PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter's entrance music is Starin' at the rude bois. A fine choice. The key to victory for Kevin Carter has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Carter
vs
Henderson

180 cm
19
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
164 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Henderson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.

Carter pushes Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.

Henderson breaks the clinch.
Henderson lands a really nice looking cross but Carter seems unphased.
Henderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson misses with a low kick.

Henderson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Carter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.
Henderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Henderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henderson trying to control but Carter is working from the bottom.
Henderson throws a big right hand that misses.
Carter working a defensive guard here.
Henderson with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henderson throws the left hand but Carter avoids the punch easily.
Carter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henderson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Carter defends it nicely.
Henderson scores with a three punch combo!

Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Henderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henderson on the ground.
Carter looking for a sweep. Not yet Carter, not yet.
Carter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson throws a strike but Carter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henderson looking for a guillotine here but Carter defends easily.

Carter avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henderson looks gassed!
Carter looking to pass the guard.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Carter from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henderson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Carter uses it to pass to side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Carter.
Henderson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Carter's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Henderson moves into full guard.

Henderson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Carter uses it to pass to side control.
Henderson wants to control but Carter postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson stops Carter from passing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Henderson is not content to let Carter control the position.
Carter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carter is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are battling for position here. Henderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Henderson is looking for a triangle but Carter pushes his legs off easily.

Henderson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carter defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Henderson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Carter is just out of range.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson misses with a straight right.
Henderson 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.
Henderson throws a head kick but Carter moves out of range.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter is looking to clinch but Henderson is avoiding it.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.

Carter takes the fight into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Henderson.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Carter misses with an elbow over the top.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henderson's defenses.
Henderson blocks an elbow strike.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henderson's defenses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Carter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Carter blocks an uppercut.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carter blocks a body shot from Henderson.
Carter throws an elbow that misses.
Carter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henderson is keeping busy.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Carter, against the cage.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Carter pushes off an throws an elbow but Henderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carter lands an elbow that stopped Henderson in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carter fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Carter tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Henderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice combination there by Henderson.
Kevin Carter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carter is looking to clinch but Henderson is avoiding it.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jeremy Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Carter tries to sprawl out of it but Henderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Henderson shoots in and drives through. Carter sprawls well.
Kevin Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Henderson.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Henderson throws a shot from downtown. Carter moves away and avoids it.
Henderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carter's waist but Carter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henderson off to one side.

Henderson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Carter napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Carter tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with the ground and pound.
Carter holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Carter can't do much from the bottom here.
An elbow from Henderson crashes against the mat.
Henderson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Henderson tries to score with some ground and pound. Carter controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Carter is trying to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Henderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Carter tries to sprawl out of it but Henderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Carter is looking to clinch but Henderson is avoiding it.
Carter tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henderson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carter's sensitive parts.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Carter as he avoids it easily.
Carter tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Carter tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson throws a hook to the side of Carter's head but Carter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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 Kevin Carter will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Carter tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carter as he jumps to the side.
Carter avoids a kick to the body.
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Carter tries to clinch up.
Jeremy Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Henderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Henderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carter defending well though.
Henderson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Henderson 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.
Henderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throwing shots but Carter is blocking nicely.
Henderson is thwarting Carter's attempts to control the position.
Henderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Henderson seems to be working for a kimura but Carter defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Henderson misses with a wild body shot.
Carter tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.

Carter gets a clinch.
Henderson digs a right hand into Carter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Carter's gas tank.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carter wants to stall.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carter stalls.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Carter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Carter, against the cage.
Carter blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carter looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carter working Henderson over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a nice elbow.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henderson misses with some punches.
Henderson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kevin Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Henderson.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Jeremy Henderson has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
Henderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carter trying to stall but Henderson improves his position.
Carter throws an elbow that misses.
Henderson scores with a shot to the side of Carter's head.
Henderson avoiding damage as Carter throws knees to the body.
Henderson misses with some punches.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson letting Carter take a breather here.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carter can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Carter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Carter is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kevin Carter.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson misses with a low kick.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carter circles away.
Carter tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Carter is looking to clinch but Henderson is avoiding it.

Henderson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Carter manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Carter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.
Henderson postures up in Carter's guard and throws a big left but Carter blocks it.
Carter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kevin Carter.
I think Carter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kevin Carter!