PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddie Ohallahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, La Roux - In For The Kill. Ohallahan has chosen Home For A Rest by Spirit Of The West as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Carter
vs
Ohallahan

187 cm
24
205 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Paddie Ohallahan!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Ohallahan. That snapped Carter's head back.
Paddie Ohallahan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ohallahan is looking to score with low kicks.
Ohallahan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Ohallahan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
A big right from Carter misses.
Ohallahan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Carter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ohallahan can pounce on him.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan motions for Carter to come forward. Ohallahan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ohallahan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ohallahan avoids the body shot from Carter.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Carter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ohallahan throws a shot from downtown. Carter moves away and avoids it.
Ohallahan lands a jab to the head.
Ohallahan misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
Carter moves away from the strike by Ohallahan.
Carter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan thuds his right hand into Carter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Carter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carter checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Carter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ohallahan blocks a head kick by Carter.
Carter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ohallahan.
Ohallahan avoids the head kick by Carter.
Ohallahan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Carter.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch but Ohallahan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ohallahan throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
Carter thows a leg kick but Ohallahan checks it
and Ohallahan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Carter throws a right and a left that Ohallahan avoids nicely.
Carter scores with a shot to the body.
Ohallahan swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Carter misses with an uppercut. Ohallahan saw that one coming.
Carter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ohallahan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Carter scores with a body shot.

Carter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Ohallahan - that landed with a thud.
A right handed body shot lands from Ohallahan.
A nice left hand lands by Ohallahan.
Ohallahan swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Come on Carter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carter throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohallahan lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ohallahan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ohallahan wants to stall.
A short left from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan cracks Carter with a nice body shot.
Ohallahan scores with a shoulder strike.
Ohallahan is trying to maintain a safe position but Carter gets an underhook and turns Ohallahan into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ohallahan.
Ohallahan misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ohallahan.
A right hook to the body lands for Ohallahan.
Carter is breathing heavily.
Ohallahan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Ohallahan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ohallahan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ohallahan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ohallahan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carter backwards.
A shot in the inside from Ohallahan.
Carter tries to work over Ohallahan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ohallahan lands a left hand.
A short right from Ohallahan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ohallahan.
Ohallahan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ohallahan is leaning against Carter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ohallahan.
Ohallahan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ohallahan misses with an elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Ohallahan.
A left hand lands to the body for Ohallahan.
Ohallahan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ohallahan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohallahan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Carter backwards.
Ohallahan lands a shot to the body.
Ohallahan pushes Carter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carter pushes off an throws an elbow but Ohallahan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ohallahan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Carter misses with a body punch.
Ohallahan presses Carter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ohallahan lands with a right to the head.
Ohallahan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Ohallahan lands an uppercut.
Ohallahan pushes Carter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ohallahan presses Carter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ohallahan.

Ohallahan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ohallahan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Carter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ohallahan finds it's way round the side to connect with Carter's head.
Ohallahan connects with a looping right hand.
Ohallahan connects with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ohallahan. That's going to slow Carter down.
Carter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Carter walks into a straight right hand from Ohallahan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohallahan scores with a jab. Carter acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ohallahan digs a good hook to Carter's body.
Carter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carter walks into a straight right hand from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Ohallahan thows a body kick. Carter tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ohallahan digs a good body shot into Carter's ribs.
Ohallahan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carter's sensitive parts.
Carter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan misses with a low kick.
Carter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ohallahan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ohallahan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the liver by Ohallahan. Beautiful body shot.
Carter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ohallahan throws a leg kick but Carter checks it.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ohallahan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paddie Ohallahan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Carter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ohallahan is able to avoid easily.
Jab from Ohallahan.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Paddie Ohallahan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ohallahan lands a slapping body shot.
Carter loads up on a big right hand but Ohallahan slips the punch.
Ohallahan lands a slapping body shot.
Ohallahan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carter throws a combination that misses
and Ohallahan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ohallahan with a jab.
Ohallahan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ohallahan lands a head shot.
Ohallahan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Carter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Carter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ohallahan connects with a jab.
Carter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ohallahan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ohallahan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Ohallahan does no damage.
Ohallahan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ohallahan misses with a looping right.
Mike Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ohallahan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carter sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohallahan works Carter's body with a nice hook.
Carter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ohallahan looks to score with a jab to the body but Carter is just out of range.
Ohallahan scores with a nice head shot.
Ohallahan misses the jab.
Carter staying out of range there.
Ohallahan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Ohallahan circles away.
Carter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ohallahan scores with a jab to the head.
Ohallahan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ohallahan.
A right-left combo lands from Carter.
Carter swinging wildly here.
Ohallahan jabs Carter right on the nose. Carter blinks but takes it well.
Ohallahan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Ohallahan misses.
Carter throws a shot from downtown. Ohallahan moves away and avoids it.
Ohallahan throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Ohallahan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohallahan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Carter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ohallahan. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot by Ohallahan.
Carter throws a solid leg kick but Ohallahan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Carter.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ohallahan throws a hook but Carter avoids it easily.
Carter walks into a left hand.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Ohallahan.
Carter tries to clinch there but Ohallahan circles away.
Ohallahan misses with a body shot.
Ohallahan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ohallahan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Ohallahan stuffs the takedown.
Carter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ohallahan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ohallahan takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Carter blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter looks to land a combination but Ohallahan avoids it well.
Carter wants to clinch up but Ohallahan keeps it at a distance.
Ohallahan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ohallahan keeps Carter at a distance using the push kick.
Carter throws a right and a left that Ohallahan avoids nicely.
Ohallahan throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Carter tries to clinch but Ohallahan is having none of it.
Carter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. Ohallahan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ohallahan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ohallahan with a jab.
Ohallahan misses with a wild body shot.
Ohallahan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carter.
Carter takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ohallahan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ohallahan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carter lands a jab.
Ohallahan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carter counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohallahan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Carter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ohallahan connects with a solid leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donk. Ohallahan catches Carter right on the button with a cross.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Carter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ohallahan's waist but Ohallahan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Carter off to one side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Ohallahan.
Carter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ohallahan lands a nice looking body shot.
Carter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ohallahan clobbers Carter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ohallahan throws a one two combo.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ohallahan.
Nice straight punches there by Ohallahan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ohallahan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left lands for Ohallahan.
Ohallahan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carter is looking to wear down Ohallahan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Carter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ohallahan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paddie Ohallahan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ohallahan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ohallahan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Carter.
Ohallahan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ohallahan lands with a good body shot.
Ohallahan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Ohallahan misses with a head kick.
Carter misses with a double jab
and Ohallahan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Carter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ohallahan.
Ohallahan misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Carter.
Ohallahan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ohallahan throws a head kick that misses.
Ohallahan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ohallahan misses with a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ohallahan, as that shot connected.
Ohallahan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ohallahan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Ohallahan.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ohallahan throws a good cross that connects.
Ohallahan lands a slapping body shot.
Ohallahan stuns Carter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ohallahan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Carter on the side of the head.
A big left from Ohallahan misses.
Ohallahan lands a nice hook to Carter's body. Carter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
No joy there for Carter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ohallahan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A low kick from Carter is predictable there
and Ohallahan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ohallahan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Ohallahan throws a leg kick which misses Carter's front leg but catches the back leg as Carter tries to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan scores with a hook to the body. Carter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ohallahan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ohallahan throws a nice looking combination but Carter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ohallahan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Carter is out of range.
Carter throws a shot from downtown. Ohallahan moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter swats away the attempt to clinch by Ohallahan.
Ohallahan connects with a crisp jab.
Carter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ohallahan lands a head shot.
Ohallahan thows a body kick. Carter tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.
Ohallahan throws the left hand but Carter avoids the punch easily.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ohallahan.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.
Carter scores with a jab to the head.
Carter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ohallahan counters with a three punch combo that has Carter backing up. Carter nods at Ohallahan to acknowledge the strikes.
Carter moves out of range of the leg kick from Ohallahan.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ohallahan. That's going to slow Carter down.
Ohallahan throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carter moves out of range of the body kick.
A leg kick checked by Carter.
Ohallahan catches Carter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Carter moves out of range of the body kick from Ohallahan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohallahan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ohallahan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Ohallahan clinches with his opponent.
Paddie Ohallahan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ohallahan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ohallahan dodges an elbow strike from Carter.
Ohallahan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ohallahan gets through Carter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter dodges an elbow strike from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ohallahan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ohallahan scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Mike Carter has been cut.
Ohallahan lands with a left to the head.
Carter avoiding damage as Ohallahan throws knees to the body.
Carter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ohallahan tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ohallahan lands a body punch.
Nice elbow from Ohallahan.
A short uppercut from Ohallahan.
Ohallahan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ohallahan lands with a short shot to the head.
Ohallahan lands a right hand.
Ohallahan scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Ohallahan.
Carter avoiding damage as Ohallahan throws knees to the body.
Ohallahan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carters head.
Mike Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ohallahan lands a nice uppercut.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Ohallahan cracks Carter with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Ohallahan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ohallahan digs a right hand underneath Carter's ribcage. Carter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carter avoiding damage as Ohallahan throws knees to the body.
Ohallahan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ohallahan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Carter.
Ohallahan lands an uppercut.
Carter tries to land knees in the clinch but Ohallahan avoids the damage to the body.
Ohallahan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ohallahan.
Paddie Ohallahan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ohallahan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ohallahan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carter or not.
Ohallahan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carter takes a shot to the head.
Ohallahan scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ohallahan scores with a nice short uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ohallahan breaks from the clinch.
Carter slips under a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Carter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ohallahan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Carter takes a step back to recover.
Ohallahan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paddie Ohallahan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ohallahan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paddie Ohallahan!