loose Cannon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Loose Cannon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carter.
Carter feints and then cracks Loose Cannon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Loose Cannon down.
Loose Cannon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Loose Cannon finds it's way through Carter's defenses.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but Loose Cannon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Loose Cannon scores with a jab to the body.
Loose Cannon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carter tries to clinch there but Loose Cannon circles away.
Carter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Loose Cannon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loose Cannon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carter scores with a three punch combo!
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. Loose Cannon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loose Cannon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carter can pounce on him.
Nate Loose Cannon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter avoids the body shot from Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Loose Cannon tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loose Cannon moves away.
A swing and a miss from Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Loose Cannon avoids the head kick by Carter.
Loose Cannon misses the shot to the body.
Carter throws a sloppy head kick and Loose Cannon moves out of range easily.
Carter throws a hook but Loose Cannon avoids it easily.
Carter avoids the body shot from Loose Cannon.
A swing and a miss from Carter.
A lazy left from Loose Cannon finds it's target.
Loose Cannon digs a good hook to Carter's body.
Loose Cannon misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loose Cannon sizes up Carter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Loose Cannon tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter lands with a cross.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carter 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.
Loose Cannon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Loose Cannon misses with a wild body shot.
Loose Cannon moves out of range of the strikes.
Carter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Loose Cannon.
Loose Cannon tests Carter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Carter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Loose Cannon throws a hook to the side of Carter's head but Carter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Loose Cannon tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Loose Cannon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Loose Cannon throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Loose Cannon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Loose Cannon swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loose Cannon works over Carter's head and body with a nice combination.
Loose Cannon throws a shot to the body.
Carter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Loose Cannon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Carter.
Loose Cannon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carter counters with a right hand to the body.
Loose Cannon misses with a looping left.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shawn Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carter lands a nice hook to Loose Cannon's body. Loose Cannon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Loose Cannon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Loose Cannon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Loose Cannon lunges at Carter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Carter's hand.
Carter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Loose Cannon takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Loose Cannon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter lands with a kick to the temple. Loose Cannon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Carter rushes Loose Cannon and presses him up against the cage.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Carter.
A short left from Carter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Loose Cannon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Carter!